US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on March 31 for "Devices, systems, and methods for anchoring actuation wires to a steerable instrument" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,222, issued on March 31, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for anchoring actuation wires to a steerable instrument" was invented by Randall L. Schlesinger (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pull wire attachment system for a minimally invasive medical instrument comprises an anchoring element fixedly attached to the medical instrument. The anchoring element has a first outer diameter. The system also includes a pull wire assembly comprising an elongate pull wire having a proximal end and a distal end and a securing element coupled to the distal end ...