Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Townsend & Townsend & Grew LLP
  • Modularity system for computer assisted surgery
    Patent number: 6836703
    Abstract: A medical system that allows a medical device to be controlled by one of two input devices. The input devices may be consoles that contain handles and a screen. The medical devices may include robotic arms and instruments used to perform a medical procedure. The system may include an arbitrator that determines which console has priority to control one or more of the robotic arms/instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Computer Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Yulun Wang, Modjtaba Ghodoussi, Darrin Uecker, James Wright, Amante Mangaser