ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,807, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"User-installable part installation detection techniques" was invented by Nicola Diolaiti (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Benjamin S. Flamm (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described for testing whether an end effector, or component thereof, is correctly or incorrectly installed to a manipulation system. A manipulation system can include a manipulator arm configured to receive an end effector having a first moveable jaw, a transducer configured to provide first effort information of the end effector as the end effe...