title: Patents running out: time to take stock of robotic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urogynaecology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland, barry.oreilly@hse.ie.
authors.forename: Barry A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010330:Patents as Topic; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012371:Robotics / Q000266:history