Patents by Inventor Jeffrey d. Browm

Jeffrey d. Browm 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).

  • SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE ENTRY GUIDE CONFIGURATIONS
    Publication number: 20170156803
    Abstract: A surgical system uses a single entry port in a wide variety of surgeries. To insert multiple surgical instruments into a patient through a single entry port requires that the shaft (262A1) of at least one (260A1) of the surgical instruments be bent between the base of the surgical instrument (260A1) and the point where the shaft contacts a channel in an entry guide (270A). Each surgical instrument (260A1, 260A2) is positioned by an instrument manipulator positioning system (231A) so that when the shaft is inserted in a channel of the entry guide (270A), any bending of the shaft does not damage the surgical instrument and does not inhibit proper operation of the surgical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony K. McGrogan, Thomas g. Cooper, DAvid Q. Larkin, Kent m. Anderson, Jeffrey d. Browm, Paul E. Lilagan, Michael Ikeda