Kevin Andrew Hufford

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Cary, NC, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Dynamic control of surgical instruments in a surgical robotic system
- Patent number 12,144,573
- Issue date Nov 19, 2024
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Instrument for optical tissue interrogation
- Patent number 12,102,487
- Issue date Oct 1, 2024
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Assignment of auxiliary input devices for a robotic surgical system
- Patent number 12,076,101
- Issue date Sep 3, 2024
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Matthew Robert Penny
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Haptic user interface for robotically controlled surgical instruments
- Patent number 12,053,256
- Issue date Aug 6, 2024
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Paul Wilhelm Schnur
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Augmented reality surgery set-up for robotic surgical procedures
- Patent number 11,969,218
- Issue date Apr 30, 2024
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Michael Bruce Wiggin
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods of controlling surgical robotic system using ey...
- Patent number 11,937,891
- Issue date Mar 26, 2024
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Dynamic scaling for a robotic surgical system
- Patent number 11,877,817
- Issue date Jan 23, 2024
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Matthew Robert Penny
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Optical data transmission in a wireless power transmitter for a sur...
- Patent number 11,819,189
- Issue date Nov 21, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Randall L. Luck
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method of graphically tagging and recalling identified structures u...
- Patent number 11,771,518
- Issue date Oct 3, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Fluid actuation of instruments through a sterile barrier
- Patent number 11,768,204
- Issue date Sep 26, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Matthew R Penny
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Dynamic scaling for a robotic surgical system
- Patent number 11,751,959
- Issue date Sep 12, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Matthew Robert Penny
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Compact actuation configuration and expandable instrument receiver...
- Patent number 11,730,556
- Issue date Aug 22, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Matthew Robert Penny
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Use of eye tracking for tool identification and assignment in a rob...
- Patent number 11,690,677
- Issue date Jul 4, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Compact actuation configuration and expandable instrument receiver...
- Patent number 11,690,688
- Issue date Jul 4, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Matthew Robert Penny
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Haptic user interface for robotically controlled surgical instruments
- Patent number 11,547,513
- Issue date Jan 10, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Stefan Atay
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Haptic user interface for robotically controlled surgical instruments
- Patent number 11,540,890
- Issue date Jan 3, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Paul Wilhelm Schnur
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Optical data transmission in a wireless power transmitter for a sur...
- Patent number 11,523,730
- Issue date Dec 13, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Randall L. Luck
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for organ manipulation using a surgical roboti...
- Patent number 11,457,985
- Issue date Oct 4, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Instrument for optical tissue interrogation
- Patent number 11,259,892
- Issue date Mar 1, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Dynamic control of surgical instruments in a surgical robotic system
- Patent number 11,234,781
- Issue date Feb 1, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Matthew Robert Penny
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Haptic user interface for robotically controlled surgical instruments
- Patent number 11,179,214
- Issue date Nov 23, 2021
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Stefan Atay
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Method of graphically tagging and recalling identified structures u...
- Patent number 11,141,226
- Issue date Oct 12, 2021
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- David J Meagher
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Fluid actuation of instruments through a sterile barrier
- Patent number 11,119,105
- Issue date Sep 14, 2021
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Matthew R Penny
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
AUGMENTED REALITY SURGERY SET-UP FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES
- Publication number 20240358439
- Publication date Oct 31, 2024
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Michael Bruce Wiggin
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME SURGICAL SITE MEASUREMENTS
- Publication number 20240346678
- Publication date Oct 17, 2024
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
DIGITAL HANDING USING A FLEX OR BEND SENSOR
- Publication number 20240341888
- Publication date Oct 17, 2024
- Daniel S. Menoher
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SURGICAL ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR PROVIDING ENHANCED DEXTERITY ACROSS TH...
- Publication number 20240341869
- Publication date Oct 17, 2024
- Federico Campisano
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
USE OF EYE TRACKING INPUT TO INITIATE COMPUTER-VISION IDENTIFICATIO...
- Publication number 20240299121
- Publication date Sep 12, 2024
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
ACTUATION CARRIAGE WITH INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT FOR ROBOTICALLY CONT...
- Publication number 20240180638
- Publication date Jun 6, 2024
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF GRAPHICALLY TAGGING AND RECALLING IDENTIFIED STRUCTURES U...
- Publication number 20240024064
- Publication date Jan 25, 2024
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
USE OF EXTERNAL CAMERAS IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES
- Publication number 20230404702
- Publication date Dec 21, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Expandable Instrument Actuator
- Publication number 20230390016
- Publication date Dec 7, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Matthew Robert Penny
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHOS FOR MONITORING PROXIMITY BETWEEN ROBOTIC MANIPUL...
- Publication number 20230263574
- Publication date Aug 24, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
DETECTION OF SURGICAL TABLE MOVEMENT FOR COORDINATING MOTION WITH R...
- Publication number 20230210606
- Publication date Jul 6, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
HAPTIC USER INTERFACE FOR ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
- Publication number 20230121745
- Publication date Apr 20, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Paul Wilhelm Schnur
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
DETERMINING RELATIVE ROBOT BASE POSITIONS USING EXTERNALLY POSITION...
- Publication number 20230080041
- Publication date Mar 16, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGAN MANIPULATION USING A SURGICAL ROBOTI...
- Publication number 20230080767
- Publication date Mar 16, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
OPTICAL DATA TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER FOR A SUR...
- Publication number 20230051171
- Publication date Feb 16, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Randall L. Luck
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
DYNAMIC SCALING FOR A ROBOTIC SUGICAL SYSTEM
- Publication number 20230050243
- Publication date Feb 16, 2023
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Matthew Robert Penny
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Creating Surgical Annotations Using Anatomy Identification
- Publication number 20220354613
- Publication date Nov 10, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
GENERATING SUTURE PATH GUIDANCE OVERLAYS ON REAL-TIME SURGICAL IMAGES
- Publication number 20220265361
- Publication date Aug 25, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Displaying Suture Force Information in Surgery
- Publication number 20220265372
- Publication date Aug 25, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Generating Guidance Path Overlays on Real-Time Surgical Images
- Publication number 20220265371
- Publication date Aug 25, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
DYNAMIC SCALING FOR A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM
- Publication number 20220117688
- Publication date Apr 21, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Matthew Robert Penny
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
DYNAMIC SCALING FOR A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM
- Publication number 20220117687
- Publication date Apr 21, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Matthew Robert Penny
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
INSTRUMENT FOR OPTICAL TISSUE INTERROGATION
- Publication number 20220117693
- Publication date Apr 21, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
DYNAMIC CONTROL OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS IN A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM
- Publication number 20220117686
- Publication date Apr 21, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
ACTUATION CARRIAGE WITH INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT FOR ROBOTICALLY CONT...
- Publication number 20220104892
- Publication date Apr 7, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM USING EY...
- Publication number 20220104898
- Publication date Apr 7, 2022
- TransEnterix Surgical, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
USE OF COMPUTER VISION TO DETERMINE ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE PATHS
- Publication number 20220104687
- Publication date Apr 7, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
OPEN SOURCE ROBOTIC PLATFORM
- Publication number 20220104890
- Publication date Apr 7, 2022
- TransEnterix Surgical, Inc.
- Matthew Robert Penny
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SURGICAL RECORD CREATION USING COMPUTER RECOGNITION OF SURGICAL EVENTS
- Publication number 20220104887
- Publication date Apr 7, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBINING COMPUTER VISION TECHNIQUES TO IMPRO...
- Publication number 20220101533
- Publication date Mar 31, 2022
- Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
- Kevin Andrew Hufford
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Kevin Andrew Hufford

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Dynamic control of surgical instruments in a surgical robotic system

Instrument for optical tissue interrogation

Assignment of auxiliary input devices for a robotic surgical system

Haptic user interface for robotically controlled surgical instruments

Augmented reality surgery set-up for robotic surgical procedures

Systems and methods of controlling surgical robotic system using ey...

Dynamic scaling for a robotic surgical system

Optical data transmission in a wireless power transmitter for a sur...

Method of graphically tagging and recalling identified structures u...

Fluid actuation of instruments through a sterile barrier

Dynamic scaling for a robotic surgical system

Compact actuation configuration and expandable instrument receiver...

Use of eye tracking for tool identification and assignment in a rob...

Compact actuation configuration and expandable instrument receiver...

Haptic user interface for robotically controlled surgical instruments

Haptic user interface for robotically controlled surgical instruments

Optical data transmission in a wireless power transmitter for a sur...

Method and apparatus for organ manipulation using a surgical roboti...

Instrument for optical tissue interrogation

Dynamic control of surgical instruments in a surgical robotic system

Haptic user interface for robotically controlled surgical instruments

Method of graphically tagging and recalling identified structures u...

Fluid actuation of instruments through a sterile barrier

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

AUGMENTED REALITY SURGERY SET-UP FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME SURGICAL SITE MEASUREMENTS

DIGITAL HANDING USING A FLEX OR BEND SENSOR

SURGICAL ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR PROVIDING ENHANCED DEXTERITY ACROSS TH...

USE OF EYE TRACKING INPUT TO INITIATE COMPUTER-VISION IDENTIFICATIO...

ACTUATION CARRIAGE WITH INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT FOR ROBOTICALLY CONT...

METHOD OF GRAPHICALLY TAGGING AND RECALLING IDENTIFIED STRUCTURES U...

USE OF EXTERNAL CAMERAS IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES

Expandable Instrument Actuator

SYSTEMS AND METHOS FOR MONITORING PROXIMITY BETWEEN ROBOTIC MANIPUL...

DETECTION OF SURGICAL TABLE MOVEMENT FOR COORDINATING MOTION WITH R...

HAPTIC USER INTERFACE FOR ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

DETERMINING RELATIVE ROBOT BASE POSITIONS USING EXTERNALLY POSITION...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGAN MANIPULATION USING A SURGICAL ROBOTI...

OPTICAL DATA TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER FOR A SUR...

DYNAMIC SCALING FOR A ROBOTIC SUGICAL SYSTEM

Creating Surgical Annotations Using Anatomy Identification

GENERATING SUTURE PATH GUIDANCE OVERLAYS ON REAL-TIME SURGICAL IMAGES

Displaying Suture Force Information in Surgery

Generating Guidance Path Overlays on Real-Time Surgical Images

DYNAMIC SCALING FOR A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM

DYNAMIC SCALING FOR A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM

INSTRUMENT FOR OPTICAL TISSUE INTERROGATION

DYNAMIC CONTROL OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS IN A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM

ACTUATION CARRIAGE WITH INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT FOR ROBOTICALLY CONT...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM USING EY...

USE OF COMPUTER VISION TO DETERMINE ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE PATHS

OPEN SOURCE ROBOTIC PLATFORM

SURGICAL RECORD CREATION USING COMPUTER RECOGNITION OF SURGICAL EVENTS

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBINING COMPUTER VISION TECHNIQUES TO IMPRO...