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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2022
Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Nicholas Cheung, Redwood City, CA (US);
Colin Allen Wilson, Burlingame, CA (US);
Ellen Klingbeil, Mountain View, CA (US);
Karan Handa, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chembian Parthiban, Fremont, CA (US);
Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A medical system may include an input device for controlling a medical instrument. The input device may include a grasper for receiving user input and a sensor coupled to the grasper for generating sensor information related to a user presence at the grasper. The medical system may also include a processor and memory that stores instructions for receiving secondary information associated with the grasper and determining a user presence at the grasper based on the sensor information and the secondary information. A method for operating the medical system with the input device is also disclosed herein.