US Patent Issued to Auris Health on July 28 for "Homing of a cable-driven surgical tool in a surgical robotic system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,928, issued on July 28, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Homing of a cable-driven surgical tool in a surgical robotic system" was invented by Alireza Hariri (Santa Clara, Calif.), Ali Asadian (Santa Clara, Calif.), Sina Nia Kosari (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Haoran Yu (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For homing a cable-driven instrument of a surgical robotic system, any elongation of the cables is determined by applying pressure to the cables in a known configuration. The actuator positions for homing are then updated to account for any elongation. As a result, more accurate control and opera...