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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard H. Feins, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
John C. Alexander, Jr., Pinehurst, NC (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 23/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 23/306 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical training model for simulating human prostate surgery may include a harvested porcine urethra. A harvested porcine vagina surrounds a portion of the harvested porcine urethra to define a simulated human prostate.