US Patent Issued to KARL STORZ on Aug. 18 for "Device and method for assisting laparoscopic surgery-rule based approach" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,350, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG (Tuttlingen, Germany).

"Device and method for assisting laparoscopic surgery-rule based approach" was invented by Motti Frimer (Zichron Yaakov, Israel), Mordehai Sholev (Moshav Amikam, Israel) and Yehuda Pfeffer (Moshav Dvorah, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical controlling system includes a controller having a processing means communicable with a controller's database, said controller configured to control the spatial position of a surgical tool. The controller's database is in communication with movement detection means. The controller's database is config...