US Patent Issued to KARL STORZ on Feb. 10 for "Determining relative robot base positions using computer vision" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,156, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG (Tuttlingen, Germany).

"Determining relative robot base positions using computer vision" was invented by Kevin Andrew Hufford (Cary, N.C.) and Caleb Osborne (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot-assisted surgical system comprises a plurality of robotic system components independently positionable relative to a patient in a room, at least one of the robotic system components being a robotic manipulator configured for robotic positioning of a surgical instrument in a body cavity. Other robotic system components may include a second robotic manipulator and/or ...