Patents by Inventor Christopher S. Wagner

Christopher S. Wagner 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: 11937880
    Abstract: A system and method of monitoring a procedure includes a medical device. The medical device includes an elongate device including a flexible body, a tracking system disposed along at least a portion of the flexible body, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the tracking system. The one or more processors are configured to receive a route to a target location in an anatomy, determine one or more features of the route based on a first anatomical representation, generate a reduced anatomical representation based on the one or more features of the route, receive real-time position information from the tracking system, associate the real-time position information to the reduced anatomical representation, and dynamically display the reduced anatomical representation with the associated real-time position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Vincent Duindam, Lauren L. Argo, Cristian Bianchi, Christopher R. Carlson, Energy Cruse, II, Scott S. Ichikawa, Aaron B. Tinling, Oliver J. Wagner
  • Patent number: 4964282
    Abstract: An air cooling apparatus for cooling a bulletproof vest having a front panel section and a rear panel section is provided with a first and a second hollow tubular member. Each of the tubular members has a plurality of holes in the upper wall thereof for permitting air to be discharged therefrom. A plurality of attaching members are provided for attaching the first tubular member to the front panel section and the second tubular member to the rear panel section of the vest. Coupling members are provided for attaching the ends of the first and second tubular members together between the front and rear panel sections of the vest and for detachably coupling the tubular members to a source of cooling air. In a first embodiment of the invention, the source of air is a vehicular air conditioning system and a hose and attaching assembly is provided for attaching the air cooling apparatus to an outlet of the vehicular air conditioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Inventor: Christopher S. Wagner