US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on March 3 for "Surgical instruments with electrically isolated actuation members, related devices, and related methods" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,416, issued on March 3, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Surgical instruments with electrically isolated actuation members, related devices, and related methods" was invented by Jordan M. Klein (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuation member for transmitting force from a drive mechanism to an end effector of a surgical instrument includes an electrically conductive distal flexible portion configured to be operably coupled with an end effector of a surgical instrument and an electrically conductive proximal rod portion connected to the flexible distal portion. The proximal ...