ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,625, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Quantum Surgical (Montpellier, France).
"Guide device for a medical needle" was invented by Bertin Nahum (Castelnau-le-Lez, France), Fernand Badano (Lyons, France), Lucien Blondel (Montpellier, France) and Sebastien Olive (Montpellier, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device (20) for guiding a needle includes a tool-holder (21) intended to be fixed to the end of a medical assistance robotic arm (10), said tool-holder (21) supporting a needle guide (22); the needle guide includes two jaws (30, 40) including a respective groove (35, 45), said two grooves extending along parallel longitudin...