Replies to post #41630 on Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

[investinthefuture]

You're right. Let's verify before we get too excited here.

[suckitup]

JUST LIKE ISRG HAS HAD MANY PATENTS LOCKED UP FOR YEARS??

[RockoTaco]

IITF pretty much laid it out. There are pictures in the link if that will help you.

[Noemotionseller]

The way I see this patent is that it is a REMOTE device to house a camera or other functional equipment that will be linked to the viewing of the surgeon. Thus the surgeon can have NOT JUST ONE VIEW, but multiple views of the procedure site! This is VERY COOL and useful, yes to answer someone else earlier, useful for liver resection. The dome of the liver is difficult to reach... SPORT arms can reach there, however, and with the case currently with ISRG, the visibility is difficult. To get a view to some places requires a separate incision and insertion of THE camera. YES, "THE" camera. This system allows SPORT to keep the camera on the insertion tube, but the surgeon will be able to add additional views with a remotely clipped camera. The result will be a fractured 3D screen with multiple vantage points. It could be set up to contain a clip as in the case of a blood vessel, and the surgeon can keep an eye on the "bleeder" while continuing to work on the task at hand. VERY COOL. There are sooooo many opportunities here that can make the "limitation" of 2 arms and a single port no more. HUGE!!! IMO

I hope that the patent with Columbia University and Fowler and company is exclusive to Titan. This is something that they could choose to feed out to ISRG or ALL robotic platforms and make a bundle of profit. If they keep it to Titan for the first few years, it could catapult SPORT in a huge way... I see this as an ACE in the pocket! I HOPE IT IS FOR TITAN EXCLUSIVELY!!!