ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,686, issued on May 13, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"System and method for robotic cart arm assembly identification" was invented by Nathan White (Hamden, Conn.) and Edward Naclerio (Madison, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical robotic system includes a control tower having a first connector coupled to a first controller; and a movable robotic arm cart having a robotic arm and a second connector coupled to a second controller, the second connector being configured to couple to the first connector through a cable. The second controller being configured to transmit an identification signal having identifi...