US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on June 17 for "Master control device with finger grip sensing and methods therefor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,487, issued on June 17, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Master control device with finger grip sensing and methods therefor" was invented by Allen C. Thompson (Los Altos, Calif.) and Salvatore J. Brogna (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations relate to a master control device and methods for using such a control device. In some implementations, a master control device includes a control body including a surface. A force sensor is coupled to the control body, the force sensor configured to sense forces applied to the surface of the control body and provide sensor signa...