ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,695, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sovato Health Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for remotely controlling robotic medical procedures" was invented by Blair Whitney (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Steven Butner (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Tyler Grotenhuis (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Yulun Wang (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Daniel Haskell (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Approaches for remotely controlling a robotic surgery system located at a patient-side location are disclosed. Disclosed approaches reduce transmission delay and ensure reliable transmission for controlling a robotic surgery system from a remote lo...