US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on Aug. 26 for "Method and system for coordinated multiple-tool movement using a drivable assembly" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,816, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Method and system for coordinated multiple-tool movement using a drivable assembly" was invented by Arjang M. Hourtash (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Probal Mitra (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic system includes a manipulator assembly and a processing system. The manipulator assembly includes a first manipulator, a second manipulator, and a drivable structure. The first manipulator and the second manipulator are mechanically coupled to the drivable structure. The processing system is configured to determine a drivable ...