ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,799, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to LEVITA MAGNETICS INTERNATIONAL CORP. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Directable traction systems and methods" was invented by Alberto Rodriguez-Navarro (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described here are methods, systems, and devices, useful for minimally invasive surgical procedures. The methods may include introducing a grasper through an opening into an abdominal cavity, grasping a portion of a left lobe of a liver with the grasper, rotating the grasper towards a control element located outside the abdominal cavity by applying a magnetic field to the grasper across a body wall, and ...