ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,803, issued on May 27, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Functional indicators for robotic medical systems" was invented by Fabien Y. Schmitt (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic medical system can include a patient platform configured to support a patient during a robotic medical procedure, a column supporting the patient platform, and an arm support coupled to the column with at least one robotic arm coupled to the arm support. The system can also include an indicator positioned on at least one of the arm support and the patient platform, wherein the indicator is configured to indic...