ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,107, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp. (Weston, Fla.).
"Robotic hand-held surgical system" was invented by Timothy J. Bozung (Belding, Mich.), Adam D. Downey (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Megan James (Portage, Mich.) and James G. Walen (Portage, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present teachings provide for a hand-held robotic instrument for use with a surgical tool. In one configuration, the instrument comprises a housing configured to be held by a user, the housing defining a remote axis of motion. Control systems for controlling the hand-held robotic instrument are also contemplated, which are capable of switchi...