No, this patent is even bigger than the procedure, IMHO. This is the patent that is at the core of what Columbia licensed to Titan in the first place.
I'm no patent attorney, but if I'm reading this patent correctly it is written broadly enough to cover just about any robotic surgery device that implements the SPORT/IREP model. I'd love to ask a patent lawyer if this patent even covers daVinci Sp.
After very carefully reading the patent that you posted earlier, I've come to understand that this patent actually covers an Insertable, minimally invasive technology that is probably even more advanced than SPORT. The device specified attaches to the inside of the abdominal cavity.
Sorry folks, but this patent doesn't really help us out.