US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on May 26 for "Surgical instrument actuation systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,107, issued on May 26, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Surgical instrument actuation systems" was invented by Daniel H. Gomez (Los Gatos, Calif.), Andrew Cullen Waterbury (Sunnyvale, Calif.), John Ryan Steger (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Alain Sadaka (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for computer-assisted systems using robotic technology are described. For example, this disclosure describes systems and methods that can be used in various contexts such as, but not limited to, minimally invasive computer-assisted tele-operated surgery using robotic technology. The d...