ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,163, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Roboticized surgery system with improved control" was invented by Damien Brasset (Busnago, Italy), Paolo Invernizzi (Milan) and Emilio Ruiz Morales (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotized surgery system comprises at least one robot arm which acts under the control of a control console intended for the surgeon. The console comprises an eye tracking system for detecting the direction of the surgeon's gaze and for entering commands depending on the directions of the gaze detected. The console comprises advantageously a screen with at least o...