Patents by Inventor Christopher D. Robinson

Christopher D. Robinson 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).

  • Robotic system providing user selectable actions associated with gaze tracking
    Patent number: 11977678
    Abstract: A medical robotic system includes a viewer for displaying an image of a work site, a gaze tracker for tracking a gaze point of a user on the viewer, and a processor. The processor is configured to: draw an area or volume defining shape, overlaid on the image of the work site, in a position determined by the gaze tracker; assign a fixed virtual constraint to the shape and constrain movement of a robotic tool according to the fixed virtual constraint; receive a user selected action command selecting an image of patient anatomy; and superimpose the selected image of the patient anatomy over the image of the work site within the shape. The selected image of the patient anatomy is registered to the image of the work site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Wenyi Zhao, Christopher J. Hasser, Brandon D. Itkowitz, Paul E. Lilagan, David D. Scott, Simon P. DiMaio, David W. Robinson, Tao Zhao
  • Push-pull computer cooling apparatuses and methods for making and using same
    Patent number: 11599164
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods include at least one push fan assembly and at least one pull fan assembly and at least one constriction channel or pathway designed to compress air pulled in by the push fan so that as the compressed air exits the at least one constriction channel or pathway, the air undergoes an expansion and cools and the push-pull fan arrangement pulls the cooled air through the housing improving the cooling of computer or electronic components housed in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Scott A Strozier, Christopher D. Robinson
  • PUSH-PULL COMPUTER COOLING APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20220317743
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods include at least one push fan assembly and at least one pull fan assembly and at least one constriction channel or pathway designed to compress air pulled in by the push fan so that as the compressed air exits the at least one constriction channel or pathway, the air undergoes an expansion and cools and the push-pull fan arrangement pulls the cooled air through the housing improving the cooling of computer or electronic components housed in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Scott A Strozier, Christopher D. Robinson
  • Push-pull computer cooling apparatuses and methods for making and using same
    Patent number: 11262814
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods include at least one push fan assembly and at least one pull fan assembly and at least one constriction channel or pathway designed to compress air pulled in by the push fan so that as the compressed air exits the at least one constriction channel or pathway, the air undergoes an expansion and cools and the push-pull fan arrangement pulls the cooled air through the housing improving the cooling of computer or electronic components housed in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Scott A Strozier, Christopher D. Robinson
  • PUSH-PULL COMPUTER COOLING APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20210141427
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods include at least one push fan assembly and at least one pull fan assembly and at least one constriction channel or pathway designed to compress air pulled in by the push fan so that as the compressed air exits the at least one constriction channel or pathway, the air undergoes an expansion and cools and the push-pull fan arrangement pulls the cooled air through the housing improving the cooling of computer or electronic components housed in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Scott A. Strozier, Christopher D. Robinson