Patents by Inventor Austin Wise

Austin Wise 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: 20250049461
    Abstract: A method of replacing blades of an end effector of a surgical tool includes moving the end effector distally from an assembled state, where the end effector is rotatably mounted to a clevis, to an extended state, where an axle is dislodged from open-ended slots defined in opposing arms of the clevis. The end effector includes opposing first and second blades mounted to first and second blade holders rotatably mounted to the axle. The blade holders are separable from the blades in opposing lateral directions, and a new blade set comprising new blades and a new axle are then mountable to the holders, and the end effector is moved proximally and back to the assembled state by receiving the new axle within the open-ended slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Konstantin ZABOTKIN, Austin WISE, Pavel SHALAKOV
  • Publication number: 20240325100
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing defining an indicator aperture, a drive input rotatably coupled to a bottom of the drive housing, and an indicator assembly arranged within the drive housing and actuatable to provide visual indication that the surgical tool has exhausted its useful life. The indicator assembly includes a capstan assembly operatively coupled to the drive input such that rotation of the drive input correspondingly rotates the capstan assembly, an indicator mount secured to the drive housing, and an indicator shaft extending from the indicator mount along a longitudinal axis coaxially aligned with the indicator aperture. The capstan assembly is rotated with the drive input to actuate the indicator assembly between a non-activated state, where the indicator shaft is recessed into the indicator aperture, and an activated state, where the indicator shaft extends out of the drive housing via the indicator aperture to provide the visual indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Austin WISE, John A. HIBNER, Shinnosuke INOUE, Tom REMM
  • Publication number: 20240290642
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer mapping apparatus comprising a frame forming a wafer load opening communicating with a load station for a substrate carrier disposed to hold more than one wafers vertically distributed in the substrate carrier for loading through the wafer load opening, a movable arm movably mounted to the frame so as to move relative to the wafer load opening and having at least one end effector movably mounted to the movable arm to load wafers from the substrate carrier through the wafer load opening, an image acquisition system including an array of cameras arranged on a common support and each camera fixed with respect to the common support that is static with respect to each camera of the array of cameras, wherein each respective camera is positioned with a field of view disposed to view through the wafer load opening with the common support positioned by the movable arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Radik SUNUGATOV, Roy R. WANG, Karl SHIEH, Justo GRACIANO, Austin WISE, Casper HANSEN, Erick PASTOR
  • Patent number: 12002696
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer mapping apparatus comprising a frame forming a wafer load opening communicating with a load station for a substrate carrier disposed to hold more than one wafers vertically distributed in the substrate carrier for loading through the wafer load opening, a movable arm movably mounted to the frame so as to move relative to the wafer load opening and having at least one end effector movably mounted to the movable arm to load wafers from the substrate carrier through the wafer load opening, an image acquisition system including an array of cameras arranged on a common support and each camera fixed with respect to the common support that is static with respect to each camera of the array of cameras, wherein each respective camera is positioned with a field of view disposed to view through the wafer load opening with the common support positioned by the movable arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Brooks Automation US, LLC
    Inventors: Radik Sunugatov, Roy R. Wang, Karl Shieh, Justo Graciano, Austin Wise, Caspar Hansen, Erick Pastor
  • Publication number: 20210407831
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer mapping apparatus comprising a frame forming a wafer load opening communicating with a load station for a substrate carrier disposed to hold more than one wafers vertically distributed in the substrate carrier for loading through the wafer load opening, a movable arm movably mounted to the frame so as to move relative to the wafer load opening and having at least one end effector movably mounted to the movable arm to load wafers from the substrate carrier through the wafer load opening, an image acquisition system including an array of cameras arranged on a common support and each camera fixed with respect to the common support that is static with respect to each camera of the array of cameras, wherein each respective camera is positioned with a field of view disposed to view through the wafer load opening with the common support positioned by the movable arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Radik Sunugatov, Roy R. Wang, Karl Shieh, Justo Graciano, Austin Wise, Caspar Hansen, Erick Pastor