US Patent Issued to Auris Health on Dec. 16 for "Self-aligned docking for a robotic surgical platform" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,151, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Self-aligned docking for a robotic surgical platform" was invented by Pouya Sabetian (Foster City, Calif.) and Ying Mao (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic system can incorporate one or more sensors along a robotic arm in order to permit self- or auto-alignment of the robotic arm with a cannula during a docking procedure. The sensor can detect and measure a force or moment resulting from contact between an instrument driver of the robotic arm and the cannula. In response thereto, the robotic system can translate and/or rotate co...