ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,928, issued on May 26, was assigned to Zimmer Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Cart stabilization system, rolling cart elements and methods of using same" was invented by Gerardo Angel Gonzalez Chapa (Austin, Texas) and Scott Hudson (Pflugerville, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cart stabilization system and rolling cart elements for robotic surgery and other medical instrumentation are disclosed. The cart stabilization system includes a base and lifting caster systems coupled to a bottom portion of the base. Each lifting caster system includes a rolling element, a swivel foot assembly moveably coupled to the rolling element; and a hydrau...