ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,063, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Torque-based catheter articulation" was invented by J. Scot Hart (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Francis Macnamara (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic surgical system configured for the articulation of a catheter comprises an input device, a control computer, and an instrument driver having at least one motor for displacing the pull-wire of a steerable catheter wherein the control computer is configured to determine the desired motor torque or tension of the pull-wire of a catheter based on user manipulation of the input device. T...