Patents by Inventor Dean F. Hoorneart

Dean F. Hoorneart 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).

  • Apparatus for surgical systems with electro-mechanical interfaces to mount robotic surgical arms
    Patent number: 8585420
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a method of mounting a surgical robotic arm to a set-up arm of a robotic surgical system is provided that includes sliding a pair of guide slots of the surgical robotic arm over a pair of guide tabs in the set-up arm; aligning electrical connectors in the set-up arm to electrical connectors of the surgical robotic arm; and coincidentally mating male electrical connectors to female electrical connectors while finally mating the guide tabs in the set-up arm to flanges of a housing of the surgical robotic arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc
    Inventors: William A. Burbank, Scott Luke, Dean F. Hoorneart
  • Surgical system with electro-mechanical interfaces to mount robotic surgical arms
    Patent number: 8066524
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a method of mounting a surgical robotic arm to a set-up arm of a robotic surgical system is provided that includes sliding a pair of guide slots of the surgical robotic arm over a pair of guide tabs in the set-up arm; aligning electrical connectors in the set-up arm to electrical connectors of the surgical robotic arm; and coincidentally mating male electrical connectors to female electrical connectors while finally mating the guide tabs in the set-up arm to flanges of a housing of the surgical robotic arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Burbank, Scott Luke, Dean F. Hoorneart