US Patent Issued to Covidien on March 11 for "System and apparatus for external torque observation and compensation for surgical robotic arm" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,900, issued on March 11, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"System and apparatus for external torque observation and compensation for surgical robotic arm" was invented by William J. Peine (Ashland, Mass.) and Andreas Tobergte (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical robotic arm includes a first link; a second link coupled to the first link at a first joint such that at least one of the first link or the second link is movable relative to each other; and a first actuator configured to move at least one of the first link or the second link. The surgical robotic arm also includes a joint torque sensor disposed w...