ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,188, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to NuVasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Surgical systems" was invented by Michael Serra (San Diego), Thomas Sweeney (San Diego), Jeremy Winston (San Diego), Ellie Perry (San Diego) and Steven Lillig (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, assemblies, devices, and methods for positioning surgical devices at surgical sites are disclosed. An adjustment assembly may include a first connector configured to connect to a surgical articulating arm and a second connector configured to connect to a tool, such as a surgical access tube. A joint assembly may be coupled to the first connector and an elongated ...