Abstract
This patent was filed on July 21, 2021 and was published online on January 2, 2024.From the background information supplied by the inventors, news correspondents obtained the followingquote: “Robotically-assisted surgical procedures have attracted increased interest in recent years. Robotassisted surgery, including robotically-assisted minimally-invasive surgical procedures, can be faster, saferand require less recovery time than conventional open surgeries. Surgical robotic systems are typically largedevices that approach the patient from the side and may take up a relatively large amount of space in thesurgical area. There is a continuing need for improvement to the usability and effectiveness of surgicalrobotic systems.”