Patents by Inventor Ben Lamprecht

Ben Lamprecht 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).

  • Stereo telestration for robotic surgery
    Patent number: 7907166
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a robotic surgical system includes a master control console having a stereo viewer to view stereo images; a surgical manipulator having a stereo endoscopic camera coupled to a robotic arm to generate the stereo images of a surgical site; a stereo telestration device coupled between the stereo endoscopic camera and the stereo viewer to mix telestration graphics and the stereo images of the surgical site together for viewing by the stereo viewer; and a telestration generator coupled to the stereo telestration device to generate the telestration graphics for overlay on the stereo images of the surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Lamprecht, William C. Nowlin, John D. Stern
  • STEREO TELESTRATION FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY
    Publication number: 20110050852
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a robotic surgical system includes a master control console having a stereo viewer to view stereo images; a surgical manipulator having a stereo endoscopic camera coupled to a robotic arm to generate the stereo images of a surgical site; a stereo telestration device coupled between the stereo endoscopic camera and the stereo viewer to mix telestration graphics and the stereo images of the surgical site together for viewing by the stereo viewer; and a telestration generator coupled to the stereo telestration device to generate the telestration graphics for overlay on the stereo images of the surgical site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Lamprecht, William C. Nowlin, John D. Stern
  • Stereo telestration for robotic surgery
    Publication number: 20070156017
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a robotic surgical system includes a master control console having a stereo viewer to view stereo images; a surgical manipulator having a stereo endoscopic camera coupled to a robotic arm to generate the stereo images of a surgical site; a stereo telestration device coupled between the stereo endoscopic camera and the stereo viewer to mix telestration graphics and the stereo images of the surgical site together for viewing by the stereo viewer; and a telestration generator coupled to the stereo telestration device to generate the telestration graphics for overlay on the stereo images of the surgical site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: Intuitive Surgical INC.
    Inventors: Ben Lamprecht, William Nowlin, John Stern