US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on July 7 for "Anatomical model and method for surgical training" (Georgia, Arizona, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,084, issued on July 7, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Anatomical model and method for surgical training" was invented by Anthony M. Jarc (Johns Creek, Ga.), Christopher J. Sanchez (Mountain View, Calif.), Timothy V. White (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Eugene T. Nagel (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations relate to anatomical models and surgical training. In some implementations, an anatomical training model includes a base portion and a top portion that form a hollow space between the base portion and top portion. A plurality of holes are positioned in the top portion. Th...