ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,173, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Techniques for adjusting a display unit of a viewing system" was invented by Ehsan Noohi Bezanjani (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Lawton N. Verner (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for adjusting a display unit (206) of a viewing system include repositionable structure (204) configured to support a display unit, first and second hand-input sensors (240) configured to receive inputs from the operator; and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display images viewable by an operator. The control unit is configur...