ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,166, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Coordinated instrument control systems" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical systems for operating endoscopically and laparoscopically are provided. The surgical system includes a first scope device configured to transmit image data of a first scene. A second scope device is configured to transmit image data of a second scene. A tracking device associated with the first or second scope device and configured to transmit a signal indicative of a location of...