US Patent Issued to Auris Health on Dec. 2 for "Drift detection of a haptic input device in a robotic surgical system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,983, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Drift detection of a haptic input device in a robotic surgical system" was invented by Colin Allen Wilson (Burlingame, Calif.), Daniel Aaron Soski (San Diego) and Karan Handa (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input device for controlling operation of a robotic arm may include a grasper that includes a first finger pad. The first finger pad may include a first set of two or more electrodes for determining user presence at the first finger pad. The input device may also include a processor for modifying operation of the robotic arm in respon...