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Gunter D. Niemeyer
Also filed as: NIEMEYER GUENTER · NIEMEYER GUENTER D · NIEMEYER GUNTER · NIEMEYER GUNTER D
97 granted patents·10 pending applications·35,557 citations·filing 1991–2024
99Inventor score
Files withINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS28INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC21DISNEY ENTPR INC18HANSEN MEDICAL INC10AURIS HEALTH INC5
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107 records- 0199US10881473B2Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally-invasive surgical instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 5, 2021·88 cites·20 claims
- 0299US10278783B2Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2017·Granted May 7, 2019·95 cites·23 claims
- 0399US9814537B2Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 14, 2017·91 cites·26 claims
- 0499US9579164B2Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 28, 2017·91 cites·13 claims
- 0599US9573416B1Wheel assembly with multi-sphere omniwheels and omnidirectional devices including the wheel assemblyDISNEY ENTPR INC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 21, 2017·25 cites·19 claims
- 0699US8052636B2Robotic catheter system and methodsHANSEN MEDICAL INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 8, 2011·1.4k cites·20 claims
- 0799US7972298B2Robotic catheter systemHANSEN MEDICAL INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 5, 2011·1.7k cites·25 claims
- 0899US7806891B2Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgeryINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 5, 2010·2.7k cites·8 claims
- 0999US6837883B2Arm cart for telerobotic surgical systemINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 4, 2005·1.8k cites·17 claims
- 1099US6786896B1Robotic apparatusMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 7, 2004·2.5k cites·19 claims
- 1199US6766204B2Alignment of master and slave in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 20, 2004·270 cites·10 claims
- 1299US6493608B1Aspects of a control system of a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 10, 2002·752 cites·28 claims
- 1399US6424885B1Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 23, 2002·2.1k cites·45 claims
- 1499US6364888B1Alignment of master and slave in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 2, 2002·3k cites·66 claims
- 1598US9888974B2Friction compensation in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 13, 2018·86 cites·6 claims
- 1698US9629682B2Robotic catheter systemHANSEN MEDICAL INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 25, 2017·106 cites·11 claims
- 1798US9265584B2Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally-invasive surgical instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 23, 2016·96 cites·13 claims
- 1898US8666544B2Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical systemINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 4, 2014·611 cites·9 claims
- 1998US8527094B2Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical proceduresKUMAR RAJESH·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 3, 2013·461 cites·62 claims
- 2098US8489235B2Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical systemMOLL FREDERIC H·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 16, 2013·540 cites·10 claims
- 2198US8394054B2Robotic catheter systemWALLACE DANIEL T·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 12, 2013·115 cites·10 claims
- 2298US8079950B2Autofocus and/or autoscaling in telesurgerySTERN JOHN D·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 20, 2011·1.6k cites·14 claims
- 2398US7850642B2Methods using a robotic catheter systemHANSEN MEDICAL INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 14, 2010·1.8k cites·18 claims
- 2498US7087049B2Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgeryINTUITIVE SURGICAL·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 8, 2006·1.4k cites·1 claims
- 2598US6899705B2Friction compensation in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL·Filed 2003·Granted May 31, 2005·886 cites·31 claims
- 2698US6772053B2Aspects of a control system of a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 3, 2004·157 cites·10 claims
- 2798US6565554B1Friction compensation in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 1999·Granted May 20, 2003·1.1k cites·21 claims
- 2897US11045077B2Autofocus and/or autoscaling in telesurgeryINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 29, 2021·83 cites·16 claims
- 2997US8504201B2Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical systemMOLL FREDERIC H·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 6, 2013·276 cites·5 claims
- 3097US7974681B2Robotic catheter systemHANSEN MEDICAL INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 5, 2011·402 cites·19 claims
- 3197US7155315B2Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 26, 2006·535 cites·30 claims
- 3297US7107090B2Devices and methods for presenting and regulating auxiliary information on an image display of a telesurgical system to assist an operator in performing a surgical procedureINTUITIVE SURGICAL·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 12, 2006·290 cites·29 claims
- 3397US6671581B2Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 30, 2003·566 cites·39 claims
- 3497US6522906B1Devices and methods for presenting and regulating auxiliary information on an image display of a telesurgical system to assist an operator in performing a surgical procedureINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 18, 2003·1k cites·53 claims
- 3596US10368951B2Robotic catheter system and methodsAURIS HEALTH INC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 6, 2019·46 cites·20 claims
- 3696US9636186B2Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical proceduresINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2016·Granted May 2, 2017·44 cites·12 claims
- 3796US9457168B2Robotic catheter system and methodsHANSEN MEDICAL INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 4, 2016·117 cites·15 claims
- 3896US9232984B2Real-time generation of three-dimensional ultrasound image using a two-dimensional ultrasound transducer in a robotic systemGUTHART GARY S·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 12, 2016·177 cites·5 claims
- 3996US9101397B2Real-time generation of three-dimensional ultrasound image using a two-dimensional ultrasound transducer in a robotic systemINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 11, 2015·84 cites·6 claims
- 4096US8903549B2Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 2, 2014·117 cites·21 claims
- 4196US8827989B2Friction compensation in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 9, 2014·89 cites·6 claims
- 4296US8257303B2Robotic catheter system and methodsMOLL FREDERIC H·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 4, 2012·140 cites·22 claims
- 4396US7865266B2Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical systemINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 4, 2011·359 cites·23 claims
- 4496US6645196B1Guided tool changeINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 11, 2003·789 cites·33 claims
- 4596US6459926B1Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgeryINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 1, 2002·794 cites·19 claims
- 4695US12011244B2Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2023·Granted Jun 18, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
- 4795US10874468B2Robotic catheter systemAURIS HEALTH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 29, 2020·24 cites·30 claims
- 4895US10271909B2Display of computer generated image of an out-of-view portion of a medical device adjacent a real-time image of an in-view portion of the medical deviceINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 30, 2019·24 cites·3 claims
- 4995US9666101B2Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical proceduresINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2016·Granted May 30, 2017·26 cites·16 claims
- 5095US9474581B2Friction compensation in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 25, 2016·57 cites·8 claims
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