ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,250, issued on July 14, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"End effector force feedback to master controller" was invented by Grant M. Kadokura (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A teleoperated surgical system is provided that includes a surgical instrument that includes an end effector mounted for rotation about a slave pivot axis; a master control input includes a mount member, first and second master grip rotatably secured at the mount member for rotation about a master pivot axis; sensor to produce a sensor signal indicative of a slave grip counter-force about the slave pivot axis; one ...