ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,704, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to VIRTUALISURG (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France).
"System for simulating a surgical procedure" was invented by Nicolas Mignan (Neuilly-sur-seine, France) and Erwan Jolivet (Neuilly-sur-seine, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A training device for performing a surgical procedure, which includes an enclosure having at least: one first surface defining an operation interface intended to receive at least one surgical tool; at least one opening arranged on the first surface; and a connection interface maintained at the circumference of the opening; the connection interface being suitable for receiving an...