ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,425, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"System and method for reducing blade exposures" was invented by David W. Weir (Menlo Park, Calif.), Julie L. Berry (San Jose, Calif.), Melissa D. Lippiatt (San Jose, Calif.), Daniel P. Saraliev (Soquel, Calif.) and Melody Wu (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for reducing blade exposures include a computer-assisted device having one or more processors and a drive system comprising one or more drive units configured to be coupled to a cutting instrument. The one or more processors are configured to: measure, using...