Patents by Inventor Simon Peter DiMaio
Simon Peter DiMaio 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: 20240115335Abstract: A computer-assisted medical system includes a manipulator, an instrument holder physically coupled to the manipulator arm, and a controller that includes a computer processor. The instrument holder includes an instrument holder carriage configured to releasably couple to an instrument and translate the instrument along a longitudinal axis. The controller applies a signal that represents a movement for the instrument along the longitudinal axis to a filter to differentiate between a first and a second motion component of the movement along the longitudinal axis, and causes the instrument to move in accordance with the movement along the longitudinal axis by commanding the manipulator arm to move based on the first motion component of the movement along the longitudinal axis. The controller further commands, based on the second motion component of the movement along the longitudinal axis, the instrument holder carriage to move relative to the manipulator arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Simon Peter Dimaio, David William Bailey, Theodore W. Rogers, Alec Paul Robertson
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Patent number: 11950870Abstract: Systems and methods for minimally invasive procedures include a computer-assisted system comprising a manipulator assembly configured to couple to a cannula and a controller coupled to the manipulator assembly. The cannula has a lumen configured to receive a shaft of an instrument. The controller is configured to position a remote center of motion for the manipulator assembly at a first location relative to the cannula, and in response to an indication to reposition the remote center of motion relative to the cannula, reposition the remote center of motion to a second location relative to the cannula while constraining the second location to be located along the cannula. The second location is different from the first location.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Dinesh Rabindran, Katherine Suzanne Anderson, Nicholas Leo Bernstein, Simon Peter Dimaio, Catherine Mohr, Theodore W. Rogers, Kollin Myles Tierling, Andrew Cullen Waterbury
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Patent number: 11903664Abstract: A computer-assisted medical system includes a manipulator arm and an instrument holder physically coupled to the manipulator arm. The instrument holder is configured to releasably couple to an instrument. The instrument holder includes an adjustable assembly and a cannula clamp physically coupled to the adjustable assembly. A physical adjustment of the adjustable assembly moves the cannula clamp relative to the manipulator arm. The cannula clamp is configured to releasably couple to a cannula configured to receive the instrument.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Simon Peter DiMaio, David William Bailey, Theodore W. Rogers, Alec Paul Robertson
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Publication number: 20230210622Abstract: A surgical system drape incudes: a sheath having an interior cavity sized to cover a portion of a surgical system manipulator; an adaptor coupled to the sheath and including a manipulator interface and an instrument interface, the manipulator interface configured to couple with a drive interface of the manipulator, the instrument interface being configured to couple with a drive interface of a surgical instrument mounted to the manipulator; and a fluid conduit coupled to the sheath and extending within the interior cavity of the sheath, the fluid conduit configured to receive a flow of cooling fluid at a fluid port and convey the fluid along the interior cavity of the sheath to cool a component of a portion of the manipulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Alec Paul Robertson, Simon Peter DiMaio, Kollin Myles Tierling, Theodore W. Rogers
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Publication number: 20230200630Abstract: Systems and methods for endoscopic operations are described. For example, the disclosure provides mechanisms for sensing and controlling a field of view of an endoscope by determining a pose of the field of view using a first location and a second location, and controlling the pose of the field of view by moving at least one of: the first portion and the second portion. The first location is of a first portion of the endoscope and the second location is of a second portion of the endoscope. The endoscope comprises a flexible portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first and second locations are defined by a configuration, relative to the endoscope, of an endoscope support and a cannula. The endoscope support configured to support the endoscope. A shaft of the endoscope is configured to extend through the cannula.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Brandon Itkowitz, Simon Peter DiMaio
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Publication number: 20230172677Abstract: Systems and methods for minimally invasive procedures include a computer-assisted system comprising a manipulator assembly configured to couple to a cannula and a controller coupled to the manipulator assembly. The cannula has a lumen configured to receive a shaft of an instrument. The controller is configured to position a remote center of motion for the manipulator assembly at a first location relative to the cannula, and in response to an indication to reposition the remote center of motion relative to the cannula, reposition the remote center of motion to a second location relative to the cannula while constraining the second location to be located along the cannula. The second location is different from the first location.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Dinesh RABINDRAN, Katherine Suzanne ANDERSON, Nicholas Leo BERNSTEIN, Simon Peter DIMAIO, Catherine MOHR, Theodore W. ROGERS, Kollin Myles TIERLING, Andrew Cullen WATERBURY
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Patent number: 11628029Abstract: A surgical system drape includes: a sheath having an interior cavity sized to cover a portion of a surgical system manipulator; an adaptor coupled to the sheath and including a manipulator interface and an instrument interface, the manipulator interface configured to couple with a drive interface of the manipulator, the instrument interface being configured to couple with a drive interface of a surgical instrument mounted to the manipulator; and a fluid conduit coupled to the sheath and extending within the interior cavity of the sheath, the fluid conduit configured to receive a flow of cooling fluid at a fluid port and convey the fluid along the interior cavity of the sheath to cool a component of a portion of the manipulator.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Alec Paul Robertson, Simon Peter DiMaio, Kollin Myles Tierling, Theodore W. Rogers
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Patent number: 11622672Abstract: Systems and methods for endoscopic operations are described. For example, the disclosure provides mechanisms for sensing and controlling a field of view of an endoscope by determining a pose of the field of view using a first location and a second location, and controlling the pose of the field of view by moving at least one of: the first portion and the second portion. The first location is of a first portion of the endoscope and the second location is of a second portion of the endoscope. The endoscope comprises a flexible portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first and second locations are defined by a configuration, relative to the endoscope, of an endoscope support and a cannula. The endoscope support configured to support the endoscope. A shaft of the endoscope is configured to extend through the cannula.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brandon Itkowitz, Simon Peter DiMaio
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Patent number: 11596486Abstract: Systems and methods for minimally invasive tele-surgery are described. For example, the disclosure describes methods for independently controlling motions of the robotic manipulator, cannula, and surgical instrument in various surgical contexts.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Dinesh Rabindran, Katherine Suzanne Anderson, Nicholas Leo Bernstein, Simon Peter DiMaio, Catherine Mohr, Theodore W. Rogers, Kollin Myles Tierling, Andrew Cullen Waterbury
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Publication number: 20230067930Abstract: A medical puncture device system includes a puncture device, a sensor, and an indicator system. The puncture device is configured to create a puncture through patient tissue and into an internal patient cavity to enable a medical tool to be inserted through the puncture into the cavity. The sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of motion of the puncture device through the tissue into the cavity. The indicator system is operable by a controller to produce human-perceptible feedback in response to the signal generated by the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Brett Myers Page, Simon Peter DiMaio, Brandon Itkowitz, Goran Adrian Lynch, John Ryan Steger
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Patent number: 11534079Abstract: A medical puncture device system includes a puncture device, a sensor, and an indicator system. The puncture device is configured to create a puncture through patient tissue and into an internal patient cavity to enable a medical tool to be inserted through the puncture into the cavity. The sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of motion of the puncture device through the tissue into the cavity. The indicator system is operable by a controller to produce human-perceptible feedback in response to the signal generated by the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brett Myers Page, Simon Peter DiMaio, Brandon Itkowitz, Goran Adrian Lynch, John Ryan Steger
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Publication number: 20220022980Abstract: A robotic system includes a base movable relative to a floor surface and a controllable arm extending from the base. The arm is configured to support and move a tool. The arm has a powered joint operable to position and/or orient a distal portion of the arm. The robotic system further includes a processor coupled to the powered joint and configured to drive the powered joint to reposition the base while the position and/or orientation of the distal portion of the arm is maintained.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Simon Peter DiMaio, Nicholas Leo Bernstein, Paul Millman, Dinesh Rabindran, Alec Paul Robertson
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Patent number: 11166770Abstract: A robotic system includes a base movable relative to a floor surface and a controllable arm extending from the base. The arm is configured to support and move a tool. The arm has a powered joint operable to position and/or orient a distal portion of the arm. The robotic system further includes a processor coupled to the powered joint and configured to drive the powered joint to reposition the base while the position and/or orientation of the distal portion of the arm is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Simon Peter DiMaio, Nicholas Leo Bernstein, Paul Millman, Dinesh Rabindran, Alec Paul Robertson
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Publication number: 20210322115Abstract: A robotic system includes a base movable relative to a floor surface and a controllable arm extending from the base. The arm is configured to support and move a tool. The arm has a powered joint operable to position and/or orient the tool. The robotic system further includes a positioning indicator. A processor operates the positioning indicator to direct a manual repositioning of the base relative to the floor surface while the processor is operating the powered joint to maintain the position and/or orientation of the tool during the manual repositioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Simon Peter DiMaio, Nicholas Leo Bernstein, Paul Millman, Dinesh Rabindran, Alec Paul Robertson
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Patent number: 11076925Abstract: A robotic system includes a base movable relative to a floor surface and a controllable arm extending from the base. The arm is configured to support and move a tool. The arm has a powered joint operable to position and/or orient the tool. The robotic system further includes a positioning indicator. A processor operates the positioning indicator to direct a manual repositioning of the base relative to the floor surface while the processor is operating the powered joint to maintain the position and/or orientation of the tool during the manual repositioning.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Simon Peter DiMaio, Nicholas Leo Bernstein, Paul Millman, Dinesh Rabindran, Alec Paul Robertson
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Publication number: 20210228282Abstract: A computer-assisted medical system includes a user device wearable by an operator. The user device includes a display device configured to present imagery overlaid in an environment of a manipulator assembly, and a sensor configured to detect one or more landmarks in the environment. The medical system includes a controller configured to execute instructions to perform operations The operations include receiving, from the sensor, position or orientation information for the one or more landmarks in the environment, and directing a manual movement of a portion of the manipulator assembly by causing the display device to present the imagery overlaid in the environment based on the received position or orientation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Simon Peter DIMAIO, Brandon ITKOWITZ, Govinda PAYYAVULA
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Publication number: 20210153961Abstract: A computer-assisted medical system includes a manipulator arm and an instrument holder physically coupled to the manipulator arm. The instrument holder is configured to releasably couple to an instrument. The instrument holder includes an adjustable assembly and a cannula clamp physically coupled to the adjustable assembly. A physical adjustment of the adjustable assembly moves the cannula clamp relative to the manipulator arm. The cannula clamp is configured to releasably couple to a cannula configured to receive the instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Simon Peter DiMaio, David William Bailey, Theodore W. Rogers, Alec Paul Robertson
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Patent number: 10939973Abstract: Systems and methods for a computer-assisted instrument motion are described. For example, the disclosure provides mechanisms and techniques for holding an instrument with a computer-assisted manipulator assembly, and methods for actuating computer-assisted motions of the instrument.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Simon Peter DiMaio, David William Bailey, Theodore W. Rogers, Alec Paul Robertson
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Publication number: 20200315721Abstract: Systems and methods for minimally invasive tele-surgery are described. For example, the disclosure describes methods for independently controlling motions of the robotic manipulator, cannula, and surgical instrument in various surgical contexts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Dinesh Rabindran, Katherine Suzanne Anderson, Nicholas Leo Bernstein, Simon Peter DiMaio, Catherine Mohr, Theodore W. Rogers, Kollin Myles Tierling, Andrew Cullen Waterbury
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Publication number: 20190231460Abstract: A robotic system includes a base movable relative to a floor surface and a controllable arm extending from the base. The arm is configured to support and move a tool. The arm has a powered joint operable to position and/or orient the tool. The robotic system further includes a positioning indicator. A processor operates the positioning indicator to direct a manual repositioning of the base relative to the floor surface while the processor is operating the powered joint to maintain the position and/or orientation of the tool during the manual repositioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Simon Peter DiMaio, Nicholas Leo Bernstein, Paul Millman, Dinesh Rabindran, Alec Paul Robertson