US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on Sept. 8 for "Control and feedback based on insertion force" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,957, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Control and feedback based on insertion force" was invented by Samuel B. Schorr (East Palo Alto, Calif.) and Nicola Diolaiti (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine is configured to access force data generated by a force sensor, where the force sensor is communicatively coupled to a proximal portion of a flexible elongate device that has a distal portion configured to travel within an environment, and where the force sensor is configured to detect forces and generate the force data therefrom. The machine, based on the...