US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Sept. 22 for "Determing an ergonomic center for an input control" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,378, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Determing an ergonomic center for an input control" was invented by Brandon D. Itkowitz (San Jose, Calif.), Michael L. Hanuschik (Mountain View, Calif.), Paul W. Mohr (Mountain View, Calif.) and Arjang M. Hourtash (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for determining an ergonomic center for an input control include an input control and a control unit including one or more processors. Movement of the input control during teleoperation is usable to command corresponding movement of an end effector. One or more control p...