Patents by Inventor Aaron Gunn

Aaron Gunn 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).

  • Publication number: 20250057658
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes examples of an implant system configured for targeted joint resurfacing in which only an area including the osteochondral defect is resected, wherein the area resected occupies an area smaller than an entire joint surface. The implant system can include a monolithic first implant with 3D printed metal and a second implant including a plastic portion overmolded onto a metal portion. The metal portion of the second implant also includes 3D printed metal. The first and/or second implants include solid metal portion(s) and porous metal portion(s). In an example, the first implant can be a femoral implant and the second implant can be a tibial implant. The first and second implants can be used on their own or in tandem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Benjamin Arnold, Hyun Woo Bae, James Young Kim, Jonathan Nielsen, Riley J. Williams, III, Brian Bowman, Aaron Gunn, Sachiye Koide
  • Patent number: 12168281
    Abstract: Methods of forming a cutting element include leaching a diamond table of the cutting element and subsequent to leaching the diamond table of the cutting element, forming a chamfer on the diamond table of the cutting element at an interface between a cutting surface of the diamond table and an outer side surface of the diamond table. Methods of forming earth-boring tools include forming a cutting element and securing the cutting element to a body of the earth-boring tool. Forming the cutting element includes including leaching a diamond table of the cutting element and subsequent to leaching the diamond table of the cutting element, forming a chamfer on the diamond table of the cutting element at an interface between a cutting surface of the diamond table and an outer side surface of the diamond table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Jair Leal, John A. Bomidi, Aaron Gunn
  • Patent number: 12011246
    Abstract: A multicatheter subsystem is provided for a steerable catheter robotic system. The subsystem includes a flexible output sheath, a plurality of flexible multi-lumen assemblies and a plurality of robotic instruments for performing a surgical procedure. The plurality of flexible multi-lumen assemblies extends through the outer sheath. Each of the multi-lumen assemblies has a proximal end and a distal end. Each of the robotic instruments is operatively and removably attachable to the distal end of one of the multi-lumen assemblies such that each instrument is teleoperable independently of every other robotic instrument. At least a first of the robotic instruments includes a plurality of interconnected articulating segments. Each of the articulating segments is operatively and removably attachable to a different one of the multi-lumen assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Aaron Gunn, Philip Weissbrod, Michael Yip
  • Publication number: 20230219185
    Abstract: Methods of forming a cutting element include leaching a diamond table of the cutting element and subsequent to leaching the diamond table of the cutting element, forming a chamfer on the diamond table of the cutting element at an interface between a cutting surface of the diamond table and an outer side surface of the diamond table. Methods of forming earth-boring tools include forming a cutting element and securing the cutting element to a body of the earth-boring tool. Forming the cutting element includes including leaching a diamond table of the cutting element and subsequent to leaching the diamond table of the cutting element, forming a chamfer on the diamond table of the cutting element at an interface between a cutting surface of the diamond table and an outer side surface of the diamond table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jair Leal, John A. Bomidi, Aaron Gunn
  • Publication number: 20230098189
    Abstract: A multicatheter subsystem is provided for a steerable catheter robotic system. The subsystem includes a flexible output sheath, a plurality of flexible multi-lumen assemblies and a plurality of robotic instruments for performing a surgical procedure. The plurality of flexible multi-lumen assemblies extends through the outer sheath. Each of the multi-lumen assemblies has a proximal end and a distal end. Each of the robotic instruments is operatively and removably attachable to the distal end of one of the multi-lumen assemblies such that each instrument is teleoperable independently of every other robotic instrument. At least a first of the robotic instruments includes a plurality of interconnected articulating segments. Each of the articulating segments is operatively and removably attachable to a different one of the multi-lumen assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Aaron GUNN, Philip WEISSBROD, Michael YIP
  • Patent number: 11547509
    Abstract: A multicatheter subsystem is provided for a steerable catheter robotic system. The subsystem includes a flexible output sheath, a plurality of flexible multi-lumen assemblies and a plurality of robotic instruments for performing a surgical procedure. The plurality of flexible multi-lumen assemblies extends through the outer sheath. Each of the multi-lumen assemblies has a proximal end and a distal end. Each of the robotic instruments is operatively and removably attachable to the distal end of one of the multi-lumen assemblies such that each instrument is teleoperable independently of every other robotic instrument. At least a first of the robotic instruments includes a plurality of interconnected articulating segments. Each of the articulating segments is operatively and removably attachable to a different one of the multi-lumen assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Aaron Gunn, Philip Weissbrod, Michael Yip
  • Publication number: 20210186636
    Abstract: A multicatheter subsystem is provided for a steerable catheter robotic system. The subsystem includes a flexible output sheath, a plurality of flexible multi-lumen assemblies and a plurality of robotic instruments for performing a surgical procedure. The plurality of flexible multi-lumen assemblies extends through the outer sheath. Each of the multi-lumen assemblies has a proximal end and a distal end. Each of the robotic instruments is operatively and removably attachable to the distal end of one of the multi-lumen assemblies such that each instrument is teleoperable independently of every other robotic instrument. At least a first of the robotic instruments includes a plurality of interconnected articulating segments. Each of the articulating segments is operatively and removably attachable to a different one of the multi-lumen assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron GUNN, Philip WEISSBROD, Michael YIP
  • Publication number: 20200281666
    Abstract: A surgical arrangement includes an endoscope having an insertion tube with an imaging system disposed on its distal end and at least one instrument channel extending therethrough. A catheter subsystem of a steerable catheter robotic system is removably insertable into the instrument channel. The catheter subsystem includes a flexible outer sheath having a proximal end and a distal end. At least one flexible multi-lumen assembly extends through the outer sheath. The multi-lumen assembly has a proximal end and a distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Gunn, Michael Yip, Philip WEISSBROD