ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,829, issued on July 8, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for constrained motion control of medical instruments" was invented by Andrea Bajo (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for constrained motion control of medical instruments are provided. In one aspect, a robotic system includes an instrument having an end effector, a robotic arm configured to control movement of the instrument and the end effector, and an input device configured to receive an input for controlling movement of the instrument and end effector. The instrument is capable of moving in a di...