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Kenneth W. Krause
Also filed as: KRAUSE KENNETH · KRAUSE KENNETH W
61 granted patents·2 pending applications·11,284 citations·filing 1982–2023
99Inventor score
Files withSMITH & NEPHEW INC16SMITH & NEPHEW DYONICS9FANUC AMERICA CORP8TAPCOENPRO LLC5SMITH & NEPHEW ENDOSCOPY INC4
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63 records- 0199US5672945AMotor controlled surgical system and method having self clearing motor controlSMITH & NEPHEW ENDOSCOPY INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 30, 1997·884 cites·8 claims
- 0299US5602449AMotor controlled surgical system and method having positional controlSMITH & NEPHEW ENDOSCOPY INC·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 11, 1997·1.4k cites·30 claims
- 0399US5563481ABrushless motorSMITH & NEPHEW ENDOSCOPY INC·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 8, 1996·1.3k cites·24 claims
- 0498US5804936AMotor controlled surgical systemSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 8, 1998·1.1k cites·5 claims
- 0598US5707350ASurgical instrumentSMITH & NEPHEW ENDOSCOPY INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jan 13, 1998·229 cites·26 claims
- 0698US5152744ASurgical instrumentSMITH & NEPHEW DYONICS·Filed 1990·Granted Oct 6, 1992·767 cites·4 claims
- 0798US5077506AMicroprocessor controlled arthroscopic surgical systemDYONICS INC·Filed 1989·Granted Dec 31, 1991·1.2k cites·27 claims
- 0897US4942539AMethod and system for automatically determining the position and orientation of an object in 3-D spaceGMF ROBOTICS CORP·Filed 1988·Granted Jul 17, 1990·280 cites·41 claims
- 0996US5322505ASurgical instrumentSMITH & NEPHEW DYONICS·Filed 1992·Granted Jun 21, 1994·477 cites·47 claims
- 1096US4639878AMethod and system for automatically determining the position and attitude of an objectGMF ROBOTICS CORP·Filed 1985·Granted Jan 27, 1987·185 cites·18 claims
- 1195US10639046B2Tissue collection and delivery device and methods of use thereofSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 2019·Granted May 5, 2020·4 cites·11 claims
- 1295US9980740B2Powered surgical systemSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 29, 2018·240 cites·2 claims
- 1395US9125550B2Tissue resecting systemSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 8, 2015·72 cites·26 claims
- 1494US9050123B2Powered surgical systemKRAUSE KENNETH W·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 9, 2015·1.2k cites·13 claims
- 1594US8852085B2Tissue resecting systemSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 7, 2014·68 cites·44 claims
- 1694US4707647AGray scale vision method and system utilizing sameGMF ROBOTICS CORP·Filed 1986·Granted Nov 17, 1987·176 cites·13 claims
- 1793US8419626B2Tissue resecting systemSHENER-IRMAKOGLU CEMAL·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 16, 2013·74 cites·18 claims
- 1893US5270622ABrushless motor control systemSMITH & NEPHEW DYONICS·Filed 1992·Granted Dec 14, 1993·101 cites·9 claims
- 1992US7604610B2Surgical fluid managementSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 20, 2009·60 cites·25 claims
- 2092US4469710APourable solid shorteningPROCTER & GAMBLE·Filed 1982·Granted Sep 4, 1984·166 cites·17 claims
- 2191US9855383B2Surgical fluid managementSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 2, 2018·10 cites·8 claims
- 2291US5510070AMethod of fabricating a surgical instrumentSMITH & NEPHEW DYONICS·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 23, 1996·53 cites·34 claims
- 2390US10687827B1Tissue collection and delivery device and methods of use thereofSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 23, 2020·2 cites·10 claims
- 2489US11396100B2Robot calibration for AR and digital twinFANUC AMERICA CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 26, 2022·8 cites·24 claims
- 2589US8979798B2Surgical fluid managementSHENER CEMAL·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 17, 2015·24 cites·2 claims
- 2688US7149606B2Synchronizing controllers linked by a communications networkFANUC ROBOTICS AMERICA INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 12, 2006·19 cites·20 claims
- 2788US5630798AFluid management systemSMITH & NEPHEW DYONICS·Filed 1995·Granted May 20, 1997·187 cites·26 claims
- 2887US6068604ACartilage indentor instrumentSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 1998·Granted May 30, 2000·86 cites·27 claims
- 2986US6560513B2Robotic system with teach pendantFANUC ROBOTICS NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2001·Granted May 6, 2003·80 cites·103 claims
- 3084US8062214B2Tissue resecting systemSHENER CEMAL·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 22, 2011·105 cites·10 claims
- 3183US11041569B2Systems and methods for floating seat plateTAPCOENPRO LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 22, 2021·3 cites·19 claims
- 3283US5882339AFluid management systemSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 16, 1999·138 cites·20 claims
- 3383US5643203AFluid management systemSMITH & NEPHEW DYONICS·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 1, 1997·142 cites·18 claims
- 3482US8574254B2Arthroscopic cutting bladeHEDSTROM PETTER A·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 5, 2013·21 cites·14 claims
- 3582US5745647AMethod and apparatus for automatically controlling and scaling motor velocitySMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 28, 1998·73 cites·30 claims
- 3681US9046890B2Line tracking data over EthernetKRAUSE KENNETH W·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 2, 2015·14 cites·9 claims
- 3781US8262603B2Surgical fluid managementSHENER CEMAL·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 11, 2012·17 cites·23 claims
- 3880US9936861B2Tissue resecting systemCOVIDIEN LP·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 10, 2018·2 cites·6 claims
- 3979US10475240B2System, method, and apparatus to display three-dimensional robotic workcell dataEVANS JUDY A·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 12, 2019·7 cites·18 claims
- 4078US12364486B2Tissue collection and delivery device and methods of use thereofSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jul 22, 2025·0 cites·16 claims
- 4178US9655640B2Arthroscopic cutting bladeSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 23, 2017·8 cites·16 claims
- 4278US5840060AFluid management systemSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 24, 1998·112 cites·11 claims
- 4376US11324520B2Tissue collection and delivery device and methods of use thereofSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 2019·Granted May 10, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 4476US2025020221A1Systems and methods for purging an isolation valve with a liquid purge mediumTAPCOENPRO LLC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4574US9415509B2Robot teach device with 3-D displayFANUC ROBOTICS AMERICA CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 16, 2016·4 cites·18 claims
- 4673US11472035B2Augmented reality visualization for robotic picking systemFANUC AMERICA CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 18, 2022·2 cites·23 claims
- 4771US8005572B2Flexible connection of teaching devices to programmable controllersFANUC ROBOTICS AMERICA INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 23, 2011·11 cites·17 claims
- 4868US11906944B2Program and variable change analysis method and systemFANUC AMERICA CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Feb 20, 2024·0 cites·17 claims
- 4967US5662611AFluid management systemSMITH & NEPHEW DYONICS·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 2, 1997·70 cites·5 claims
- 5067US5630799AFluid management systemSMITH & NEPHEW DYONICS·Filed 1995·Granted May 20, 1997·74 cites·7 claims
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