ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,484, issued on June 17, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"User-interface control using master controller" was invented by Ashwinram Suresh (San Jose, Calif.) and Joey Chau (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling a user interface of a teleoperated surgical system, the system comprises a first master controller communicatively coupled to the teleoperated surgical system; and a display device communicatively coupled to the teleoperated surgical system and configured to display a graphical user interface; and wherein the first master controller is configured to tra...