Inventor

HOFFMAN BRIAN D

US91 patents

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HOFFMAN BRIAN D

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS

Providing information of tools by filtering image areas adjacent to or on displayed images of the tools

Rendering tool information as graphic overlays on displayed images of tools

Synthetic representation of a surgical instrument

Methods and system for performing 3-D tool tracking by fusion of sensor and/or camera derived data during minimally invasive robotic surgery

Configuring surgical system with surgical procedures atlas

Synthetic representation of a surgical robot

Systems and methods for synchronizing nodes of a robotic system

Synthetic representation of a surgical robot

Systems and methods for synchronizing nodes of a robotic system

Synthetic representation of a surgical instrument

Systems and methods for synchronizing nodes of a robotic system

Synthetic representation of a surgical robot

Methods and system for performing 3-D tool tracking by fusion of sensor and/or camera derived data during minimally invasive robotic surgery

Providing information of tools by filtering image areas adjacent to or on displayed images of the tools

Automated panning and zooming in teleoperated surgical systems with stereo displays

Display monitor control of a telesurgical tool

Augmented visualization for a surgical robot using a captured visible image combined with a fluorescence image and a captured visible image

System and method for tissue contact detection and for auto-exposure and illumination control

Methods and devices for table pose tracking using fudicial markers

Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures

Teleoperated surgical system with patient health records based instrument control

Methods and system for performing 3-D tool tracking by fusion of sensor and/or camera derived data during minimally invasive robotic surgery

Apparatus for automated panning and zooming in robotic surgical systems

ZHAO WENYI

Augmented stereoscopic visualization for a surgical robot using a captured fluorescence image and captured stereoscopic visible images

Methods of locating and tracking robotic instruments in robotic surgical systems

Tool tracking systems, methods and computer products for image guided surgery

Efficient 3-D telestration for local robotic proctoring

Methods of determining tissue distances using both kinematic robotic tool position information and image-derived position information

Robust sparse image matching for robotic surgery

Robust sparse image matching for robotic surgery

Methods and systems for robotic instrument tool tracking with adaptive fusion of kinematics information and image information

MEGAMATION INC

Robotic system

Method and apparatus for anti-collision and collision protection for multiple robot system

Coupling method and apparatus for use with robotic devices and the like

Platen laminated in mutually perpendicular direction for use with linear motors and the like

Method and apparatus for precision control of linear motors and the like employing a closed loop technique

HOFFMAN BRIAN D

Controlling a robotic surgical tool with a display monitor

Automated panning and digital zooming for robotic surgical systems

Apparatus for automated panning and digital zooming in robotic surgical systems

SCOTT DAVID

Augmented stereoscopic visualization for a surgical robot

Augmented stereoscopic visualization for a surgical robot using a captured visible image combined with a fluorescence image and a captured visible image

Augmented stereoscopic visualization for a surgical robot using time duplexing

ZHAO TAO

Fiducial marker design and detection for locating surgical instrument in images

Efficient vision and kinematic data fusion for robotic surgical instruments and other applications

WESTAR PHOTONICS

Laser beam shaping device and apparatus for material machining

Modulation of laser energy with a predefined pattern

ITKOWITZ BRANDON D

Synthetic representation of a surgical robot

O'GRADY PATRICK

Imaging mode blooming suppression

WESTAR PHOTONICS INC

Laser method for shaping of optical lenses

AT & T TECHNOLOGIES INC

Method and apparatus for mounting multilead components on a circuit board