ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,693, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Rob Surgical Systems SL (El Prat de Llobregat, Spain).

"Sensory perception surgical system for robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery" was invented by Josep Amat Girbau (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention proposes a sensory perception system for robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery. The invention comprises an electrosurgical forceps coupled to a surgical tool, an electrocautery radiofrequency signal generator and an impedance measurement circuit. The latter includes a measurement sensor for measuring a signal indicative of a magnitude corresponding to the value of c...