MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517058827 A) filed by Vivid Surgical Pty Ltd., Mosman, Australia, on June 19, for 'assemblies for releasably mounting a surgical device to a patient or tool.'
Inventor(s) include Walter, William Lindsay; Marsden-Jones, Daniel; and May, Stuart.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Assembly (10) for releasably mounting a surgical device (12) to a patient or surgical tool. The assembly (10) includes: a patient mount (14) fixedly securable to a pin (16) configured for engaging the patient, the patient mount (14) defining an operatively top portion (18) carrying at least one first magnetic body (20); and a device mount (22) fixedly securable to the device (12) and defining an operatively bottom portion (24) carrying a complementary at least one second magnetic body (26), and defining a recess (28) dimensioned to receive a length of at least one of the pin (16) and the patient mount (14) and allow rotating the device mount (22) relative to the patient mount (14). Mounting the recess (28) of the device mount (22) on at least one of the pin (16) and the patient mount (14) arranges the bottom portion (24) adjacent and spaced from the top portion (18). Aligning the at least one first magnetic body (20) with the at least one second magnetic body (26) draws the mounts (14, 22) towards each other to inhibit relative rotation."
The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 22, 2023, under International application No.PCT/AU2023/051192.
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