Niels Smaby

Person

Palo Alto, CA, US

People

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system
- Patent number 12,171,517
- Issue date Dec 24, 2024
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Coupler to transfer motion to surgical instrument from teleoperated...
- Patent number 12,114,956
- Issue date Oct 15, 2024
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Gregory W. Dachs
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system
- Patent number 11,690,689
- Issue date Jul 4, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Assembly process for tensioning elements and related systems
- Patent number 11,633,249
- Issue date Apr 25, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- 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
Detection pins to determine presence of surgical instrument and ada...
- Patent number 11,045,274
- Issue date Jun 29, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Gregory W. Dachs
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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
Coupler to transfer motion to surgical instrument from teleoperated...
- Patent number 10,912,616
- Issue date Feb 9, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Gregory W. Dachs
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system
- Patent number 10,905,507
- Issue date Feb 2, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system
- Patent number 10,743,953
- Issue date Aug 18, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for confirming disc engagement
- Patent number 10,595,836
- Issue date Mar 24, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Software configurable manipulator degrees of freedom
- Patent number 10,561,470
- Issue date Feb 18, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Arjang M. Hourtash
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for control of imaging instrument orientation
- Patent number 10,548,459
- Issue date Feb 4, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Brandon D. Itkowitz
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Method for engaging surgical instrument with teleoperated actuator
- Patent number 10,543,051
- Issue date Jan 28, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Bruce Michael Schena
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Detection pins to determine presence of surgical instrument and ada...
- Patent number 10,537,400
- Issue date Jan 21, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Gregory W. Dachs
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Restoring instrument control input position/orientation during midp...
- Patent number 10,500,005
- Issue date Dec 10, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- David W. Weir
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for motor torque compensation
- Patent number 10,483,881
- Issue date Nov 19, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Hsien-Hsin Liao
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system
- Patent number 10,149,729
- Issue date Dec 11, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
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
Restoring instrument control input position/orientation during midp...
- Patent number 10,085,811
- Issue date Oct 2, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc.
- David W. Weir
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Detection pins to determine presence of surgical instrument and ada...
- Patent number 10,045,828
- Issue date Aug 14, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Gregory W. Dachs
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system
- Patent number 9,782,230
- Issue date Oct 10, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Detection pins to determine presence of surgical instrument and ada...
- Patent number 9,687,312
- Issue date Jun 27, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Gregory W. Dachs
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system
- Patent number 9,504,527
- Issue date Nov 29, 2016
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
INTER-OPERATIVE SWITCHING OF TOOLS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM
- Publication number 20230301736
- Publication date Sep 28, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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
ASSEMBLY PROCESS FOR TENSIONING ELEMENTS AND RELATED SYSTEMS
- Publication number 20230210620
- Publication date Jul 6, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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
COUPLER TO TRANSFER MOTION TO SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FROM TELEOPERATED...
- Publication number 20210196420
- Publication date Jul 1, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Gregory W. DACHS
- Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
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
INTER-OPERATIVE SWITCHING OF TOOLS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM
- Publication number 20210113284
- Publication date Apr 22, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
INTER-OPERATIVE SWITCHING OF TOOLS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM
- Publication number 20200360099
- Publication date Nov 19, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels SMABY
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
DETECTION PINS TO DETERMINE PRESENCE OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND ADA...
- Publication number 20200281677
- Publication date Sep 10, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Gregory W. Dachs
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIRMING DISC ENGAGEMENT
- Publication number 20200155130
- Publication date May 21, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- 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
Method for Engaging Surgical Instrument with Teleoperated Actuator
- Publication number 20190274767
- Publication date Sep 12, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Bruce Michael Schena
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
INTER-OPERATIVE SWITCHING OF TOOLS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM
- Publication number 20190083185
- Publication date Mar 21, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels SMABY
- 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
RESTORING INSTRUMENT CONTROL INPUT POSITION/ORIENTATION DURING MIDP...
- Publication number 20190060012
- Publication date Feb 28, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- David W. Weir
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
Detection Pins to Determine Presence of Surgical Instrument and Ada...
- Publication number 20180344419
- Publication date Dec 6, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Gregory W. Dachs
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
ASSEMBLY PROCESS FOR TENSIONING ELEMENTS AND RELATED SYSTEMS
- Publication number 20180228563
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
INTER-OPERATIVE SWITCHING OF TOOLS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM
- Publication number 20170340397
- Publication date Nov 30, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels SMABY
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Detection Pins to Determine Presence of Surgical Instrument and Ada...
- Publication number 20170273752
- Publication date Sep 28, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Gregory W. Dachs
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Systems and Methods for Confirming Disc Engagement
- Publication number 20170172549
- Publication date Jun 22, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOTOR TORQUE COMPENSATION
- Publication number 20170179857
- Publication date Jun 22, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Hsien-Hsin Liao
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
INTER-OPERATIVE SWITCHING OF TOOLS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM
- Publication number 20170035519
- Publication date Feb 9, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels SMABY
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
RESTORING INSTRUMENT CONTROL INPUT POSITION/ORIENTATION DURING MIDP...
- Publication number 20170020617
- Publication date Jan 26, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- David W. Weir
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
Method for Engaging Surgical Instrument with Teleoperated Actuator
- Publication number 20160361126
- Publication date Dec 15, 2016
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Bruce Michael Schena
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Coupler to Transfer Motion to Surgical Instrument From Teleoperated...
- Publication number 20160361131
- Publication date Dec 15, 2016
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Gregory W. Dachs
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Detection Pins to Determine Presence of Surgical Instrument and Ada...
- Publication number 20160361127
- Publication date Dec 15, 2016
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Gregory W. Dachs
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Inter-Operative Switching of Tools in a Robotic Surgical System
- Publication number 20140276950
- Publication date Sep 18, 2014
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Niels Smaby
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Software Configurable Manipulator Degrees of Freedom
- Publication number 20140276951
- Publication date Sep 18, 2014
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Arjang Hourtash
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE

Niels Smaby

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system

Coupler to transfer motion to surgical instrument from teleoperated...

Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system

Assembly process for tensioning elements and related systems

Systems and methods for instrument engagement

Control input accuracy for teleoperated surgical instrument

Detection pins to determine presence of surgical instrument and ada...

Systems and methods for instrument engagement

Coupler to transfer motion to surgical instrument from teleoperated...

Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system

Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system

Systems and methods for confirming disc engagement

Software configurable manipulator degrees of freedom

Systems and methods for control of imaging instrument orientation

Method for engaging surgical instrument with teleoperated actuator

Detection pins to determine presence of surgical instrument and ada...

Restoring instrument control input position/orientation during midp...

Systems and methods for motor torque compensation

Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system

Control input accuracy for teleoperated surgical instrument

Restoring instrument control input position/orientation during midp...

Detection pins to determine presence of surgical instrument and ada...

Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system

Detection pins to determine presence of surgical instrument and ada...

Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

INTER-OPERATIVE SWITCHING OF TOOLS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM

CONTROL INPUT ACCURACY FOR TELEOPERATED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT

ASSEMBLY PROCESS FOR TENSIONING ELEMENTS AND RELATED SYSTEMS

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTRUMENT ENGAGEMENT

COUPLER TO TRANSFER MOTION TO SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FROM TELEOPERATED...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTRUMENT ENGAGEMENT

INTER-OPERATIVE SWITCHING OF TOOLS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM

INTER-OPERATIVE SWITCHING OF TOOLS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM

DETECTION PINS TO DETERMINE PRESENCE OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND ADA...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIRMING DISC ENGAGEMENT

Systems and Methods for Instrument Engagement

Method for Engaging Surgical Instrument with Teleoperated Actuator

INTER-OPERATIVE SWITCHING OF TOOLS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM

CONTROL INPUT ACCURACY FOR TELEOPERATED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT

RESTORING INSTRUMENT CONTROL INPUT POSITION/ORIENTATION DURING MIDP...

Detection Pins to Determine Presence of Surgical Instrument and Ada...

ASSEMBLY PROCESS FOR TENSIONING ELEMENTS AND RELATED SYSTEMS

INTER-OPERATIVE SWITCHING OF TOOLS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM

Detection Pins to Determine Presence of Surgical Instrument and Ada...

Systems and Methods for Confirming Disc Engagement

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOTOR TORQUE COMPENSATION

INTER-OPERATIVE SWITCHING OF TOOLS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM

RESTORING INSTRUMENT CONTROL INPUT POSITION/ORIENTATION DURING MIDP...

Method for Engaging Surgical Instrument with Teleoperated Actuator

Coupler to Transfer Motion to Surgical Instrument From Teleoperated...

Detection Pins to Determine Presence of Surgical Instrument and Ada...

Inter-Operative Switching of Tools in a Robotic Surgical System

Software Configurable Manipulator Degrees of Freedom