ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,302, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CMR SURGICAL Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Controlling a surgical instrument" was invented by Graham John Veitch (Cambridge, Great Britain), David William Haydn Webster-Smith (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Roy Andrew Glasscock (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for controlling manipulation of a surgical instrument in response to manipulation of a remote surgeon input device. The surgical instrument comprises opposable first and second end effector elements connected to a shaft by an articulated coupling. The control system: transforms commands from the...