US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Sept. 30 for "Systems and methods for selecting assignments for components of computer-assisted devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,969, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for selecting assignments for components of computer-assisted devices" was invented by Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht (Redwood City, Calif.) and John Ryan Steger (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device management system can include a device comprising a drive assembly configured to removably couple with an instrument. The drive assembly can include a plurality of drive elements configured to cause movement of the instrument by driving a plurality of input elements of the instrument. A control system...