ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,567, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Mazor Robotics Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).
"Interchangeable end effector and sterile barrier" was invented by Amir Keret (Atlit, Israel), Ziv Seemann (Beit Ytzhack, Israel), Dvir Kadshai (Tel Aviv, Israel), Ori Ben Zeev (Tel Aviv, Israel), Itamar Eshel (Tzur Igal, Israel), Gal Eshed (Atlit, Israel) and Dor Kopito (Kibbutz Parod, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for changing an end effector are provided. A connecting plate may have a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a kinematic interface. The kinematic interface may include at least one projection ext...