US Patent Issued to Verb Surgical on Nov. 18 for "Engagement and/or homing of a surgical tool in a surgical robotic system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,018, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Verb Surgical Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Engagement and/or homing of a surgical tool in a surgical robotic system" was invented by Renbin Zhou (Mountain View, Calif.), Haoran Yu (Mountain View, Calif.) and Sina Nia Kosari (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Engaging and/or homing is provided for a motor control of a surgical tool in a surgical robotic system. Where two or more motors are to control the same motion, the motors may be used to detect engagement even where no physical stop is provided. The motors operate in opposition to each other or in a way that does not atte...