US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Nov. 25 for "Systems and methods for motion control of steerable devices" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,088, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for motion control of steerable devices" was invented by Nicola Diolaiti (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may comprise a control device configured to receive user inputs and a manipulator system including an actuator configured to receive and drive a steerable device. The system may also comprise a control system communicatively coupled to the manipulator system and the control device. The control system may be configured to track a virtual user-instructed position based on a first user input...