ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,447, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Surgical robotic system with instrument detection" was invented by Richard S. Lech (Hamden, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered surgical system includes an instrument drive unit and an instrument configured to couple to the instrument drive unit. The system also includes a detection circuit configured to supply input signal to the instrument and to output one of a first value indicating a connection of the instrument or a second value indicating a disconnection of the instrument in an asymmetric-in-time hysteresis manner. The connection of the instrum...