US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Dec. 23 for "System and method for providing feedback during manual joint positioning" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,235, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"System and method for providing feedback during manual joint positioning" was invented by Paul G. Griffiths (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for providing feedback during manual joint positioning include a computer-assisted device comprising an articulated structure comprising a joint and a brake associated with the joint and a control unit coupled to the articulated structure. To provide feedback during manual positioning of the joint due to manual force applied by an operator, the control unit is configured...