US Patent Issued to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Nov. 3 for "Transoral robotic simulator" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,617, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

"Transoral robotic simulator" was invented by Trevor Hackman (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Alex Murr (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Richard Harry Feins (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transoral robotic surgery (TORS) simulator system includes a three-dimensional human head model having an oral cavity made of a synthetic material. The oral cavity has a mandible structure and a simulated human tongue and/or a simulated human tonsil. The simulated human tongue and/or the simulated human tonsil are made from a silicone material....