ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,951, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Rob Surgical Systems SL (El Prat de Llobregat, Spain).

"Adaptive robot-assisted system and method for evaluating the position of the trocar in a robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery intervention" was invented by Josep Amat Girbau (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptive robot-assisted system and a method for evaluating the position of the trocar in a robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery intervention are proposed. The system includes a surgical robot with robotic arms, each arm securing, using passive joints, a surgical instrument suitable for being coupled to a trocar. The sys...