ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,154, issued on June 3, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Motor assembly" was invented by David W. Weir (San Carlos, Calif.), Melody Wu (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Kevin Durant (Alameda, Calif.) and Grant Duque (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system includes a surgical arm a control system, and a motor assembly. The surgical arm is configured to removably couple an instrument to the surgical system. The surgical arm is adjustable to different configurations to change a position of an instrument coupled to the surgical arm. The motor assembly is separate from the control system...