Titan Medical Awarded New Patent to Expand Robotic Surgical IP

Titan Medical was awarded a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) titled “Graphical User Interface for a Robotic Surgical System.)
 
The patent is aimed at enhancing the surgeon user experience and generally covers a graphical user interface (GUI) overlay of a surgical workspace to track movement of instruments.
 
“The granting of this patent is a result of our strategic plan to independently build and protect a robust patent portfolio in robotic assisted surgery, including around the Enos robotic single access surgical system. Today’s news validates our commitment to the continuum of innovation in robotic assisted surgery,” Cary Vance, resident, and CEO of Titan told the press. “Along with recent patent application filings, including some that have recently published, this patent demonstrates the company’s focus on being an innovation leader in single-access RAS. The technology covered in this patent could assist with early-stage artificial intelligence that works to limit movement of instruments, including movements based on patient anatomy or more general keep-out zones, as well as enhancements in single-access RAS beyond the Enos system, including next generation single-access RAS technologies and systems. We believe the breadth and depth of our patent portfolio provides us with options for monetization or other strategic opportunities.”
 
The patent covers technology that creates a 3D boundary for instruments in the surgical workspace based on movement generated by a user-controlled hand controller. It also covers tech to give the surgeon user ability to limit instrument movement based on a 2D projection of the instrument’s position on the screen based on visual data and pre-op patient imaging or scans—or other patient-specific data embodying one or multiple “keep-out zones.”
 
Titan has thus far built an intellectual property portfolio of over 225 pending and issued patents covering the U.S. and other jurisdictions to support and cover many aspects of single-access robotic-assisted surgery like the Enos system’s workstation patient cart, dexterous articulating instruments, ergonomic hand-controllers, enhanced vision systems, advanced control software, and instinctive surgeon overlays for providing interoperative feedback.