US Patent Issued to Vista Robotics on June 16 for "Surgical devices controllable by surgical robotic systems" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,567, issued on June 16, was assigned to Vista Robotics Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Surgical devices controllable by surgical robotic systems" was invented by Sing-Fatt Chin (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Baogen Wang (Nantong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device controllable by a surgical robotic system is provided. The surgical device includes a housing capable of being coupled to the surgical robotic system; a drive system at least partially mounted in the housing; and a shaft rotatably coupled to the drive system at a first end of the shaft. The surgical device further includes a tissue-removal assembly coupled to the se...