US Patent Issued to Auris Health on Feb. 24 for "Locking casters for surgical systems with sensing" (California, Texas, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,177, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Redwood, Calif.).

"Locking casters for surgical systems with sensing" was invented by Jessie Ramirez Sanchez (San Jose, Calif.), Liam J. Nolan (Salt Lake City), Christian De Jesus Ruiz (Liberty Hill, Texas) and Sarah Ann Horton (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A caster assembly that includes a caster wheel, a lock member, a pedal, and a position sensor. The lock member can engage the caster wheel. Movement of the pedal towards a depressed position can cause engagement of the lock member against the caster wheel to resist or prevent rotation of the caster wheel...