US Patent Issued to Medtronic Navigation on Nov. 3 for "System and method for reducing tool vibration at a variable stiffness end effector of a surgical system" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,690, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Lafayette, Colo.).

"System and method for reducing tool vibration at a variable stiffness end effector of a surgical system" was invented by Richard Todd Hage (Castle Rock, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable stiffness end effector assembly for a medical robotic guidance system includes an end effector support and a tool insertion device disposed within and spaced apart from the end effector support. The assembly further includes a coupler coupling the tool insertion device within the end effector support. The coupler includes a first mode wherein the tool i...