ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,005, issued on July 29, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Light displays in a medical device" was invented by Timothy B. Hulford (San Jose, Calif.), Christopher B. Allenby (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Lauren L. Argo (San Francisco), Russell L. E. Blanchard (San Jose, Calif.) and Roman Lapaev (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example medical device may include a first component including an interface, a light feature surrounding at least part of the interface, and a controller coupled to the light feature and including a memory in which are stored instructions for the controller causing a ...