US Patent Issued to Orthosoft on March 3 for "Quick connect for robotic surgical instruments" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,905, issued on March 3, was assigned to Orthosoft ULC (Montreal).

"Quick connect for robotic surgical instruments" was invented by Marc-Andre Lemieux (Montreal) and Brian Edward Roach (Osceola, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupler can connect one or more instruments to a robotic surgical arm. The coupler can include a base and an actuator. The base can be securable to the robotic surgical arm. The actuator can be operable to release or secure the stem to the base and the robotic surgical arm."

The patent was filed on May 18, 2022, under Application No. 17/747,635.

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