Samuel Kwok Wai Au

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Mountain View, CA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
System with guides and tools of different flexibility
- Patent number 12,108,997
- Issue date Oct 8, 2024
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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
Flexible surgical devices
- Patent number 12,016,539
- Issue date Jun 25, 2024
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Katherine D. Stoy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Tension control in actuation of multi-joint medical instruments
- Patent number 11,877,814
- Issue date Jan 23, 2024
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Operating self-antagonistic drives of medical instruments
- Patent number 11,871,914
- Issue date Jan 16, 2024
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Catheter with removable vision probe
- Patent number 11,684,758
- Issue date Jun 27, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Vincent Duindam
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Flexible medical instrument
- Patent number 11,666,398
- Issue date Jun 6, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for medical instrument force sensing
- Patent number 11,607,107
- Issue date Mar 21, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Flexible surgical devices
- Patent number 11,399,814
- Issue date Aug 2, 2022
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Katherine D. Stoy
- 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
System with guides and tools of different flexibility
- Patent number 10,939,972
- Issue date Mar 9, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Operating self-antagonistic drives of medical instruments
- Patent number 10,888,306
- Issue date Jan 12, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Flexible surgical devices
- Patent number 10,813,629
- Issue date Oct 27, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Katherine D. Stoy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for medical instrument force sensing
- Patent number 10,791,908
- Issue date Oct 6, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Flexible medical instrument
- Patent number 10,709,514
- Issue date Jul 14, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Catheter with removable vision probe
- Patent number 10,653,866
- Issue date May 19, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Vincent Duindam
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Tension control in actuation of multi-joint medical instruments
- Patent number 10,568,708
- Issue date Feb 25, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Operating self-antagonistic drives of medical instruments
- Patent number 10,321,900
- Issue date Jun 18, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Phantom degrees of freedom in joint estimation and control
- Patent number 10,052,167
- Issue date Aug 21, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Phantom degrees of freedom for manipulating the movement of surgica...
- Patent number 9,949,799
- Issue date Apr 24, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Pushkar Hingwe
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Curved cannula surgical system control
- Patent number 9,949,800
- Issue date Apr 24, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Giuseppe Maria Prisco
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Self-antagonistic drive for medical instruments
- Patent number 9,931,106
- Issue date Apr 3, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Phantom degrees of freedom for manipulating the movement of mechani...
- Patent number 9,861,447
- Issue date Jan 9, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Arjang M. Hourtash
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
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Hybrid manual and robotic interventional instruments and methods of...
- Patent number 9,839,481
- Issue date Dec 12, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Stephen J. Blumenkranz
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Tension control in actuation of multi-joint medical instrument
- Patent number 9,743,990
- Issue date Aug 29, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Phantom degrees of freedom in joint estimation and control
- Patent number 9,585,726
- Issue date Mar 7, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Phantom degrees of freedom for manipulating the movement of surgica...
- Patent number 9,295,525
- Issue date Mar 29, 2016
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Pushkar Hingwe
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Curved cannula surgical system control
- Patent number 9,283,050
- Issue date Mar 15, 2016
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Giuseppe Maria Prisco
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Phantom degrees of freedom for manipulating the movement of mechani...
- Patent number 9,272,416
- Issue date Mar 1, 2016
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Arjang M. Hourtash
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Phantom degrees of freedom in joint estimation and control
- Patent number 9,259,280
- Issue date Feb 16, 2016
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
OPERATING SELF-ANTAGONISTIC DRIVES OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- Publication number 20240122587
- Publication date Apr 18, 2024
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
TENSION CONTROL IN ACTUATION OF MULTI-JOINT MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- Publication number 20240115331
- Publication date Apr 11, 2024
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
FLEXIBLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT
- Publication number 20230338100
- Publication date Oct 26, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai AU
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
CATHETER WITH REMOVABLE VISION PROBE
- Publication number 20230270980
- Publication date Aug 31, 2023
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Vincent DUINDAM
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
FLEXIBLE SURGICAL DEVICES
- Publication number 20220304668
- Publication date Sep 29, 2022
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Katherine D. Stoy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTRUMENT INSERTION CONTROL
- Publication number 20210236221
- Publication date Aug 5, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Melogy WU
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM WITH GUIDES AND TOOLS OF DIFFERENT FLEXIBILITY
- Publication number 20210228293
- Publication date Jul 29, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
OPERATING SELF-ANTAGONISTIC DRIVES OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- Publication number 20210085301
- Publication date Mar 25, 2021
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
FLEXIBLE SURGICAL DEVICES
- Publication number 20200397423
- Publication date Dec 24, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Katherine D. Stoy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Systems and Methods for Medical Instrument Force Sensing
- Publication number 20200367719
- Publication date Nov 26, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai AU
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
FLEXIBLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT
- Publication number 20200268463
- Publication date Aug 27, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai AU
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
CATHETER WITH REMOVABLE VISION PROBE
- Publication number 20200254223
- Publication date Aug 13, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Vincent DUINDAM
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
TENSION CONTROL IN ACTUATION OF MULTI-JOINT MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- Publication number 20200146761
- Publication date May 14, 2020
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
OPERATING SELF-ANTAGONISTIC DRIVES OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- Publication number 20190269388
- Publication date Sep 5, 2019
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- 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
CURVED CANNULA SURGICAL SYSTEM CONTROL
- Publication number 20180221101
- Publication date Aug 9, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Giuseppe Maria PRISCO
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
OPERATING SELF-ANTAGONISTIC DRIVES OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- Publication number 20180193007
- Publication date Jul 12, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
FLEXIBLE SURGICAL DEVICES
- Publication number 20180078249
- Publication date Mar 22, 2018
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Katherine D. Stoy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
TENSION CONTROL IN ACTUATION OF MULTI-JOINT MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
- Publication number 20170304014
- Publication date Oct 26, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM WITH GUIDES AND TOOLS OF DIFFERENT FLEXIBILITY
- Publication number 20170281287
- Publication date Oct 5, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
FLEXIBLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT
- Publication number 20170281288
- Publication date Oct 5, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai AU
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
PHANTOM DEGREES OF FREEDOM IN JOINT ESTIMATION AND CONTROL
- Publication number 20170143437
- Publication date May 25, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Catheter With Removable Vision Probe
- Publication number 20170000984
- Publication date Jan 5, 2017
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Vincent DUINDAM
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
PHANTOM DEGREES OF FREEDOM FOR MANIPULATING THE MOVEMENT OF MECHANI...
- Publication number 20160213435
- Publication date Jul 28, 2016
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Arjang M. Hourtash
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
PHANTOM DEGREES OF FREEDOM IN JOINT ESTIMATION AND CONTROL
- Publication number 20160206386
- Publication date Jul 21, 2016
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
PHANTOM DEGREES OF FREEDOM FOR MANIPULATING THE MOVEMENT OF SURGICA...
- Publication number 20160175061
- Publication date Jun 23, 2016
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Pushkar Hingwe
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
CURVED CANNULA SURGICAL SYSTEM CONTROL
- Publication number 20160157950
- Publication date Jun 9, 2016
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Giuseppe Maria PRISCO
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Tension Control In Actuation Of Multi-Joint Medical Instrument
- Publication number 20150289942
- Publication date Oct 15, 2015
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Samuel Kwok Wai Au
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Flexible Surgical Devices
- Publication number 20150245826
- Publication date Sep 3, 2015
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Katherine D. Stoy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
CURVED CANNULA SURGICAL SYSTEM CONTROL
- Publication number 20150045814
- Publication date Feb 12, 2015
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Giuseppe Maria PRISCO
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE

Samuel Kwok Wai Au

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

System with guides and tools of different flexibility

Systems and methods for instrument insertion control

Flexible surgical devices

Tension control in actuation of multi-joint medical instruments

Operating self-antagonistic drives of medical instruments

Catheter with removable vision probe

Flexible medical instrument

Systems and methods for medical instrument force sensing

Flexible surgical devices

Systems and methods for instrument insertion control

System with guides and tools of different flexibility

Operating self-antagonistic drives of medical instruments

Flexible surgical devices

Systems and methods for medical instrument force sensing

Flexible medical instrument

Catheter with removable vision probe

Tension control in actuation of multi-joint medical instruments

Operating self-antagonistic drives of medical instruments

Phantom degrees of freedom in joint estimation and control

Phantom degrees of freedom for manipulating the movement of surgica...

Curved cannula surgical system control

Self-antagonistic drive for medical instruments

Phantom degrees of freedom for manipulating the movement of mechani...

Hybrid manual and robotic interventional instruments and methods of...

Tension control in actuation of multi-joint medical instrument

Phantom degrees of freedom in joint estimation and control

Phantom degrees of freedom for manipulating the movement of surgica...

Curved cannula surgical system control

Phantom degrees of freedom for manipulating the movement of mechani...

Phantom degrees of freedom in joint estimation and control

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

OPERATING SELF-ANTAGONISTIC DRIVES OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS

TENSION CONTROL IN ACTUATION OF MULTI-JOINT MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS

FLEXIBLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT

CATHETER WITH REMOVABLE VISION PROBE

FLEXIBLE SURGICAL DEVICES

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTRUMENT INSERTION CONTROL

SYSTEM WITH GUIDES AND TOOLS OF DIFFERENT FLEXIBILITY

OPERATING SELF-ANTAGONISTIC DRIVES OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS

FLEXIBLE SURGICAL DEVICES

Systems and Methods for Medical Instrument Force Sensing

FLEXIBLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT

CATHETER WITH REMOVABLE VISION PROBE

TENSION CONTROL IN ACTUATION OF MULTI-JOINT MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS

OPERATING SELF-ANTAGONISTIC DRIVES OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTRUMENT INSERTION CONTROL

CURVED CANNULA SURGICAL SYSTEM CONTROL

OPERATING SELF-ANTAGONISTIC DRIVES OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS

FLEXIBLE SURGICAL DEVICES

TENSION CONTROL IN ACTUATION OF MULTI-JOINT MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS

SYSTEM WITH GUIDES AND TOOLS OF DIFFERENT FLEXIBILITY

FLEXIBLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT

PHANTOM DEGREES OF FREEDOM IN JOINT ESTIMATION AND CONTROL

Catheter With Removable Vision Probe

PHANTOM DEGREES OF FREEDOM FOR MANIPULATING THE MOVEMENT OF MECHANI...

PHANTOM DEGREES OF FREEDOM IN JOINT ESTIMATION AND CONTROL

PHANTOM DEGREES OF FREEDOM FOR MANIPULATING THE MOVEMENT OF SURGICA...

CURVED CANNULA SURGICAL SYSTEM CONTROL

Tension Control In Actuation Of Multi-Joint Medical Instrument

Flexible Surgical Devices

CURVED CANNULA SURGICAL SYSTEM CONTROL