US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Oct. 21 for "Techniques for constraining motion of a drivable assembly" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,618, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Techniques for constraining motion of a drivable assembly" was invented by Goran A. Lynch (Tahoe City, Calif.) and Lucas A. Reilly (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for constraining motion of a drivable assembly including a drivable structure, a manipulator mechanically coupled to the drivable structure, and a processing system. The processing system is configured to perform operations including receiving a command. The command indicates a commanded motion for an end effector of an instrument mechanically couple...