Patents by Inventor David J. Rosa
David J. Rosa 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: 20170156806Abstract: A medical robotic system has a robotic arm holding a medical device, and a control system for controlling movement of the arm according to operator manipulation of an input device. If the medical device is being commanded to a state exceeding a limitation by a threshold amount, then the control system disengages control of the medical device by the input device, servos the arm so that it remains in its current state, servos the input device so that it is set at a position such that a force being applied on the input device remains at its current level, requests the operator to lighten hold of the input device, sets a parameter associated with the input device upon detecting such lightened hold so that the medical device is commanded to a different state that does not exceed the limitation, and reengages control of the medical device by the input device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Giuseppe Maria Prisco, David J. Rosa
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Patent number: 9566124Abstract: A medical robotic system has a robotic arm holding a medical device, and a control system for controlling movement of the arm according to operator manipulation of an input device. If the medical device is being commanded to a state exceeding a limitation by a threshold amount, then the control system disengages control of the medical device by the input device, servos the arm so that it remains in its current state, servos the input device so that it is set at a position such that a force being applied on the input device remains at its current level, requests the operator to lighten hold of the input device, sets a parameter associated with the input device upon detecting such lightened hold so that the medical device is commanded to a different state that does not exceed the limitation, and reengages control of the medical device by the input device.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Giuseppe Maria Prisco, David J. Rosa
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Patent number: 9510734Abstract: Two surgical instruments are inserted through a guide tube. The surgical instruments exit at an intermediate position of the guide tube and are oriented to be substantially parallel to the guide tube's longitudinal axis as they exit. A stereoscopic image capture component is on the guide tube between the intermediate position and the guide tube's distal end. The image capture component's field of view is generally perpendicular to the guide tube's longitudinal axis. The surgical instruments and the guide tube are telemanipulatively controlled.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Cooper, David J. Rosa, David Q. Larkin, Matthew R. Williams, Eugene F. Duval
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Patent number: 9504517Abstract: A computer-controlled surgical system may include a surgical instrument having a working end, the working end having a moveable mechanical component, and movement of the mechanical component performing a clamping and cutting function by the working end. The surgical system may further include a computer control system operably coupled to the surgical instrument and to first and second input devices. In response to a first command received from the first input device, the computer control system controls movement of the mechanical component within a first range of motion, and in response to a second command received from the second input device, the computer control system controls movement of the mechanical component within a second range of motion different from the first range of motion.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: David J. Rosa, Salvatore J. Brogna
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Patent number: 9381067Abstract: Surgical accessories are presented in vivo and used by surgical tools in the surgical site to perform additional tasks without the need to remove the tools from the surgical site for tool change or instrument loading. The accessories can be introduced into the surgical site by a dedicated accessory introducer, or can be supported on the body of a surgical tool inserted into the surgical site and be manipulated using another surgical tool in the surgical site. The accessory introducer can be resiliently biased to bias the accessories toward a predetermined position in the surgical site.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Christopher A. Julian, Daniel T. Wallace, Frederic H. Moll, David J. Rosa, John G. Freund, John W. Hill
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Publication number: 20160166344Abstract: A medical robotic system has a robotic arm holding a medical device, and a control system for controlling movement of the arm according to operator manipulation of an input device. If the medical device is being commanded to a state exceeding a limitation by a threshold amount, then the control system disengages control of the medical device by the input device, servos the arm so that it remains in its current state, servos the input device so that it is set at a position such that a force being applied on the input device remains at its current level, requests the operator to lighten hold of the input device, sets a parameter associated with the input device upon detecting such lightened hold so that the medical device is commanded to a different state that does not exceed the limitation, and reengages control of the medical device by the input device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: GIUSEPPE MARIA PRISCO, DAVID J. ROSA
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Publication number: 20160140056Abstract: Methods are provided for securely loading software objects into an electronic control unit. The methods include receiving a first software object comprising a second level public key certificate, a first encryption signature and a first set of software. Once the first software object is received, validating the first second level public key is validated with the embedded root public key, the first encryption signature with the first second level public key certificate, and the first set of software with the first encryption signature. When the first set of software is valid, then the first second level public key certificate and the first set of software are stored to non-volatile memory. Once stored, a consecutive software object is received comprising only a consecutive encryption signature and a consecutive set of software from the programming source.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2016Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: ANSAF I. ALRABADY, DAVID J. ROSA
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Publication number: 20160066773Abstract: A surgical instrument is inserted through a guide tube. The surgical instrument exits at an intermediate position of the guide tube and is oriented to be substantially parallel to the guide tube's longitudinal axis as it exits. A stereoscopic image capture component is on the guide tube between the intermediate position and the guide tube's distal end. The image capture component's field of view is generally perpendicular to the guide tube's longitudinal axis. The guide tube is jointed to allow the image capture component to be moved. The surgical instruments and the guide tube are telemanipulatively controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Cooper, David J. Rosa, Matthew R. Williams, Eugene F. Duval
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Patent number: 9241767Abstract: A medical robotic system has a robotic arm holding a medical device, and a control system for controlling movement of the arm according to operator manipulation of an input device. If the medical device is being commanded to a state exceeding a limitation by a threshold amount, then the control system disengages control of the medical device by the input device, servos the arm so that it remains in its current state, servos the input device so that it is set at a position such that a force being applied on the input device remains at its current level, requests the operator to lighten hold of the input device, sets a parameter associated with the input device upon detecting such lightened hold so that the medical device is commanded to a different state that does not exceed the limitation, and reengages control of the medical device by the input device.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Giuseppe Prisco, David J. Rosa
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Publication number: 20160015447Abstract: A computer-controlled surgical system may include a surgical instrument having a working end, the working end having a moveable mechanical component, and movement of the mechanical component performing a clamping and cutting function by the working end. The surgical system may further include a computer control system operably coupled to the surgical instrument and to first and second input devices. In response to a first command received from the first input device, the computer control system controls movement of the mechanical component within a first range of motion, and in response to a second command received from the second input device, the computer control system controls movement of the mechanical component within a second range of motion different from the first range of motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: David J. ROSA, Salvatore J. BROGNA
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Patent number: 9215967Abstract: A surgical instrument is inserted through a guide tube. The surgical instrument exits at an intermediate position of the guide tube and is oriented to be substantially parallel to the guide tube's longitudinal axis as it exits. A stereoscopic image capture component is on the guide tube between the intermediate position and the guide tube's distal end. The image capture component's field of view is generally perpendicular to the guide tube's longitudinal axis. The guide tube is jointed to allow the image capture component to be moved. The surgical instruments and the guide tube are telemanipulatively controlled.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC.Inventors: Thomas G. Cooper, David J. Rosa, Matthew R. Williams, Eugene F. Duval
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Patent number: 9144456Abstract: In a surgical instrument, a reciprocating element controls jaw opening and closing as it moves over a first range of motion and cuts tissue clamped between the jaws as it moves over a second range of motion. A first control input controls the reciprocating element's motion over the first range of motion, and a second control input controls the reciprocating element's motion over the second range of motion. As a result, over control by the first control input will not result in inadvertent tissue cutting.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: David J. Rosa, Salvatore J. Brogna
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Publication number: 20150250546Abstract: The distal end of a surgical instrument is movable in all six Cartesian degrees of freedom independently of other components of a telemanipulated surgical system. The surgical instrument extends through a guide tube. The distal end is moved by actuators that are telemanipulatively controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: David Q. Larkin, Thomas G. Cooper, Catherine J. Mohr, David J. Rosa
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Patent number: 9119654Abstract: Surgical methods and devices allow closed-chest surgery to be performed on a heart of a patient while the heart is beating. A region of the heart is stabilized by engaging a surface of the heart with a stabilizer without having to stop the heart. Motion of the target tissues is inhibited sufficiently to treat the target tissues with robotic surgical tools which move in response to inputs of a robotic system operator. A stabilizing surface of the stabilizer is coupled to a drive system to position the surface from outside the patient, preferably by actuators of the robotic servomechanism. Exemplary stabilizers includes a suture or other flexible tension member spanning between a pair of jointed bodies, allowing the member to occlude a coronary blood vessel and/or help stabilize the target region between the stabilizing surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Andris D. Ramans, David J. Rosa, Volkmar Falk
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Publication number: 20150182287Abstract: Tool force information is provided to a user of a telesurgical system using an alternative modality other than force reflection on a master manipulator, such as providing the information on user-visible, user-audible, or haptic “buzz” or “viscosity” indicators, so as to allow expanded processing, including amplification, of the information, while not significantly affecting the stability of the telesurgical system or any closed-loop control systems in the telesurgical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Gary S. Guthart, David Q. Larkin, David J. Rosa, Paul W. Mohr, Giuseppe Maria Prisco
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Patent number: 9060678Abstract: The distal end of a surgical instrument is movable in all six Cartesian degrees of freedom independently of other components of a telemanipulated surgical system. The surgical instrument extends trough a guide tube. The distal end is moved by actuators that are telemanipulatively controlled.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: David Q. Larkin, Thomas G. Cooper, Catherine J. Mohr, David J. Rosa
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Patent number: 9023060Abstract: A robotic surgery system comprises a mounting base, a plurality of surgical instruments, and an articulate support assembly. Each instrument is insertable into a patient through an associated minimally invasive aperture to a desired internal surgical site. The articulate support assembly movably supports the instruments relative to the base. The support generally comprises an orienting platform, a platform linkage movably supporting the orienting platform relative to the base, and a plurality of manipulators mounted to the orienting platform, wherein each manipulator movably supports an associated instrument.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Cooper, Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Gary S. Guthart, David J. Rosa
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Patent number: 8986196Abstract: A surgical instrument extends through a guide tube and exits at an intermediate position of the guide tube. The instrument includes a parallel motion mechanism that changes the position of a distal end of the surgical instrument without changing the orientation of the distal end. An image capture component is at the distal end of the guide tube, and a joint allows the image capture component to move while the intermediate position remains stationary. The configuration allows a cross section of the guide tube to be oblong. In some aspects, a joint for the image capture component is placed between exit ports for surgical instruments, which allows the guide tube cross section to be further reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: David Q. Larkin, Thomas G. Cooper, David C. Shafer, David J. Rosa, Matthew R. Williams, Eugene F. Duval
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Patent number: 8944070Abstract: Tool force information is provided to a user of a telesurgical system using an alternative modality other than force reflection on a master manipulator, such as providing the information on user-visible, user-audible, or haptic “buzz” or “viscosity” indicators, so as to allow expanded processing, including amplification, of the information, while not significantly affecting the stability of the telesurgical system or any closed-loop control systems in the telesurgical system.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2005Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Gary S. Guthart, David Q. Larkin, David J. Rosa, Paul W. Mohr, Giuseppe Prisco
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Patent number: 8914150Abstract: Improved robotic surgical systems, devices, and methods include selectably associatable master/slave pairs, often having more manipulator arms than will be moved simultaneously by the two hands of a surgeon. Four manipulator arms can support an image capture device, a left hand tissue manipulation tool, a right hand tissue manipulation tool, and a fourth surgical instrument, particularly for stabilizing, retracting, tool change, or other functions benefiting from intermittent movement. The four or more arms may sequentially be controlled by left and right master input control devices. The fourth arm may be used to support another image capture device, and control of some or all of the arms may be transferred back-and-forth between the operator and an assistant. Two or more robotic systems each having master controls and slave manipulators may be coupled to enable cooperative surgery between two or more operators.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Frederic H. Moll, David J. Rosa, Andris D. Ramans, Steven J. Blumenkranz, Gary S. Guthart, Gunter D. Niemeyer, William C. Nowlin, J. Kenneth Salisbury, Jr., Michael J. Tierney