ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,958, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to MEDICAL MICROINSTRUMENTS INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Robotic microsurgery assembly, operating arena and method" was invented by Matteo Bagheri Ghavifekr (Pisa, Italy), Nicola Pineschi (Pisa, Italy), Massimiliano Simi (Pisa, Italy) and Giuseppe Maria Prisco (Pisa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic surgery assembly for robotic-aided microsurgery includes at least one transmission component; at least one motorized manipulator including at least one motorized linear slider; and at least one sterile adapter including a coupling device suitable for connecting to a surgical instrument. The ...