Eric E. Sanborn

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Blacksburg, VA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus for determining shape parameter(s) using a se...
- Patent number 11,940,305
- Issue date Mar 26, 2024
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Micro optic assemblies and optical interrogation systems
- Patent number 11,761,754
- Issue date Sep 19, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Micro optic assemblies and optical interrogation systems
- Patent number 11,499,818
- Issue date Nov 15, 2022
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus for determining shape parameter(s) using a se...
- Patent number 11,473,941
- Issue date Oct 18, 2022
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Augmented accuracy using large diameter shape fiber
- Patent number 11,324,393
- Issue date May 10, 2022
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Fiber management in medical instrument backend
- Patent number 11,076,753
- Issue date Aug 3, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Stephen J. Blumenkranz
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus for determining shape parameter(s) using a se...
- Patent number 11,035,699
- Issue date Jun 15, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Polarization control with low polarization-mode dispersion
- Patent number 11,016,316
- Issue date May 25, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Micro optic assemblies and optical interrogation systems
- Patent number 10,976,155
- Issue date Apr 13, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark Froggatt
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Shape sensing with multi-core fiber sensor
- Patent number 10,823,627
- Issue date Nov 3, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Eric E. Sanborn
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus for calibration for a fiber optic shape sensor
- Patent number 10,775,157
- Issue date Sep 15, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Dawn K. Gifford
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Interferometric alignment of optical multicore fibers to be connected
- Patent number 10,739,529
- Issue date Aug 11, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Fiber management in medical instrument backend
- Patent number 10,492,871
- Issue date Dec 3, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Stephen J. Blumenkranz
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus and method for generating 3-D data for an anatomical targ...
- Patent number 10,480,926
- Issue date Nov 19, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Interferometric alignment of optical multicore fibers to be connected
- Patent number 10,416,391
- Issue date Sep 17, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark Froggatt
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Fiber optic sensing of tool strain or tool angle
- Patent number 10,245,115
- Issue date Apr 2, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Dissimilar cores in multicore optical fiber for strain and temperat...
- Patent number 10,132,614
- Issue date Nov 20, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark Froggatt
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Distributed pressure measurement by embedded fiber optic strain sensor
- Patent number 9,797,795
- Issue date Oct 24, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Matthew M. White
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Variable polarization separation via beam splitter rotation
- Patent number 9,329,401
- Issue date May 3, 2016
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Eric E. Sanborn
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SHAPE PARAMETER(S) USING A SE...
- Publication number 20240183691
- Publication date Jun 6, 2024
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
MICRO OPTIC ASSEMBLIES AND OPTICAL INTERROGATION SYSTEMS
- Publication number 20230417541
- Publication date Dec 28, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
DIRECTING LIGHT INTO AN OPTICAL FIBER
- Publication number 20230152568
- Publication date May 18, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Dawn K. Gifford
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
MICRO OPTIC ASSEMBLIES AND OPTICAL INTERROGATION SYSTEMS
- Publication number 20230032157
- Publication date Feb 2, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SHAPE PARAMETER(S) USING A SE...
- Publication number 20220412778
- Publication date Dec 29, 2022
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
MICRO OPTIC ASSEMBLIES AND OPTICAL INTERROGATION SYSTEMS
- Publication number 20210254967
- Publication date Aug 19, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SHAPE PARAMETER(S) USING A SE...
- Publication number 20210172768
- Publication date Jun 10, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
OPTICAL FIBER WITH INTEGRATED ABSORBER MATERIAL
- Publication number 20200209466
- Publication date Jul 2, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Eric E. Sanborn
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
FIBER MANAGEMENT IN MEDICAL INSTRUMENT BACKEND
- Publication number 20200093548
- Publication date Mar 26, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Stephen J. Blumenkranz
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED HEAT FLUX SENSING OF BODY TISSUE
- Publication number 20200069192
- Publication date Mar 5, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Eric E. Sanborn
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
POLARIZATION CONTROL WITH LOW POLARIZATION-MODE DISPERSION
- Publication number 20200057321
- Publication date Feb 20, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SHAPE PARAMETER(S) USING A SE...
- Publication number 20200025593
- Publication date Jan 23, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
INTERFEROMETRIC ALIGNMENT OF OPTICAL MULTICORE FIBERS TO BE CONNECTED
- Publication number 20190391341
- Publication date Dec 26, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
SHAPE SENSING WITH MULTI-CORE FIBER SENSOR
- Publication number 20190250050
- Publication date Aug 15, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Eric E. Sanborn
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
MICRO OPTIC ASSEMBLIES AND OPTICAL INTERROGATION SYSTEMS
- Publication number 20190249982
- Publication date Aug 15, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark FROGGATT
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATION FOR A FIBER OPTIC SHAPE SENSOR
- Publication number 20190234726
- Publication date Aug 1, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Dawn K. GIFFORD
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
AUGMENTED ACCURACY USING LARGE DIAMETER SHAPE FIBER
- Publication number 20190183318
- Publication date Jun 20, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. FROGGATT
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING 3-D DATA FOR AN ANATOMICAL TARG...
- Publication number 20180245907
- Publication date Aug 30, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. FROGGATT
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
FIBER MANAGEMENT IN MEDICAL INSTRUMENT BACKEND
- Publication number 20180228548
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Stephen J. BLUMENKRANZ
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
INTERFEROMETRIC ALIGNMENT OF OPTICAL MULTICORE FIBERS TO BE CONNECTED
- Publication number 20180172920
- Publication date Jun 21, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark FROGGATT
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
FIBER OPTIC SENSING OF TOOL STRAIN OR TOOL ANGLE
- Publication number 20180064500
- Publication date Mar 8, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark FROGGATT
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
DISSIMILAR CORES IN MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBER FOR STRAIN AND TEMPERAT...
- Publication number 20170370704
- Publication date Dec 28, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark FROGGATT
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
DISTRIBUTED PRESSURE MEASUREMENT BY EMBEDDED FIBER OPTIC STRAIN SENSOR
- Publication number 20150114130
- Publication date Apr 30, 2015
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Matthew M. WHITE
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE POLARIZATION SEPARATION VIA BEAM SPLITTER ROTATION
- Publication number 20140078511
- Publication date Mar 20, 2014
- Luna Innovations Incorporated
- Eric E. Sanborn
- G02 - OPTICS

Eric E. Sanborn

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Methods and apparatus for determining shape parameter(s) using a se...

Micro optic assemblies and optical interrogation systems

Micro optic assemblies and optical interrogation systems

Methods and apparatus for determining shape parameter(s) using a se...

Augmented accuracy using large diameter shape fiber

Fiber management in medical instrument backend

Methods and apparatus for determining shape parameter(s) using a se...

Polarization control with low polarization-mode dispersion

Micro optic assemblies and optical interrogation systems

Shape sensing with multi-core fiber sensor

Methods and apparatus for calibration for a fiber optic shape sensor

Interferometric alignment of optical multicore fibers to be connected

Fiber management in medical instrument backend

Apparatus and method for generating 3-D data for an anatomical targ...

Interferometric alignment of optical multicore fibers to be connected

Fiber optic sensing of tool strain or tool angle

Dissimilar cores in multicore optical fiber for strain and temperat...

Distributed pressure measurement by embedded fiber optic strain sensor

Variable polarization separation via beam splitter rotation

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SHAPE PARAMETER(S) USING A SE...

MICRO OPTIC ASSEMBLIES AND OPTICAL INTERROGATION SYSTEMS

DIRECTING LIGHT INTO AN OPTICAL FIBER

MICRO OPTIC ASSEMBLIES AND OPTICAL INTERROGATION SYSTEMS

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SHAPE PARAMETER(S) USING A SE...

MICRO OPTIC ASSEMBLIES AND OPTICAL INTERROGATION SYSTEMS

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SHAPE PARAMETER(S) USING A SE...

OPTICAL FIBER WITH INTEGRATED ABSORBER MATERIAL

FIBER MANAGEMENT IN MEDICAL INSTRUMENT BACKEND

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED HEAT FLUX SENSING OF BODY TISSUE

POLARIZATION CONTROL WITH LOW POLARIZATION-MODE DISPERSION

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SHAPE PARAMETER(S) USING A SE...

INTERFEROMETRIC ALIGNMENT OF OPTICAL MULTICORE FIBERS TO BE CONNECTED

SHAPE SENSING WITH MULTI-CORE FIBER SENSOR

MICRO OPTIC ASSEMBLIES AND OPTICAL INTERROGATION SYSTEMS

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATION FOR A FIBER OPTIC SHAPE SENSOR

AUGMENTED ACCURACY USING LARGE DIAMETER SHAPE FIBER

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING 3-D DATA FOR AN ANATOMICAL TARG...

FIBER MANAGEMENT IN MEDICAL INSTRUMENT BACKEND

INTERFEROMETRIC ALIGNMENT OF OPTICAL MULTICORE FIBERS TO BE CONNECTED

FIBER OPTIC SENSING OF TOOL STRAIN OR TOOL ANGLE

DISSIMILAR CORES IN MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBER FOR STRAIN AND TEMPERAT...

DISTRIBUTED PRESSURE MEASUREMENT BY EMBEDDED FIBER OPTIC STRAIN SENSOR

VARIABLE POLARIZATION SEPARATION VIA BEAM SPLITTER ROTATION