ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,422, issued on March 3, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for docking surgical robotic arms" was invented by Andrea Bajo (Palo Alto, Calif.), Nathan Wang (Austin, Texas), Matthew Vargas (San Francisco), Alec Gordon (Berkeley, Calif.) and Koray Sahin (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for attaching a cannula to a robotic surgical system, the apparatus comprising: a first clamp component configured to transition between an open position and a closed position; a second clamp component spaced from the first clamp component, the first and second clamp components d...