ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,167, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for adjusting remote center distances in medical procedures" was invented by Nicholas J. Eyre (Redwood City, Calif.), Alexander Tarek Hassan (San Francisco), David Stephen Mintz (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) and Travis R. Marsot (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for adjusting remote center distances in medical procedures are provided. In one aspect, a robotic medical system includes a first robotic arm including a first instrument driver, wherein the first instrument driver is configured to manipul...