ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,612, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to AURIS HEALTH INC. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Controllers for robotically enabled teleoperated systems" was invented by Yanan Huang (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Colin Allen Wilson (Burlingame, Calif.), David Stephen Mintz (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) and Jason Tomas Wilson (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotically enabled teleoperated system can include a controller and a robotic tool capable of manipulation by the controller. The controller can include a handle, a gimbal and a positioning platform. The handle can be configured for actuation by an operator to cause a corresponding ma...