Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

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The key to the snaking arms is that the angulation cable tensioners are designed for maximum torque which was based on the same concept sucessfully used in the industrial aeronautics. There are not 10 different ways to achieve this without push/pull angulation cables, its the law of physics and already used in flexible endoscopes today. The utility patent is owned by TMD which covers the overall use of snaking arms in robotic surgury, let alone angulation design. There is a big difference between a device patent and a utility patent! THIS is the reason why you cannot discount those who say that "its all in the patents". Question is, do you re-allocate R&D funds towards litigation and stall/halt the timeline or search for a firm that will do it based on an award percentage basis? That can only be decided when they go into commercial production. Until that time, speculation will always be present!