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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

  • Information Patent Grant

    Systems and methods for instrument insertion control
    • Patent number 12,097,001
    • Issue date Sep 24, 2024
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Melody Wu
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Torque compensation
    • Patent number 12,059,152
    • Issue date Aug 13, 2024
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
  • Information Patent Grant

    System and method for force or torque limit compensation
    • Patent number 11,998,398
    • Issue date Jun 4, 2024
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Melody Wu
    • B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
  • Information Patent Grant

    Stapler reload detection and identification
    • Patent number 11,890,013
    • Issue date Feb 6, 2024
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • William Burbank
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    System and method for minimally invasive cutting instrument operation
    • Patent number 11,737,836
    • Issue date Aug 29, 2023
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Clamping instrument
    • Patent number 11,712,243
    • Issue date Aug 1, 2023
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    System and method for reducing blade exposures
    • Patent number 11,712,300
    • Issue date Aug 1, 2023
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Systems and methods for instrument engagement
    • Patent number 11,627,948
    • Issue date Apr 18, 2023
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Gabriel F. Brisson
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Control input accuracy for teleoperated surgical instrument
    • Patent number 11,607,282
    • Issue date Mar 21, 2023
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Gabriel F. Brisson
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Grant

    Stapler reload detection and identification
    • Patent number 11,364,029
    • Issue date Jun 21, 2022
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • William Burbank
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Motor assembly
    • Patent number 11,185,378
    • Issue date Nov 30, 2021
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Systems and methods for instrument insertion control
    • Patent number 11,013,567
    • Issue date May 25, 2021
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Melody Wu
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Systems and methods for instrument engagement
    • Patent number 10,912,544
    • Issue date Feb 9, 2021
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Gabriel F. Brisson
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    System and method for force or torque limit compensation
    • Patent number 10,874,474
    • Issue date Dec 29, 2020
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Melody Wu
    • B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
  • Information Patent Grant

    System and method for minimally invasive cutting instrument operation
    • Patent number 10,874,465
    • Issue date Dec 29, 2020
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Torque compensation
    • Patent number 10,751,051
    • Issue date Aug 25, 2020
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    System and method for reducing blade exposures
    • Patent number 10,743,897
    • Issue date Aug 18, 2020
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Clamping instrument
    • Patent number 10,327,773
    • Issue date Jun 25, 2019
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Motor assembly
    • Patent number 10,277,097
    • Issue date Apr 30, 2019
    • David W. Weir
    • G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Control input accuracy for teleoperated surgical instrument
    • Patent number 10,098,705
    • Issue date Oct 16, 2018
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Gabriel F. Brisson
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Torque compensation
    • Patent number 9,675,354
    • Issue date Jun 13, 2017
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Clamping instrument
    • Patent number 9,522,003
    • Issue date Dec 20, 2016
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Surgical instrument motor pack latch
    • Patent number 8,912,746
    • Issue date Dec 16, 2014
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Robert Cyrus Reid
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

  • Information Patent Application

    TORQUE COMPENSATION
    • Publication number 20240358370
    • Publication date Oct 31, 2024
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. WEIR
    • B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
  • Information Patent Application

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORCE OR TORQUE LIMIT COMPENSATION
    • Publication number 20240277443
    • Publication date Aug 22, 2024
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Melody Wu
    • B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
  • Information Patent Application

    STAPLER RELOAD DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION
    • Publication number 20240122596
    • Publication date Apr 18, 2024
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • William BURBANK
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE CUTTING INSTRUMENT OPERATION
    • Publication number 20230329812
    • Publication date Oct 19, 2023
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. WEIR
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING BLADE EXPOSURES
    • Publication number 20230320786
    • Publication date Oct 12, 2023
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. WEIR
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    CONTROL INPUT ACCURACY FOR TELEOPERATED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
    • Publication number 20230277264
    • Publication date Sep 7, 2023
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Gabriel F. Brisson
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTRUMENT ENGAGEMENT
    • Publication number 20230200792
    • Publication date Jun 29, 2023
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Gabriel F. Brisson
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    STAPLER RELOAD DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION
    • Publication number 20220273309
    • Publication date Sep 1, 2022
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • William BURBANK
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    MOTOR ASSEMBLY
    • Publication number 20220047342
    • Publication date Feb 17, 2022
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
  • Information Patent Application

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTRUMENT ENGAGEMENT
    • Publication number 20210121164
    • Publication date Apr 29, 2021
    • Gabriel F. Brisson
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORCE OR TORQUE LIMIT COMPENSATION
    • Publication number 20210085419
    • Publication date Mar 25, 2021
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Melody Wu
    • B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
  • Information Patent Application

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE CUTTING INSTRUMENT OPERATION
    • Publication number 20210068906
    • Publication date Mar 11, 2021
    • INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    TORQUE COMPENSATION
    • Publication number 20200337704
    • Publication date Oct 29, 2020
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. WEIR
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING BLADE EXPOSURES
    • Publication number 20200337718
    • Publication date Oct 29, 2020
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    Systems and Methods for Instrument Engagement
    • Publication number 20200029945
    • Publication date Jan 30, 2020
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Gabriel F. Brisson
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    CLAMPING INSTRUMENT
    • Publication number 20190261988
    • Publication date Aug 29, 2019
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    Motor Assembly
    • Publication number 20190222099
    • Publication date Jul 18, 2019
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
  • Information Patent Application

    Stapler Reload Detection and Identification
    • Publication number 20190200989
    • Publication date Jul 4, 2019
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • William Burbank
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    CONTROL INPUT ACCURACY FOR TELEOPERATED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
    • Publication number 20190083188
    • Publication date Mar 21, 2019
    • INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    • Gabriel F. Brisson
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTRUMENT INSERTION CONTROL
    • Publication number 20190076201
    • Publication date Mar 14, 2019
    • INTUIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    • Melody Wu
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE CUTTING INSTRUMENT OPERATION
    • Publication number 20180161112
    • Publication date Jun 14, 2018
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING BLADE EXPOSURES
    • Publication number 20180161052
    • Publication date Jun 14, 2018
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORCE OR TORQUE LIMIT COMPENSATION
    • Publication number 20180116749
    • Publication date May 3, 2018
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Melody Wu
    • B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
  • Information Patent Application

    TORQUE COMPENSATION
    • Publication number 20170224340
    • Publication date Aug 10, 2017
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • DAVID W. WEIR
    • B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
  • Information Patent Application

    Control Input Accuracy For Teleoperated Surgical Instrument
    • Publication number 20170095302
    • Publication date Apr 6, 2017
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Gabriel F. Brisson
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    CLAMPING INSTRUMENT
    • Publication number 20170055995
    • Publication date Mar 2, 2017
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    TORQUE COMPENSATION
    • Publication number 20140200596
    • Publication date Jul 17, 2014
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    CLAMPING INSTRUMENT
    • Publication number 20140200612
    • Publication date Jul 17, 2014
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    MOTOR ASSEMBLY
    • Publication number 20140200851
    • Publication date Jul 17, 2014
    • David W. Weir
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
  • Information Patent Application

    Surgical Instrument Motor Pack Latch
    • Publication number 20130110129
    • Publication date May 2, 2013
    • Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    • Robert Cyrus Reid
    • A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE