US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on Oct. 20 for "Devices and methods for coupling a cable to a medical device" (Colorado, Connecticut, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,870, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for coupling a cable to a medical device" was invented by Matthew A. Wixey (Trumbull, Conn.), Michael Baldwin (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Erik Nelson (Durango, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool member is rotatably coupled to a distal end portion of a shaft and includes a drive pulley and a coupling spool. A mechanical structure is coupled to a proximal end portion of the shaft and includes first and second capstans. The first and second capstans each include a first portion and a second portion. A distal portion ...