ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,267, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Endoscope control system" was invented by Peter M. Herzlinger (Saratoga, Calif.), Govinda Payyavula (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Brian E. Miller (Monte Sereno, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope system includes an endoscope, a display, one or more sensors, and a control system. The display is configured to display image content captured by the endoscope. The one or more sensors are located in a headrest and configured to detect an input at the headrest. The control system is configured to receive one or more sensor signals from...