US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Sept. 1 for "Systems and methods for safe operation of a device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,499, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for safe operation of a device" was invented by Nicola Diolaiti (Menlo Park, Calif.) and David W. Bailey (Portola Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a device includes a processor configured to receive, via one or more sensors, a contact signal indicating that an operator is in contact with an input control of an input control console coupled to the control system. The processor is further configured to determine whether the contact signal is an activation signal. The processor is further...