US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Sept. 30 for "System and method for integrated surgical table motion" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,966, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"System and method for integrated surgical table motion" was invented by Brandon D. Itkowitz (San Jose, Calif.), Paul G. Griffiths (Santa Clara, Calif.), Nitish Swarup (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Kamyar Ziaei (Belmont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-assisted device includes an articulating means configured to support an end effector and a processing means. When coupled to the articulating means and a patient supporting means, the processing means is configured to configure a first joint of the articulating means to a first ...