US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on Sept. 22 for "Surgical robot, surgical system, and control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,840, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Surgical robot, surgical system, and control method" was invented by Tsuyoshi Tojo (Kobe, Japan), Nobuyasu Shimomura (Kobe, Japan) and Tetsuo Ichii (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical robot (10) includes robot arms (130), an arm base (120), and a control device (30). Each of the robot arms includes a base portion (138), a tip portion (137) that can hold a medical instrument (150), and links (131 to 136). The link (131) adjacent to the base portion is connected to the base portion through a rotational joint (JA1). The control device cont...