ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,163, issued on June 3, was assigned to Verb Surgical Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Strain wave gearing with input to output braking" was invented by Bharat Thakkar (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking assembly for a strain wave gearing of a surgical robotic manipulator, the braking assembly including a first braking member fixedly coupled to an input portion of a strain wave gearing of a surgical robotic manipulator; and a second braking member fixedly coupled to an output portion of the strain wave gearing, and wherein during a braking operation the first braking member contacts the second braking member to mecha...