US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Oct. 21 for "Systems and methods for control of end effectors" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,982, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for control of end effectors" was invented by Dinesh Rabindran (San Jose, Calif.), Ryan C. Abbott (San Jose, Calif.), Daniel H. Gomez (Los Gatos, Calif.) and John Ryan Steger (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for controlling an end effector include a first engagement member coupled to a first actuator, a second engagement member coupled to a second actuator; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to engage the first engagement member with a third engagement member of an instrument...