US Patent Issued to Moon Surgical on May 26 for "Co-manipulation surgical system for use with surgical instruments for performing surgery and having sensors for detecting motion" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,996, issued on May 26, was assigned to Moon Surgical SAS (Paris).

"Co-manipulation surgical system for use with surgical instruments for performing surgery and having sensors for detecting motion" was invented by Victoria Cheng-Tan Wu (San Francisco), Jad Fayad (Paris), David Paul Noonan (San Francisco), Jeffery Byron Alvarez (San Carlos, Calif.), Ehsan Basafa (Redwood City, Calif.), Ritwik Ummalaneni (San Francisco), Nicolas Linard (Montrouge, France) and Jesus Mago (Saint-Mande, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Co-manipulation robotic systems are described herein that may be used for assisting with laparoscopic surgical procedu...