| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7594912 |
Offset remote center manipulator for robotic surgery |
September 29, 2009 |
| Medical, surgical, and/or robotic devices and systems often including offset remote center parallelogram manipulator linkage assemblies which constrains a position of a surgical instrument during minimally invasive robotic surgery are disclosed. The improved remote center manipulator |
| 7524320 |
Mechanical actuator interface system for robotic surgical tools |
April 28, 2009 |
| Robotic surgical tools, systems, and methods for preparing for and performing robotic surgery include a memory mounted on the tool. The memory can perform a number of functions when the tool is loaded on the tool manipulator: first, the memory can provide a signal verifying that the |
| 7357774 |
Multi-component telepresence system and method |
April 15, 2008 |
| The present invention provides systems and methods for performing robotically-assisted surgical procedures on a patient. In particular, a three-component surgical system is provided that includes a non-sterile drive and control component, a sterilizable end effector or surgical tool |
| 7320700 |
Flexible wrist for surgical tool |
January 22, 2008 |
| The present invention is directed to a tool having a wrist mechanism that provides pitch and yaw rotation in such a way that the tool has no singularity in roll, pitch, and yaw. In one embodiment, a minimally invasive surgical instrument comprises an elongate shaft having a working e |
| 7107090 |
Devices and methods for presenting and regulating auxiliary information on an image display of a |
September 12, 2006 |
| Systems and methods for performing robotically-assisted surgical procedures on a patient enable an image display device to provide an operator with auxiliary information related to the surgical procedure, in addition to providing an image of the surgical site itself. The systems and |
| 7048745 |
Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use |
May 23, 2006 |
| Robotic surgical tools, systems, and methods relating to robotic surgery include a memory mounted on the tool. The memory can perform a number of functions when the tool is loaded on the tool manipulator: (1) providing a signal verifying that the tool is compatible with that particular |
| 6879880 |
Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery |
April 12, 2005 |
| Surgical robots and other telepresence systems have enhanced grip actuation for manipulating tissues and objects with small sizes. A master/slave system is used in which an error signal or gain is artificially altered when grip members are near a closed configuration. |
| 6817974 |
Surgical tool having positively positionable tendon-actuated multi-disk wrist joint |
November 16, 2004 |
| The present invention is directed to a tool having a wrist mechanism that provides pitch and yaw rotation in such a way that the tool has no singularity in roll, pitch, and yaw. A positively positionable multi-disk wrist mechanism includes a plurality of disks or vertebrae stacked in |
| 6770081 |
In vivo accessories for minimally invasive robotic surgery and methods |
August 3, 2004 |
| Surgical accessories are presented in vivo and used by surgical tools in the surgical site to perform additional tasks without the need to remove the tools from the surgical site for tool change or instrument loading. Some accessories need to be actuated to effect a predetermined treatme |
| 6594552 |
Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery |
July 15, 2003 |
| Surgical robots and other telepresence systems have enhanced grip actuation for manipulating tissues and objects with small sizes. A master/slave system is used in which an error signal or gain is artificially altered when grip members are near a closed configuration. |
| 6522906 |
Devices and methods for presenting and regulating auxiliary information on an image display of a |
February 18, 2003 |
| Systems and methods for performing robotically-assisted surgical procedures on a patient enable an image display device to provide an operator with auxiliary information related to the surgical procedure, in addition to providing an image of the surgical site itself. The systems and meth |
| 6451027 |
Devices and methods for moving an image capture device in telesurgical systems |
September 17, 2002 |
| A positional control system, comprising a robotically controlled arm, for varying the position of a robotic surgical tool, is provided. The robotic surgical tool can be in the form of an image capture device, such as an endoscope, for example. The positional control system comprises a ba |
| 6346072 |
Multi-component telepresence system and method |
February 12, 2002 |
| Systems and methods are provided for performing robotically-assisted surgical procedures on a patient. In particular, a three-component surgical system is provided that includes a non-sterile drive and control component, a sterilizable end effector or surgical tool and an intermediat |
| 6331181 |
Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use |
December 18, 2001 |
| Robotic surgical tools, systems, and methods for preparing for and performing robotic surgery include a memory mounted on the tool. The memory can perform a number of functions when the tool is loaded on the tool manipulator: first, the memory can provide a signal verifying that the |
| 6132368 |
Multi-component telepresence system and method |
October 17, 2000 |
| The present invention provides systems and methods for performing robotically-assisted surgical procedures on a patient. In particular, a three-component surgical system is provided that includes a non-sterile drive and control component, a sterilizable end effector or surgical tool |
| 6031439 |
Bi-directional hall-effect control device |
February 29, 2000 |
| A control device for converting a manual input into an electrical signal is provided. The control device includes a control button, a first magnet having a first predetermined polarity, a second magnet having a second predetermined polarity, and a hall-effect sensor located adjacent to t |
| 5680863 |
Flexible ultrasonic transducers and related systems |
October 28, 1997 |
| A phased array transducer for an ultrasonic imaging system includes a flexible support element which supports an array of piezoelectric transducer elements. Shape transducers such as strain gauges or capacitive transducers are coupled to the support element to generate a signal indic |
| 5626138 |
Ultrasonic transducer probe with axisymmetric lens |
May 6, 1997 |
| According to the present invention, an ultrasonic transducer probe is provided having an array of ultrasonic transducers rotatably mounted about an axis within the ultrasonic transducer probe, a lens mounted to the array, and a housing encasing the array and the lens. The lens is sym |
| 5575288 |
Compact rotationally steerable ultrasound transducer |
November 19, 1996 |
| According to the present invention, an ultrasonic imaging system having a remote ultrasound console and a probe connected thereto for inspecting an interior region of a body is provided. The ultrasonic imaging system includes a scanhead housing disposed at a distal end of the probe. A |
| 5562096 |
Ultrasonic transducer probe with axisymmetric lens |
October 8, 1996 |
| According to the present invention, an ultrasonic transducer probe is provided having an array of ultrasonic transducers rotatably mounted about an axis within the ultrasonic transducer probe, a lens mounted to the array, and a housing encasing the array and the lens. The lens is sym |
| 5479929 |
Drive system with a multiturn rotary stop |
January 2, 1996 |
| A drive system with a rotary stop for driving a rotatable load is provided having a motor, a rotary stop and a spring stop assembly for coupling the motor to the rotary stop. The spring stop assembly has a motor-driven gear coupled to a hub by a torsional spring. A position encoder may b |
| 5465724 |
Compact rotationally steerable ultrasound transducer |
November 14, 1995 |
| According to the present invention, an ultrasonic probe for use with a remote ultrasonic imaging system is provided, having a multielement transducer with an upper surface and a lower surface. An ultrasonically attenuative backing material adjoins the lower surface of the multielement |
| 5299559 |
Endoscope with overload protective device |
April 5, 1994 |
| This invention provides an improved endoscope having control wires for articulating a set of rings and directing a probe which further provides an overload protection device interconnecting the control wires to an operating member. The overload protection device provides a controlled |
