Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

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Another new patent application:

http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=%22titan+medical%22&OS=%22titan+medical%22&RS=%22titan+medical%22

This one is interesting because it is very similar to the one I posted about a week and a half ago. The new patent uses pulleys to drive the end effector, whereas the earlier patent uses gears and drive shafts.

Keep in mind that these are two completely independent patent applications that achieve the same end-result. It seems to me that Titan is working on locking up several end effector drive mechanism types to make it more difficult for others to enter the market.