Mark E. Froggatt

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Prince George, 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
Systems and methods for optical fiber cleaning and interface partic...
- Patent number 11,899,248
- Issue date Feb 13, 2024
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Matthew D. Rohr Daniel
- B08 - CLEANING
Information Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to determine a twist parameter and/or a bend...
- Patent number 11,828,586
- Issue date Nov 28, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Overlapping fiber gratings
- Patent number 11,815,371
- Issue date Nov 14, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Force sensing in a distal region of an instrument including single-...
- Patent number 11,781,857
- Issue date Oct 10, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Dawn K. Gifford
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Optical fiber with microgratings for increased measurable strain range
- Patent number 11,761,797
- 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 11,761,754
- Issue date Sep 19, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus for OFDR interrogator monitoring and optimiza...
- Patent number 11,733,031
- Issue date Aug 22, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Kevin M. Marsden
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Redundant core in multicore optical fiber for safety
- Patent number 11,624,870
- Issue date Apr 11, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Calculation of redundant bend in multi-core fiber for safety
- Patent number 11,555,692
- Issue date Jan 17, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Patrick Roye
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Overlapping fiber gratings
- Patent number 11,506,519
- Issue date Nov 22, 2022
- 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
Methods and apparatus to determine a twist parameter and/or a bend...
- Patent number 11,473,902
- Issue date Oct 18, 2022
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Overlapping fiber gratings
- Patent number 11,467,006
- Issue date Oct 11, 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
Force sensing in a distal region of an instrument including single-...
- Patent number 11,313,674
- Issue date Apr 26, 2022
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Dawn K. Gifford
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for motion compensation in interferometric sen...
- Patent number 11,193,751
- Issue date Dec 7, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus for OFDR interrogator monitoring and optimiza...
- Patent number 11,162,782
- Issue date Nov 2, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Kevin M. Marsden
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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
Redundant core in multicore optical fiber for safety
- Patent number 10,983,268
- Issue date Apr 20, 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
Calculation of redundant bend in multi-core fiber for safety
- Patent number 10,962,351
- Issue date Mar 30, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Patrick Roye
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to determine a twist parameter and/or a bend...
- Patent number 10,921,117
- Issue date Feb 16, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Registering measured optical fiber interferometric data with refere...
- Patent number 10,908,047
- Issue date Feb 2, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Dawn K. Gifford
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Force sensing in a distal region of an instrument including single-...
- Patent number 10,876,831
- Issue date Dec 29, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operation, Inc.
- Dawn K. Gifford
- 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 OFDR interrogator monitoring and optimiza...
- Patent number 10,782,121
- Issue date Sep 22, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Kevin M. Marsden
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL FIBER CLEANING AND INTERFACE PARTIC...
- Publication number 20240118500
- Publication date Apr 11, 2024
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Matthew D. Rohr Daniel
- B08 - CLEANING
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A SHAPE OF AN OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR
- Publication number 20240044638
- Publication date Feb 8, 2024
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
OVERLAPPING FIBER GRATINGS
- Publication number 20240019279
- Publication date Jan 18, 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
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OFDR INTERROGATOR MONITORING AND OPTIMIZA...
- Publication number 20230349689
- Publication date Nov 2, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Kevin M. Marsden
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
AN OPTICAL FIBER WITH MICROGRATINGS FOR INCREASED MEASURABLE STRAIN...
- Publication number 20230349733
- Publication date Nov 2, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
TUNABLE TRANSMISSION-GRATING LASER WITH FEEDBACK
- Publication number 20230344191
- Publication date Oct 26, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
REDUNDANT CORE IN MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBER FOR SAFETY
- Publication number 20230204852
- Publication date Jun 29, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. FROGGATT
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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
CALCULATION OF REDUNDANT BEND IN MULTI-CORE FIBER FOR SAFETY
- Publication number 20230122326
- Publication date Apr 20, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Patrick ROYE
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
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
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A TWIST PARAMETER AND/OR A BEND...
- Publication number 20220404144
- Publication date Dec 22, 2022
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
OVERLAPPING FIBER GRATINGS
- Publication number 20220373365
- Publication date Nov 24, 2022
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
FORCE SENSING IN A DISTAL REGION OF AN INSTRUMENT INCLUDING SINGLE-...
- Publication number 20220214158
- Publication date Jul 7, 2022
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Dawn K. Gifford
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OFDR INTERROGATOR MONITORING AND OPTIMIZA...
- Publication number 20220011094
- Publication date Jan 13, 2022
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Kevin M. Marsden
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR OR ASSOCI...
- Publication number 20210338354
- Publication date Nov 4, 2021
- Intutive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Simon P. DiMaio
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL FIBER CLEANING AND INTERFACE PARTIC...
- Publication number 20210278604
- Publication date Sep 9, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Matthew D. Rohr Daniel
- G02 - OPTICS
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
OVERLAPPING FIBER GRATINGS
- Publication number 20210231465
- Publication date Jul 29, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
FORCE SENSING IN A DISTAL REGION OF AN INSTRUMENT INCLUDING SINGLE-...
- Publication number 20210231432
- Publication date Jul 29, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Dawn K. Gifford
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
REDUNDANT CORE IN MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBER FOR SAFETY
- Publication number 20210199884
- Publication date Jul 1, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. FROGGATT
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
CALCULATION OF REDUNDANT BEND IN MULTI-CORE FIBER FOR SAFETY
- Publication number 20210187752
- Publication date Jun 24, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Patrick Roye
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A TWIST PARAMETER AND/OR A BEND...
- Publication number 20210131796
- Publication date May 6, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
REGISTERING MEASURED OPTICAL FIBER INTERFEROMETRIC DATA WITH REFERE...
- Publication number 20200378866
- Publication date Dec 3, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Dawn K. Gifford
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OFDR INTERROGATOR MONITORING AND OPTIMIZA...
- Publication number 20200355492
- Publication date Nov 12, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Kevin M. Marsden
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A TWIST PARAMETER AND/OR A BEND...
- Publication number 20200318951
- Publication date Oct 8, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Mark E. Froggatt
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
AN OPTICAL FIBER WITH MICROGRATINGS AND METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR M...
- Publication number 20200264018
- Publication date Aug 20, 2020
- 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

Mark E. Froggatt

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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

Systems and methods for optical fiber cleaning and interface partic...

Methods and apparatus to determine a twist parameter and/or a bend...

Overlapping fiber gratings

Force sensing in a distal region of an instrument including single-...

Optical fiber with microgratings for increased measurable strain range

Micro optic assemblies and optical interrogation systems

Methods and apparatus for OFDR interrogator monitoring and optimiza...

Redundant core in multicore optical fiber for safety

Calculation of redundant bend in multi-core fiber for safety

Overlapping fiber gratings

Micro optic assemblies and optical interrogation systems

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

Methods and apparatus to determine a twist parameter and/or a bend...

Overlapping fiber gratings

Augmented accuracy using large diameter shape fiber

Force sensing in a distal region of an instrument including single-...

Method and apparatus for motion compensation in interferometric sen...

Methods and apparatus for OFDR interrogator monitoring and optimiza...

Fiber management in medical instrument backend

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

Polarization control with low polarization-mode dispersion

Redundant core in multicore optical fiber for safety

Micro optic assemblies and optical interrogation systems

Calculation of redundant bend in multi-core fiber for safety

Methods and apparatus to determine a twist parameter and/or a bend...

Registering measured optical fiber interferometric data with refere...

Force sensing in a distal region of an instrument including single-...

Shape sensing with multi-core fiber sensor

Methods and apparatus for OFDR interrogator monitoring and optimiza...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL FIBER CLEANING AND INTERFACE PARTIC...

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A SHAPE OF AN OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR

OVERLAPPING FIBER GRATINGS

MICRO OPTIC ASSEMBLIES AND OPTICAL INTERROGATION SYSTEMS

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OFDR INTERROGATOR MONITORING AND OPTIMIZA...

AN OPTICAL FIBER WITH MICROGRATINGS FOR INCREASED MEASURABLE STRAIN...

TUNABLE TRANSMISSION-GRATING LASER WITH FEEDBACK

REDUNDANT CORE IN MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBER FOR SAFETY

DIRECTING LIGHT INTO AN OPTICAL FIBER

CALCULATION OF REDUNDANT BEND IN MULTI-CORE FIBER FOR SAFETY

MICRO OPTIC ASSEMBLIES AND OPTICAL INTERROGATION SYSTEMS

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

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A TWIST PARAMETER AND/OR A BEND...

OVERLAPPING FIBER GRATINGS

FORCE SENSING IN A DISTAL REGION OF AN INSTRUMENT INCLUDING SINGLE-...

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OFDR INTERROGATOR MONITORING AND OPTIMIZA...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR OR ASSOCI...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL FIBER CLEANING AND INTERFACE PARTIC...

MICRO OPTIC ASSEMBLIES AND OPTICAL INTERROGATION SYSTEMS

OVERLAPPING FIBER GRATINGS

FORCE SENSING IN A DISTAL REGION OF AN INSTRUMENT INCLUDING SINGLE-...

REDUNDANT CORE IN MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBER FOR SAFETY

CALCULATION OF REDUNDANT BEND IN MULTI-CORE FIBER FOR SAFETY

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

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A TWIST PARAMETER AND/OR A BEND...

REGISTERING MEASURED OPTICAL FIBER INTERFEROMETRIC DATA WITH REFERE...

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OFDR INTERROGATOR MONITORING AND OPTIMIZA...

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A TWIST PARAMETER AND/OR A BEND...

AN OPTICAL FIBER WITH MICROGRATINGS AND METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR M...

OPTICAL FIBER WITH INTEGRATED ABSORBER MATERIAL