ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,445, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Mobile virtual reality system for surgical robotic systems" was invented by Bernhard Fuerst (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Eric Johnson (Pacific Grove, Calif.) and Pablo Garcia Kilroy (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mobile virtual reality system for simulation, training or demonstration of a surgical robotic system can include a virtual reality processor. The processor can generate a virtual surgical robot and render the virtual surgical robot on a display. The virtual surgical robot can include a virtual surgical tool. A handheld user input de...