US Patent Issued to Vicarious Surgical on Aug. 5 for "System and method for autofocusing of a camera assembly of a surgical robotic system" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,192, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Vicarious Surgical Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"System and method for autofocusing of a camera assembly of a surgical robotic system" was invented by Justin Keenan (Lexington, Mass.) and Sammy Khalifa (Medford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical robotic system includes a sensor unit, a controller, and a robotic subsystem. The robotic subsystem is in communication with the sensor unit and the controller. Additionally, the robotic subsystem includes a plurality of robotic arms that each have an end effort at a distal end thereof. The robotic subsystem also includes a camera assembly that ha...