ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,156, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Surgical robotic system with velocity limits" was invented by Burak Yilmaz (Upton, Mass.) and William J. Peine (Ashland, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical robotic system including a robotic arm and a surgical console. The robotic arm having a plurality of joints and a surgical instrument. The surgical console includes at least one interface device and a controller. The interface device configured to receive a user input. The controller configured to output a command pose based on the user input, wherein the robot arm is configured to move in respon...