ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,545, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Imaging device control in viewing systems" was invented by Mohammad Sina Parastegari (Cupertino, Calif.), Paul G. Griffiths (Santa Clara, Calif.), Brandon D. Itkowitz (San Jose, Calif.) and Goran A. Lynch (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed for imaging device control in a computer-assisted device that includes a repositionable structure configured to support an imaging device, and a control system coupled to the repositionable structure. The control system is configured to: determine a position of a refe...