US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Nov. 11 for "Side-looking minimally invasive surgery instrument assembly" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,198, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Side-looking minimally invasive surgery instrument assembly" was invented by Thomas G. Cooper (Menlo Park, Calif.), Eugene F. Duval (Menlo Park, Calif.), David J. Rosa (San Jose, Calif.) and Matthew R. Williams (Walnut Creek, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument assembly comprises a guide tube and first and second instruments extended within the guide tube. The first instrument comprises a first elongated shaft coupled to a first end effector. The second instrument comprises a second elongated shaft coupled to a sec...