US Patent Issued to CMR SURGICAL on July 22 for "Torque sensing in a surgical robotic wrist" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,564, issued on July 22, was assigned to CMR SURGICAL Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Torque sensing in a surgical robotic wrist" was invented by Luke David Ronald Hares (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Keith Marshall (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical robotic component comprising an articulated terminal portion, the terminal portion comprising: a distal segment having an attachment connected thereto, an intermediate segment, and a basal segment whereby the terminal portion is attached to the remainder of the surgical robotic component. The terminal portion further comprises a first articulation betwee...