ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,853, issued on April 21, was assigned to SSI IP HOLDINGS INC. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Telescopic column assembly in a robotic arm system" was invented by Sudhir Prem Srivastava (Gurugram, India), Vishwajyoti Pascual Srivastava (Gurugram, India) and Anil Kumar Patidar (Gurugram, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telescopic column assembly (213) for docking of a robotic arm at variable height in a robotic assisted surgery is disclosed herein. The telescopic column assembly (213) may include a plurality of spring assemblies (321), a rack and pinion assembly (323), a position sensor (325), and a motor (449). The plurality of spri...