US Patent Issued to Mazor Robotics on July 28 for "Surgical cleaning tool, systems, and methods" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,940, issued on July 28, was assigned to Mazor Robotics Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).

"Surgical cleaning tool, systems, and methods" was invented by Arik Levy (Herzliya, Israel) and Eli Zehavi (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tool, systems, and method for cleaning an anatomical space is provided. At least one brush is disposed on a shaft extending through a tube. The tube includes a corresponding brush slot for each brush. A motor is operable to rotate the shaft to cause the at least one brush to move from a closed position to a cleaning position. The at least one brush is positioned entirely inside of the tube when...