ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,930, issued on July 28, was assigned to Quantum Surgical (Montpellier, France).
"Collaborative medical robot for secure instrument guidance" was invented by Mohammed Foued Aouachria (Montpellier, France), Lucien Blondel (Montpellier, France), Bertin Nahum (Castelnau-le-Lez, France) and Fernand Badano (Lyons, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a medical robot for assisting a practitioner during a medical intervention on a relevant anatomical part of a patient. The medical robot comprises a robotic arm equipped, at one end, with a tool guide intended to guide a medical instrument. The medical robot also comp...