US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on Aug. 5 for "Automatic motion damping of teleoperated surgical system manipulators" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,925, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Automatic motion damping of teleoperated surgical system manipulators" was invented by Gerard J. Labonville (San Jose, Calif.) and Lawton N. Verner (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A teleoperated surgical system includes a manipulator, an electric motor, and a power circuit. The motor is operatively connected to and configured to drive movement of at least a portion of the manipulator. The power circuit includes a plurality of wires and a switch. The wires connect a selectively activated power source to the motor. The switch...