ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,272, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Low capacitance endoscopic system" was invented by Dominique Brichard (San Jose, Calif.), Peter M. Herzlinger (Saratoga, Calif.), David D. Scott (Oakland, Calif.) and Klaus Zietlow (Piedmont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic system includes a shaft comprising a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; a sensor system; a floating ground element electrically coupled to the sensor system; a power regulator electrically coupled to a power transmission line and to the floating ground element, the power regulator config...