US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on Oct. 27 for "Symmetric trimming of strain gauges" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,931, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Symmetric trimming of strain gauges" was invented by Ashwinram Suresh (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit is provided that includes a strain gauge resistor having a center axis and multiple conductor layer segments and a trim region extending along the center axis; wherein a first portion of the strain gauge resistor is located on one side of the center axis and a second portion of the strain gauge resistor is located on an opposite side of the center axis."

The patent was filed on June 28, 2024, under Application ...