Patents by Inventor Arthur Maxwell Crittenden

Arthur Maxwell Crittenden 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).

  • Compact robotic wrist
    Patent number: 9889568
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a tool shaft, and end effector and a wrist that couples the end effector to the tool shaft. The tool includes a drive mechanism configured to effect movement of one or both of the wrist and the end effector in yaw and pitch via independent actuation of four independent cable ends of two or more independent cables that extend between the drive mechanism and the wrist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Pablo Eduardo Garcia Kilroy, Kenneth C. Miller, Thomas D. Egan, Thomas P. Low, Arthur Maxwell Crittenden, Karen Shakespear Koenig
  • Compact robotic wrist
    Patent number: 9884427
    Abstract: An integrated multiaxial wrist and grasper system for use in a robotic tool can yaw, pitch and grasp via actuation of four independent cable ends of four cables. The tool includes a drive mechanism that effects movement of the multiaxial wrist and grasper via actuation of the cables that extend between the drive mechanism and the wrist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Thomas P. Low, Pablo Eduardo Garcia Kilroy, Kenneth C. Miller, Thomas D. Egan, Arthur Maxwell Crittenden, Karen Shakespear Koenig
  • COMPACT ROBOTIC WRIST
    Publication number: 20150209965
    Abstract: An integrated multiaxial wrist and grasper system for use in a robotic tool can yaw, pitch and grasp via actuation of four independent cable ends of four cables. The tool includes a drive mechanism that effects movement of the multiaxial wrist and grasper via actuation of the cables that extend between the drive mechanism and the wrist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas P. Low, Pablo Eduardo Garcia Kilroy, Kenneth C. Miller, Thomas D. Egan, Arthur Maxwell Crittenden, Karen Shakespear Koenig
  • COMPACT ROBOTIC WRIST
    Publication number: 20150150635
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a tool shaft, and end effector and a wrist that couples the end effector to the tool shaft. The tool includes a drive mechanism configured to effect movement of one or both of the wrist and the end effector in yaw and pitch via independent actuation of four independent cable ends of two or more independent cables that extend between the drive mechanism and the wrist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Pablo Eduardo Garcia Kilroy, Kenneth C. Miller, Thomas D. Egan, Thomas P. Low, Arthur Maxwell Crittenden, Karen Shakespear Koenig