US Patent Issued to Alcon on Dec. 30 for "Contact management mode for robotic imaging system using multiple sensors" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,712, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Alcon Inc (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Contact management mode for robotic imaging system using multiple sensors" was invented by Patrick Terry (Goleta, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic imaging system includes a body with a head unit, a robotic arm and a coupling plate. A camera is positioned in the head unit and configured to record one or more images of a target site. The camera is operatively connected to one or more handles. A plurality of sensors is configured to transmit sensor data. The sensors include at least one primary sensor configured to detect respective force and/or r...