US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, ING on Aug. 18 for "Techniques for controlling grasping" (California, Hawaii Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,362, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, ING (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Techniques for controlling grasping" was invented by David W. Weir (San Carlos, Calif.), Kevin Durant (Honolulu), Patrick Flanagan (San Diego) and David W. Robinson (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for controlling grasping include a manipulator configured to be releasably coupled to an instrument, the instrument having an end effector comprising a first jaw and a second jaw; a drive system configured to apply a force or torque to the instrument to cause the end effector to grasp a material between the first jaw...