Patents by Inventor Brian E. Hoffman

Brian E. Hoffman 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).

  • Patent number: 11931122
    Abstract: A teleoperated surgical system is provided comprising: a first robotic surgical instrument; an image capture; a user display; a user input command device coupled to receive user input commands to control movement of the first robotic surgical instrument; and a movement controller coupled to scale a rate of movement of the first robotic surgical instrument, based at least in part upon a surgical skill level at using the first robotic surgical instrument of the user providing the received user input commands, from a rate of movement indicated by the user input commands received at the user input command device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Nowlin, Mahdi Azizian, Simon P. DiMaio, Brian D. Hoffman, Anthony M. Jarc, Henry C. Lin, May Quo-Mei Liu, Ian E. McDowall, Brent Tokarchuk
  • Patent number: 11911003
    Abstract: A computer-assisted surgical system simultaneously provides visible light and alternate modality images that identify tissue or increase the visual salience of features of clinical interest that a surgeon normally uses when performing a surgical intervention using the computer-assisted surgical system. Hyperspectral light from tissue of interest is used to safely and efficiently image that tissue even though the tissue may be obscured in the normal visible image of the surgical field. The combination of visible and hyperspectral images are analyzed to provide details and information concerning the tissue or other bodily function that were not previously available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian E. McDowall, Jeffrey M. DiCarlo, Brian D. Hoffman, William Jason Culman
  • Publication number: 20100046198
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a graphics display assembly configured to display a true color palette in illuminated and non-illuminate states. The graphics display assembly includes a backlit electroluminescent (EL) panel and optical interface layer. The optical interface layer is translucent, preventing color shift of transmitted light. In operation, the optical interface layer masks the pink or rose-colored hue visible when the EL panel is in its non-illuminated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: NIGHT MOVES, LLC
    Inventor: Brian E. Hoffman