Patents by Inventor Anthony M. JARC
Anthony M. JARC has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240115333Abstract: Systems, methods, and tangibly-implemented software instructions for supporting a teleoperated surgical system (TSS). A surgical input that includes monitored events of the TSS, is received. A current stage of the surgical procedure is autonomously determined based on the surgical input. A call for surgeon assistance may be detected, in response to which context-relevant assistance may be provided to a surgeon console of the TSS, the context-relevant assistance being stage-synchronized with the surgical procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Anthony M. Jarc, Chi Zhang
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Patent number: 11931122Abstract: A teleoperated surgical system is provided comprising: a first robotic surgical instrument; an image capture; a user display; a user input command device coupled to receive user input commands to control movement of the first robotic surgical instrument; and a movement controller coupled to scale a rate of movement of the first robotic surgical instrument, based at least in part upon a surgical skill level at using the first robotic surgical instrument of the user providing the received user input commands, from a rate of movement indicated by the user input commands received at the user input command device.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: William C. Nowlin, Mahdi Azizian, Simon P. DiMaio, Brian D. Hoffman, Anthony M. Jarc, Henry C. Lin, May Quo-Mei Liu, Ian E. McDowall, Brent Tokarchuk
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Publication number: 20240071243Abstract: A system includes a sensor to sense a change in a position of an input control component and a tool; a storage medium embodies a collection of respective motion pictures, which show tool movement imparted by the control component in response to manual input provided by users, indexed based upon a metric; a storage medium embodies a set of instructions that cause a processor to perform operations comprising: determining a user's performance; recording a motion picture of the tool movement imparted by the master control component by the individual user; indexing the recorded motion picture to the collection of motion pictures; generating a user interface providing an interactive visual index; and displaying a selected motion picture on the display screen in response to user input at the interactive visual index.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Anthony M. Jarc, Liheng Guo
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Publication number: 20240024051Abstract: A surgical method is provided for use with a teleoperated surgical system (surgical system), the method comprising: recording surgical instrument kinematic information indicative of surgical instrument motion produced within the surgical system during the occurrence of the surgical procedure; determining respective kinematic signatures associated with respective surgical instrument motions; producing an information structure in a computer readable storage device that associates respective kinematic signatures with respective control signals; comparing, during a performance of the surgical procedure surgical instrument kinematic information during the performance with at least one respective kinematic signature; launching, during a performance of the surgical procedure an associated respective control signal in response to a match between surgical instrument kinematics during the performance and a respective kinematic signature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Brent Tokarchuk, Mahdi Azizian, Joey Chau, Simon P. DiMaio, Brian D. Hoffman, Anthony M. Jarc, Henry C. Lin, Ian E. McDowall, William C. Nowlin, John D. Seaman, II, Jonathan M. Sorger
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Patent number: 11847936Abstract: A system includes a sensor to sense a change in a position of an input control component and a tool; a storage medium embodies a collection of respective motion pictures, which show tool movement imparted by the control component in response to manual input provided by users, indexed based upon a metric; a storage medium embodies a set of instructions that cause a processor to perform operations comprising: determining a user's performance; recording a motion picture of the tool movement imparted by the master control component by the individual user; indexing the recorded motion picture to the collection of motion pictures; generating a user interface providing an interactive visual index; and displaying a selected motion picture on the display screen in response to user input at the interactive visual index.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Anthony M. Jarc, Liheng Guo
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Publication number: 20230389999Abstract: A system comprises a teleoperational assembly including an operator input system and a teleoperational manipulator configured for operation by the operator input system. The teleoperational manipulator is coupled to a medical instrument in a surgical environment. The system also comprises a processing unit including one or more processors. The processing unit is configured to retrieve a user profile for a user, the user profile including a parameter established during a prior teleoperational procedure. The parameter includes an ergonomic setup for an input device of the operator input system. The input device is configured to operate the teleoperational manipulator. The processing unit is also configured to provide instructions to configure an operation of the teleoperational assembly based upon the parameter. The operation includes adjusting the operator input system based on the at least one of the ergonomic setup for the operator input system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Julie L. Berry, Anthony M. Jarc, Amy E. Kerdok
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Publication number: 20230386366Abstract: Implementations relate to anatomical models and surgical training. In some implementations, an anatomical training model includes a base portion and a top portion that form a hollow space between the base portion and top portion. A plurality of holes are positioned in the top portion. The model includes a plurality of cannula supports, where each cannula support is aligned with one or more corresponding holes in the top portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Anthony M. JARC, Christopher J. SANCHEZ, Timothy V. WHITE, Eugene T. NAGEL
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Patent number: 11751957Abstract: Systems, methods, and tangibly-implemented software instructions for supporting a teleoperated surgical system (TSS). A surgical input that includes monitored events of the TSS, is received. A current stage of the surgical procedure is autonomously determined based on the surgical input. A call for surgeon assistance may be detected, in response to which context-relevant assistance may be provided to a surgeon console of the TSS, the context-relevant assistance being stage-synchronized with the surgical procedure.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Anthony M. Jarc, Chi Zhang
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Patent number: 11737841Abstract: A surgical method is provided for use with a teleoperated surgical system (surgical system), the method comprising: recording surgical instrument kinematic information indicative of surgical instrument motion produced within the surgical system during the occurrence of the surgical procedure; determining respective kinematic signatures associated with respective surgical instrument motions; producing an information structure in a computer readable storage device that associates respective kinematic signatures with respective control signals; comparing, during a performance of the surgical procedure surgical instrument kinematic information during the performance with at least one respective kinematic signature; launching, during a performance of the surgical procedure an associated respective control signal in response to a match between surgical instrument kinematics during the performance and a respective kinematic signature.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brent Tokarchuk, Mahdi Azizian, Joey Chau, Simon P. DiMaio, Brian D. Hoffman, Anthony M. Jarc, Henry C. Lin, Ian E. McDowall, William C. Nowlin, John D. Seaman, II, Jonathan M. Sorger
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Patent number: 11727827Abstract: Implementations relate to anatomical models and surgical training. In some implementations, an anatomical training model includes a base portion and a top portion that form a hollow space between the base portion and top portion. A plurality of holes are positioned in the top portion. The model includes a plurality of cannula supports, where each cannula support is aligned with one or more corresponding holes in the top portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Anthony M. Jarc, Christopher J. Sanchez, Timothy V. White, Eugene T. Nagel
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Publication number: 20230110890Abstract: A teleoperational system comprises a teleoperational control system and a teleoperational manipulator configured for operating an instrument in an environment. The teleoperational system also comprises an operator controller in communication with the teleoperational control system. The teleoperational control system includes a processing unit including one or more processors. The processing unit is configured to determine whether an operator of the operator controller has a head portion directed toward a display region of a display device and based on a determination that the operator’s head portion is directed toward the display region, initiate an operator following mode in which movement of the operator controller provides a corresponding movement to the teleoperational manipulator. The teleoperational system may be a teleoperational medical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Govinda Payyavula, Simon P. Dimaio, John William Henrie, Brandon D. Itkowitz, Anthony M. Jarc
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Patent number: 11559365Abstract: A teleoperational medical system includes a teleoperational control system, a teleoperational manipulator, an operator controller. The control system includes a processing unit configured to: determine a position and orientation of a marker on an operator of the operator controller; determine whether a head portion of the operator is directed toward or away from a display region of a display; based on a determination that the head portion is directed toward the display region, initiate an operator following mode in which a movement of the operator controller provides a corresponding movement to the teleoperational manipulator; and based on a determination that the head portion is directed away, suspend the operator following mode. The determination that the head portion is directed away from the display region of the display device includes determining whether the head portion of the operator is directed away from the display region for a threshold time period.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Govinda Payyavula, Simon P. DiMaio, John William Henrie, Brandon D. Itkowitz, Anthony M. Jarc
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Publication number: 20220415210Abstract: Implementations relate to medical simulations for medical procedure training. In some implementations, a system includes a simulation processing component including at least one processor and which generates a virtual environment using position signals that describe at least one of a position and a configuration of a physical surgical instrument relative to a physical surgical site. The simulation processing component updates the virtual environment according to changes in the position signals and according to control signals corresponding to inputs by a user of the system. The updating in cludes moving a virtual surgical instrument within the virtual environment, where an interaction of the virtual surgical instrument with a virtual surgical site is defined at least partly by a physical relationship between the physical surgical instrument and the physical surgical site.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Anthony M. JARC, Joey CHAU, Brian E. MILLER
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Patent number: 11468791Abstract: Implementations relate to medical simulations for medical procedure training. In some implementations, a system includes a simulation processing component including at least one processor and which generates a virtual environment using position signals that describe at least one of a position and a configuration of a physical surgical instrument relative to a physical surgical site. The simulation processing component updates the virtual environment according to changes in the position signals and according to control signals corresponding to inputs by a user of the system. The updating includes moving a virtual surgical instrument within the virtual environment, where an interaction of the virtual surgical instrument with a virtual surgical site is defined at least partly by a physical relationship between the physical surgical instrument and the physical surgical site.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Anthony M. Jarc, Joey Chau, Brian E. Miller
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Publication number: 20220313379Abstract: A mechanically ungrounded master control device comprises a rigid chassis for engagement with one or more fingers of a user's hand and at least one pivotable finger engagement device for controlling movement of a tool end effector. The control device also includes at least one sensor for detecting a position and orientation of the rigid chassis in a surgical environment and a switch coupled to the rigid chassis and manipulatable by a finger of the user's hand while another finger of the user's hand is engaged with the at least one pivotable finger engagement device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventor: Anthony M. JARC
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Patent number: 11351001Abstract: A mechanically ungrounded master control device comprises a rigid chassis for engagement with one or more fingers of a user's hand and at least one pivotable finger engagement device for controlling movement of a tool end effector. The control device also includes at least one sensor for detecting a position and orientation of the rigid chassis in a surgical environment and a switch coupled to the rigid chassis and manipulatable by a finger of the user's hand while another finger of the user's hand is engaged with the at least one pivotable finger engagement device.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventor: Anthony M. Jarc
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Publication number: 20220096164Abstract: A viewpoint optimization system identifies a condition associated with an operating session during which a computer-assisted operation system performs a plurality of operations with respect to a body while an imaging device included within the computer-assisted operation system provides, for display on a display device during the operating session, imagery of the body from a first viewpoint. The viewpoint optimization system defines, based on the identified condition, a second viewpoint for the imaging device that is more optimal than the first viewpoint for an operation included in the plurality of operations. Additionally, the viewpoint optimization system directs the display device to display an indication of the second viewpoint. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventor: Anthony M. Jarc
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Publication number: 20220096163Abstract: A camera control system may access surgical session data for a surgical session, the surgical session including performance of one or more operations by a computer-assisted surgical system. The camera control system may identify, based on the surgical session data, an event associated with the surgical session, and may determine, based on the surgical session data, a location associated with the event. In response to the determination of the location of the event, the camera control system may direct an automatic adjustment of a view of a camera to capture a specific view of the location associated with the event.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Govinda Payyavula, Anthony M. Jarc
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Publication number: 20210407309Abstract: A system includes a sensor to sense a change in a position of an input control component and a tool; a storage medium embodies a collection of respective motion pictures, which show tool movement imparted by the control component in response to manual input provided by users, indexed based upon a metric; a storage medium embodies a set of instructions that cause a processor to perform operations comprising: determining a user's performance; recording a motion picture of the tool movement imparted by the master control component by the individual user; indexing the recorded motion picture to the collection of motion pictures; generating a user interface providing an interactive visual index; and displaying a selected motion picture on the display screen in response to user input at the interactive visual index.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Anthony M. Jarc, Liheng Guo
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Publication number: 20210315650Abstract: A surgical method is provided for use with a teleoperated surgical system (surgical system), the method comprising: recording surgical instrument kinematic information indicative of surgical instrument motion produced within the surgical system during the occurrence of the surgical procedure; determining respective kinematic signatures associated with respective surgical instrument motions; producing an information structure in a computer readable storage device that associates respective kinematic signatures with respective control signals; comparing, during a performance of the surgical procedure surgical instrument kinematic information during the performance with at least one respective kinematic signature; launching, during a performance of the surgical procedure an associated respective control signal in response to a match between surgical instrument kinematics during the performance and a respective kinematic signature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Brent Tokarchuk, Mahdi Azizian, Joey Chau, Simon P. DiMaio, Brian D. Hoffman, Anthony M. Jarc, Henry C. Lin, Ian E. McDowall, William C. Nowlin, John D. Seaman, II, Jonathan M. Sorger