ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,930, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp. (Weston, Fla.).
"Rotating switch sensor for a robotic system" was invented by James E. Flatt (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Philip R. Woods (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Cory J. Welch (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Mark A. Wasserman (Delton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The end effector of a surgical robotic manipulator includes a body member and a conductive element disposed circumferentially about a portion of the body member. The end effector includes a handle being rotatably mounted to the body member and being rotatable about the conductive element. The handle includes a tactile interface t...