US Patent Issued to Vicarious Surgical on Feb. 24 for "Force estimation and visual feedback in surgical robotics" (Massachusetts, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,171, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Vicarious Surgical Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Force estimation and visual feedback in surgical robotics" was invented by Sammy Khalifa (Waltham, Mass.), Adam Sachs (Waltham, Mass.), Michael Eilenberg (Malden, Mass.), Pankaj Chopra (Medford, Mass.), Michael Bunne (Rochester, N.Y.) and Jeff Bail (Watertown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods and systems for determining force in a robotic surgical system. In some embodiments, a force applied by a robotic component (e.g. a robotic arm, a segment of a robotic arm, or a joint of a robotic arm) is determined. Also described...