ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,982, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to The Children's Medical Center Corp. (Boston).
"Bimanual neuroendoscopic robot" was invented by Pierre Dupont (Boston) and Karl Price (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic device comprising a support structure, a robotic arm coupled to the support structure and having a working channel extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the robotic arm, a drive system coupled to the support structure, and a tool module configured to detachably couple to the drive system, wherein the tool module comprises an elongate tool configured to be advanced through the working channel to a surgical s...