U.S. Patent 7682307 was awarded to Novare Surgical Systems, Inc. on 2010-03-23 and describes a “Articulating mechanism for remote manipulation of a surgical or diagnostic tool.” This patent has been cited 334 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

The invention provides an articulating mechanism useful, for example, for remote manipulation of various surgical instruments and diagnostic tools within, or to, regions of the body. Movement of segments at the proximal end of the mechanism results in a corresponding, relative movement of segments at the distal end of the mechanism. The proximal and distal segments are connected by a set of cables in such a fashion that each proximal segment forms a discrete pair with a distal segment. This configuration allows each segment pair to move independently of one another and also permits the articulating mechanism to undergo complex movements and adopt complex configurations. Link: U.S. Patent 7682307

This patent was originally filed on 2005-11-09 which gives it a processing time of 1595 days, compared to an average processing time of 1855 in the field. Novare Surgical Systems, Inc. has 30 total patents. The first named inventor is David J. Danitz of San Jose, CA. The assistant examiner was Aaron Roane.

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