US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on Sept. 23 for "Master control device with multi-finger grip and methods therefor" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,715, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Master control device with multi-finger grip and methods therefor" was invented by Allen C. Thompson (Los Altos, Calif.) and Robert B. Hubler (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations relate to a master control device. In some implementations, a master control device includes a thumb grip member including a thumb grip receptive to a thumb of a hand of a user. The master control device includes a finger grip member coupled to the thumb grip member at a proximal end of the master control device and extending towar...