Patents by Inventor Brandon D. Itkowitz
Brandon D. Itkowitz 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: 20140232824Abstract: An operator telerobotically controls tools to perform a procedure on an object at a work site while viewing real-time images of the object, tools and work site on a display. Tool information is provided by filtering a part of the real-time images for enhancement or degradation to indicate a state of a tool and displaying the filtered images on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Simon P. DiMaio, Brian D. Hoffman, Brandon D. Itkowitz, Paul W. Mohr, David W. Robinson, Tao Zhao, Wenyi Zhao
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Patent number: 8682489Abstract: In a minimally invasive surgical system, a hand tracking system tracks a location of a sensor element mounted on part of a human hand. A system control parameter is generated based on the location of the part of the human hand. Operation of the minimally invasive surgical system is controlled using the system control parameter. Thus, the minimally invasive surgical system includes a hand tracking system. The hand tracking system tracks a location of part of a human hand. A controller coupled to the hand tracking system converts the location to a system control parameter, and injects into the minimally invasive surgical system a command based on the system control parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Intuitive Sugical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Simon P. DiMaio, Tao Zhao, Karlin Y. Bark
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Publication number: 20140055489Abstract: An operator telerobotically controls tools to perform a procedure on an object at a work site while viewing real-time images of the work site on a display. Tool information is provided in the operator's current gaze area on the display by rendering the tool information over the tool so as not to obscure objects being worked on at the time by the tool nor to require eyes of the user to refocus when looking at the tool information and the image of the tool on a stereo viewer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Daniel J. Halabe, Tao Zhao, Simon P. DiMaio, Christopher J. Hasser, Catherine J. Mohr, Paul W. Mohr, David Q. Larkin, Brian David Hoffman, Wenyi Zhao
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Patent number: 8600551Abstract: A medical robotic system has a surgeon console which is operatively couplable to a patient side unit for performing medical procedures or operatively couplable to a simulator unit for training purposes. The surgeon console has a monitor, input devices and foot pedals. The patient side unit has robotic arm assemblies coupled to instruments and an endoscope. When the surgeon console is coupled to the patient side unit, the instruments move in response to movement of the input devices to perform a medical procedure while captured images of the instruments are displayed on the monitor. When the surgeon console is coupled to the simulator unit, virtual instruments move in response to movement of the input devices to perform a user selected virtual procedure while virtual images of the virtual instruments are displayed on the monitor.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Brian E. Miller, Frederic H. Moll, Andris D. Ramans, David J. Rosa
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Patent number: 8543240Abstract: In a minimally invasive surgical system, a hand tracking system tracks a location of a sensor element mounted on part of a human hand. A system control parameter is generated based on the location of the part of the human hand. Operation of the minimally invasive surgical system is controlled using the system control parameter. Thus, the minimally invasive surgical system includes a hand tracking system. The hand tracking system tracks a location of part of a human hand. A controller coupled to the hand tracking system converts the location to a system control parameter, and injects into the minimally invasive surgical system a command based on the system control parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2010Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Simon P. DiMaio, Karlin Y. Bark
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Publication number: 20130245641Abstract: A minimally-invasive surgical system includes a slave surgical instrument having a slave surgical instrument tip and a master grip. The slave surgical instrument tip has an alignment in a common frame of reference and the master grip, which is coupled to the slave surgical instrument, has an alignment in the common frame of reference. An alignment error, in the common frame of reference, is a difference in alignment between the alignment of the slave surgical instrument tip and the alignment of the master grip. A ratcheting system (i) coupled to the master grip to receive the alignment of the master grip and (ii) coupled to the slave surgical instrument, to control motion of the slave by continuously reducing the alignment error, as the master grip moves, without autonomous motion of the slave surgical instrument tip and without autonomous motion of the master grip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Simon P. DiMaio, William C. Nowlin, Günter D. Niemeyer, David S. Mintz
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Patent number: 8520027Abstract: In a minimally invasive surgical system, a plurality of video images is acquired. Each video image includes images of the surgeon's hand(s), and of a master manipulator. The images of the surgeon's hand(s) and the master manipulator are segmented from the video image. The segmented images are combined with an acquired surgical site image. The combined image is displayed to the person at the surgeon's console so that the console functions as a see-through console.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Simon P. DiMaio, Tao Zhao
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Publication number: 20130107207Abstract: Stereo gaze tracking estimates a 3-D gaze point by projecting determined right and left eye gaze points on left and right stereo images. The determined right and left eye gaze points are based on one or more tracked eye gaze points, estimates for non-tracked eye gaze points based upon the tracked gaze points and image matching in the left and right stereo images, and confidence scores indicative of the reliability of the tracked gaze points and/or the image matching.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Wenyi Zhao, Brandon D. Itkowitz
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Patent number: 8423186Abstract: A minimally-invasive surgical system includes a slave surgical instrument having a slave surgical instrument tip and a master grip. The slave surgical instrument tip has an alignment in a common frame of reference and the master grip, which is coupled to the slave surgical instrument, has an alignment in the common frame of reference. An alignment error, in the common frame of reference, is a difference in alignment between the alignment of the slave surgical instrument tip and the alignment of the master grip. A ratcheting system (i) coupled to the master grip to receive the alignment of the master grip and (ii) coupled to the slave surgical instrument, to control motion of the slave by continuously reducing the alignment error, as the master grip moves, without autonomous motion of the slave surgical instrument tip and without autonomous motion of the master grip.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Simon DiMaio, William C. Nowlin, Günter D. Niemeyer, David S. Mintz
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Publication number: 20110282141Abstract: In a minimally invasive surgical system, a plurality of video images is acquired. Each video image includes images of the surgeon's hand(s), and of a master manipulator. The images of the surgeon's hand(s) and the master manipulator are segmented from the video image. The segmented images are combined with an acquired surgical site image. The combined image is displayed to the person at the surgeon's console so that the console functions as a see-through console.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Simon P. DiMaio, Tao Zhao
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Publication number: 20110282140Abstract: In a minimally invasive surgical system, a plurality of video images is acquired. Each image includes a hand pose image. Depth data for the hand pose image is also acquired or synthesized. The hand pose image is segmented from the image using the depth data. The segmented image is combined with an acquired surgical site image using the depth data. The combined image is displayed to a person at a surgeon's console of the minimally invasive surgical system. Processing each of the video images in the plurality video images in this way reproduces the hand gesture overlaid on the video of the surgical site in the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Simon P. DiMaio, Tao Zhao
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Patent number: 7990374Abstract: The invention provides methods for leveraging data in the graphics pipeline of a 3D graphics application for use in a haptic rendering of a virtual environment. The invention provides methods for repurposing graphical information for haptic rendering. Thus, at least part of the work that would have been performed by a haptic rendering process to provide touch feedback to a user is obviated by work performed by the graphical rendering process.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: SensABLE Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Loren C. Shih, Marc Douglass Midura, Joshua E. Handley, William Alexander Goodwin
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Publication number: 20100332031Abstract: A minimally-invasive surgical system includes a slave surgical instrument having a slave surgical instrument tip and a master grip. The slave surgical instrument tip has an alignment in a common frame of reference and the master grip, which is coupled to the slave surgical instrument, has an alignment in the common frame of reference. An alignment error, in the common frame of reference, is a difference in alignment between the alignment of the slave surgical instrument tip and the alignment of the master grip. A ratcheting system (i) coupled to the master grip to receive the alignment of the master grip and (ii) coupled to the slave surgical instrument, to control motion of the slave by continuously reducing the alignment error, as the master grip moves, without autonomous motion of the slave surgical instrument tip and without autonomous motion of the master grip.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Simon DiMaio, William C. Nowlin, Günter D. Niemeyer, David S. Mintz
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Publication number: 20100317965Abstract: Robotic and/or measurement devices, systems, and methods for telesurgical and other applications employ input devices operatively coupled to tools so as to allow a system user to manipulate tissues and other structures being measured. The system may make use of three dimensional position information from stereoscopic images. Two or more discrete points can be designated in three dimensions so as to provide a cumulative length along a straight or curving structure, an area measurement, a volume measurement, or the like. The discrete points may be identified by a single surgical tool or by distances separating two or more surgical tools, with the user optionally measuring a structure longer than a field of view of the stereoscopic image capture device by walking a pair of tools “hand-over-hand” along the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2009Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Inventors: BRANDON D. ITKOWITZ, Tao Zhao, Simon Dimaio, Wenyi Zhao, Christopher J. Hasser, Myrian J. Curet, Catherine J. Mohr, Hubert Stein
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Publication number: 20100318099Abstract: Robotic and/or measurement devices, systems, and methods for telesurgical and other applications employ input devices operatively coupled to tools so as to allow a system user to manipulate tissues and other structures being measured. The system may make use of three dimensional position information from stereoscopic images. Two or more discrete points can be designated in three dimensions so as to provide a cumulative length along a straight or curving structure, an area measurement, a volume measurement, or the like. The discrete points may be identified by a single surgical tool or by distances separating two or more surgical tools, with the user optionally measuring a structure longer than a field of view of the stereoscopic image capture device by walking a pair of tools “hand-over-hand” along the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2009Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Inventors: BRANDON D. ITKOWITZ, Tao Zhao, Simon Dimaio, Wenyi Zhao, Christopher J. Hasser, Myriam J. Curet, Catherine J. Mohr, Hubert Stein
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Publication number: 20100234857Abstract: A medical robotic system has a surgeon console which is operatively couplable to a patient side unit for performing medical procedures or operatively couplable to a simulator unit for training purposes. The surgeon console has a monitor, input devices and foot pedals. The patient side unit has robotic arm assemblies coupled to instruments and an endoscope. When the surgeon console is coupled to the patient side unit, the instruments move in response to movement of the input devices to perform a medical procedure while captured images of the instruments are displayed on the monitor. When the surgeon console is coupled to the simulator unit, virtual instruments move in response to movement of the input devices to perform a user selected virtual procedure while virtual images of the virtual instruments are displayed on the monitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: Intuitve Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Brian E. Miller, Frederic H. Moll, Andris D. Ramans, David J. Rosa
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Publication number: 20090192524Abstract: A synthetic representation of a robot tool for display on a user interface of a robotic system. The synthetic representation may be used to show the position of a view volume of an image capture device with respect to the robot. The synthetic representation may also be used to find a tool that is outside of the field of view, to display range of motion limits for a tool, to remotely communicate information about the robot, and to detect collisions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Daniel J. Halabe, Tao Zhao, Simon Dimaio, Christopher J. Hasser, Catherine J. Mohr, Paul W. Mohr, David Q. Larkin, Wenyi Zhao, Brian D. Hoffman
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Patent number: 7411576Abstract: A multi-function force reflecting haptic interface including various sub-assemblies is disclosed. The sub-assemblies include multiple function user interfaces, a user interface docking station for setting the interface to a home position, temperature monitoring and control systems, and various kinematic cable drive systems.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2003Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: SensAble Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas H. Massie, William Alexander Goodwin, Elaine Chen, Deepak Kapoor, Abbe J. Cohen, Brandon D. Itkowitz