US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Sept. 8 for "Manipulator system, manipulator system control method, and manipulator system control device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,745, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Manipulator system, manipulator system control method, and manipulator system control device" was invented by Takahiro Komuro (Tokyo) and Kosuke Kishi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manipulator system includes: a manipulator; a driving device to which the manipulator is detachably connected and which electrically drives the manipulator; a control device; a first sensor provided in the driving device; and a second sensor provided in the manipulator or the driving device. The control device is configured to perform a first step of confirming that t...