US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on Nov. 3 for "Medical systems that implement a common-mode choke to reduce voltage transients" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,664, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Medical systems that implement a common-mode choke to reduce voltage transients" was invented by Alan W. Petersen (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a housing configured to removably attach to a component separate from the surgical instrument, the component comprising a carriage attached to a main frame of a manipulator arm of a surgical system and configured to slidably move along the main frame, the housing comprising a first electrical circuit, and a common-mode choke. When the housing is rem...