US Patent Issued to Alcon on Oct. 21 for "Robotic imaging system with velocity-based collision avoidance mode" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,621, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Robotic imaging system with velocity-based collision avoidance mode" 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 camera configured to obtain one or more images of a target site. A robotic arm is operatively connected to the camera, the robotic arm being adapted to selectively move the camera in a movement sequence. The robotic imaging system includes a sensor configured to detect and transmit sensor data related to a respective position and/or a respective speed of the camera. A controller ...