ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,860, issued on May 26, was assigned to Noah Medical Corp. (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Anti-buckling devices and methods for surgical system" was invented by Byron Liehwah Chun (San Francisco), Hironori Baba (Emerald Hills, Calif.), Enrique Romo (Danville, Calif.) and Anish Kumar Mampetta (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-buckling device is provided. The anti-buckling device comprises: a plurality of modular segments, and each modular segment comprises a cap and a tube. The cap comprises a support feature configured for supporting an elongate member and the tube comprises a coupling feature configured for engaging a ...