ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,459, issued on March 3, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).
"Active drives for robotic catheter manipulators" was invented by Paul E. Lewis (Lakehead, Calif.) and Alan L. Yu (Union City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument driver comprises a base and a jaw assembly coupled to the base. The jaw assembly includes a first jaw having a gripping surface and a second jaw having a gripping surface. The instrument driver further comprises a driver assembly operably coupled to the jaw assembly to advance an elongated member relative to the base by translating the first and second jaws toward each other, t...