US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on Jan. 20 for "Rotary input for lever actuation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,591, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Rotary input for lever actuation" was invented by S. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco) and Thomas G. Cooper (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes a lever with an applied force position, a load position, and a fulcrum position. A first cable extends from the applied force position of the lever to a first capstan, the first cable wrapping around the first capstan. A second cable extends from the applied force position of the lever to a second capstan, the second cable wrapping around the second caps...