US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 20 for "Surgical robotic system and method for using instruments in training and surgical modes" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,953, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Surgical robotic system and method for using instruments in training and surgical modes" was invented by Emily M. Ludwig (New Haven, Conn.) and Brian A. Rockrohr (Guilford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical robotic system includes a surgical instrument and a robotic arm having an instrument drive unit configured to couple to and to actuate the surgical instrument. The system also includes a controller configured to: access usage data pertaining the surgical instrument; select an instrument operational mode for the surgical instrument based the usag...