81 patents
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Utility
Apparatus for providing access for a medical procedure
2 Feb 21
In some embodiments an apparatus for providing access for a medical procedure in a patient's body cavity includes a stem configured for insertion through an opening in a body cavity wall.
Evan Rittenhouse Jones, Maxime Blain, Christopher Dean Smith
Filed: 28 Dec 18
Utility
Sterile barrier systems for robotic surgery systems
4 Jan 21
A sterile barrier system for a robotic surgery apparatus can include a drape coupler.
Perry A. Genova, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
Filed: 25 Jun 19
Utility
Methods for protecting robotic surgery systems with sterile barriers
4 Jan 21
A method of preparing a robotic surgery apparatus for a medical procedure can include covering a manipulator unit of the robotic surgery apparatus with a first sterile barrier by coupling a drape coupler of the first sterile barrier to a bottom surface of the manipulator unit and wrapping a drape of the first sterile barrier around side and top surfaces of the manipulator unit.
Perry A. Genova, Sachin A. Sankholkar, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
Filed: 25 Jun 19
Utility
Surgical instrument and removable end effector apparatus
28 Dec 20
A surgical instrument apparatus includes an elongate tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end and a bore extending through the tubular body; an actuator link extending through and configured to move longitudinally within the bore, the actuator link including a first end connected to a first actuator at the proximal end of the tubular body and a second end terminating in a coupler, wherein the first end of the first actuator causes the actuator link to selectively move between an extended state and a retracted state.
Kent F. Beck
Filed: 22 Aug 18
Utility
Bipolar end effector apparatus for a surgical instrument
30 Nov 20
An end effector apparatus for a surgical instrument is disclosed including a housing having a first jaw mounted on a revolute joint and providing a first electrical conduction path between the housing and the first jaw.
Rene Robert, Jonathan Hess Hills, Timothy Norman Johnson
Filed: 10 Jul 16
Utility
Apparatus for removably receiving an end effector for performing surgical operations
16 Nov 20
A surgical instrument apparatus for removably receiving an end effector coupled to an elongate control link for actuating the end effector to perform surgical operations is disclosed.
Rene Robert, Jonathan Hess Hills
Filed: 14 Mar 17
Utility
Method and apparatus for illuminating an object field imaged by a rectangular image sensor
2 Nov 20
An illuminator apparatus and method for illuminating an object field imaged by a rectangular image sensor having a first aspect ratio is disclosed.
Randal B. Chinnock, William L. Weber
Filed: 15 Jul 19
Utility
Autonomous correction of alignment error in a master-slave robotic system
2 Nov 20
In some embodiments, correcting an alignment error between an end effector of a tool associated with a slave and a master actuator associated with a master in a robotic system involves receiving at the master, master actuator orientation signals (RMCURR) representing the orientation of the master actuator relative to a master reference frame and generating end effector orientation signals (REENEW) representing the end effector orientation relative to a slave reference frame, producing control signals based on the end effector orientation signals, receiving an enablement signal for selectively enabling the control signals to be transmitted from the master to the slave, responsive to a transition of the enablement signal from not active state to active state, computing the master-slave misalignment signals (RΔ) as a difference between the master actuator orientation signals (RMCURR) and the end effector orientation signals (REENEW), and adjusting the master-slave misalignment signals (RΔ) to reduce the alignment difference.
Joseph Kralicky, Peter Cameron
Filed: 13 May 19
Utility
Method and apparatus for positioning a workstation for controlling a robotic system
2 Nov 20
A method for positioning an input device of a workstation for use by a seated user in controlling a robotic surgery system is disclosed.
Thomas Andrew Lutzow, Daniel Bacher
Filed: 12 Aug 19
Utility
Actuator and drive for manipulating a tool
26 Oct 20
A tool apparatus and a method for actuating a tool apparatus are disclosed.
Rene Robert, David Allen Zitnick
Filed: 8 Feb 18
Utility
Stereoscopic imaging sensor apparatus and method for fabricating pairs of image sensors used in stereoscopic imaging
12 Oct 20
A stereoscopic image sensor apparatus including a pair of image sensors adjacently fabricated on a common carrier is disclosed, the common carrier being a diced portion of a carrier on which an aligned plurality of image sensors have been fabricated within an alignment tolerance, the alignment tolerance including a target lateral offset between the adjacent image sensors, and a target orientation between corresponding rows of light sensitive elements on the adjacent image sensors.
Randal B. Chinnock, Jason P. Julian, George Grubner, William L. Weber
Filed: 1 Dec 16
Utility
Methods and apparatuses for positioning a camera of a surgical robotic system to capture images inside a body cavity of a patient during a medical procedure
14 Sep 20
Methods and apparatuses for positioning a camera of a surgical robotic system to capture images inside a body cavity of a patient during a medical procedure are disclosed.
Joseph Kralicky
Filed: 24 Aug 17
Utility
Hand controller apparatus for gesture control and shared input control in a robotic surgery system
31 Aug 20
In some embodiments, a hand controller apparatus for controlling a tool in a robotic surgery system can include a body configured to be moved to generate a first operator input to cause a tool to move corresponding to the movement of the body.
Brandon Michael Kelly, Michael Darter Collins, Chad Clayton Walters, Jonathan Bradley Duke, Zachary Kevin Durand, Mark Curtis Rector
Filed: 29 Oct 18
Utility
Instrument collision detection and feedback
3 Aug 20
A method of operating a robotic control system comprising a master apparatus in communication with a plurality of input devices having respective handles capable of translational and rotational movement and a slave system having a tool positioning device corresponding to each respective handle and holding a respective tool having an end effector whose position and orientation is determined in response to a position and orientation of a corresponding handle.
Peter Cameron
Filed: 14 Dec 15
Utility
Actuator apparatus for operating a surgical instrument
27 Jul 20
A coupler apparatus for coupling electrical signals between an actuator and an end effector is disclosed.
Tim Haughton, Rene Robert
Filed: 16 May 19
Utility
Robotic system display system for displaying auxiliary information
29 Jun 20
A Robotic control system has a wand, which emits multiple narrow beams of light, which fall on a light sensor array, or with a camera, a surface, defining the wand's changing position and attitude which a computer uses to direct relative motion of robotic tools or remote processes, such as those that are controlled by a mouse, but in three dimensions and motion compensation means and means for reducing latency.
John D. Unsworth
Filed: 26 Jun 19
Utility
Camera positioning system, method, and apparatus for capturing images during a medical procedure
20 Apr 20
In some embodiments, an insertion device for a robotic surgery apparatus can include a first portion with a plurality of instrument channels configured to removably house a plurality of surgical instruments and first and second camera channels positioned in an interior of the first portion and extending along substantially the entire length of the first portion.
Perry A. Genova, Hans Christian Pflaumer, Aki Hannu Einari Laakso, Allan Katz, Alejandro Espinosa, Eduardo A. Ampuero
Filed: 9 Oct 18
Utility
Robotic hand controller
24 Feb 20
A hand controller for enabling a user to perform an activity and method for controlling a robotic arm is provided.
Uwe Schaible, Drazena Brocilo, John Harmen
Filed: 23 Apr 17
Utility
Robotic hand controller
13 Jan 20
A hand controller for enabling a user to perform an activity and method for controlling a robotic arm is provided.
Uwe Schaible, Drazena Brocilo, John Harmen
Filed: 11 Apr 17
Utility
Apparatus and method for controlling an end-effector assembly
11 Nov 19
An apparatus for controlling an end-effector assembly is provided.
Eric Butt, Jeff Ransden, Alexander Shvartsberg, Reiza Rayman
Filed: 24 Apr 14