US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Nov. 4 for "Systems and methods for entering and exiting a teleoperational state" (California, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,458, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for entering and exiting a teleoperational state" was invented by Govinda Payyavula (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Simon P. Dimaio (San Carlos, Calif.), John William Henrie (Palo Alto, Calif.), Brandon D. Itkowitz (San Jose, Calif.) and Anthony M. Jarc (Johns Creek, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A teleoperational system comprises a teleoperational control system and a teleoperational manipulator configured for operating an instrument in an environment. The teleoperational system also comprises an operator controller in commun...