US Patent Issued to KARL STORZ on Aug. 11 for "Surgeon input system using event-based vision sensors for a surgical robotic system" (American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,513, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG (Tuttlingen, Germany).

"Surgeon input system using event-based vision sensors for a surgical robotic system" was invented by Federico Campisano (Timnath, Colo.), Davide Faconti (Barcelona, Spain), Daniel S. Menoher (Hummelstown, Pa.), Somesh Kashyap (Cary, N.C.) and Randall L. Luck (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user input system for providing input to a robotic surgical system for use in commanding motion of the robotic manipulator utilizes a surgeon input tool configured to be worn or held by a user. The surgeon input tool includes a plurality of LEDs, eac...