US Patent Issued to Auris Health on March 3 for "Locking casters for surgical systems" (California, Texas, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,460, issued on March 3, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Locking casters for surgical systems" 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 includes a caster and a lock member. The caster can include a caster support coupled to the robotic surgery console and a caster wheel rotatably coupled to the caster support. The lock member can include a pivot component, an extension portion, and a brake portion. The brake portion can pivot re...