US Patent Issued to CMR Surgical on Sept. 30 for "Virtual console for controlling a surgical robot" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,977, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CMR Surgical Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Virtual console for controlling a surgical robot" was invented by Luke David Ronald Hares (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling a surgical robot comprising a base, and an arm extending from the base to an attachment for an instrument, the arm comprising a plurality of joints whereby the configuration of the arm can be altered. The system includes: a display device configured to present a view of a virtual scene to an operator of the virtual reality display device, the virtual scene comprising...