US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on July 1 for "Systems and methods for a kinematically-controlled remote center manipulator" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,103, issued on July 1, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for a kinematically-controlled remote center manipulator" was invented by Ashley Lynne Oliver (Piedmont, Calif.), Ryan C. Abbott (San Jose, Calif.), Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht (Redwood City, Calif.) and John Ryan Steger (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manipulator for articulating a surgical instrument may comprise an instrument holder configured to couple with the surgical instrument and to pivot about a remote center of motion. The manipulator may comprise a linkage assembly coupled to the instrum...