ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,135, issued on April 7, was assigned to Sovato Health Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Network virtualization for remotely controlling robotic-assisted medical procedures" was invented by Brian Gaither (South Weber, Utah), Daniel Wayne Haskell (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Cynthia Perazzo (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Tyler Grotenhuis (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Blair Whitney (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed systems, apparatuses, and methods enable remotely controlling robotic-assisted medical systems, such as robotic-assisted surgery systems, for performing remote robotic-assisted medical procedures. Disclosed approac...