Patents by Inventor Dominique D. BRICHARD

Dominique D. BRICHARD 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).

  • INSTRUMENT PRESENCE AND ROTATIONAL OFFSET SENSING IN FLEXIBLE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240081915
    Abstract: A medical system may include an elongated flexible body including a channel extending through the elongated flexible body. The elongated flexible body includes an articulable portion extending along at least a portion of a length of the elongated flexible body. The medical system may include an instrument configured to be received in the channel of the elongated flexible body, a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field within the channel, and a magnetic field sensor configured to detect the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrey Polonsky, David W. Bailey, Adam K. Begley, Joseph D. Bogusky, Dominique D. Brichard, Lucas S. Gordon, Tajalli Shoghi Ghalehshahi
  • Endoscope including a plurality of individually testable subassemblies
    Patent number: 11911000
    Abstract: An endoscope includes a first subassembly, a second subassembly, a third subassembly, and a fourth subassembly, which are sequentially assembled and tested in making the endoscope. The first subassembly includes a pressure-sealed electrical cable connected to an image capture unit. The second subassembly includes the first subassembly, a shell, a light pipe, and a lid. The third subassembly includes the second subassembly, a central tube, and a flange. The fourth subassembly includes the third subassembly, a base, a shaft, and optionally an articulating assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: William Jason Culman, Jaime G. Blackstad, Dominique D. Brichard, Peter M. Herzlinger, Willard Curtis Lomax
  • ENDOSCOPE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUALLY TESTABLE SUBASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20220071475
    Abstract: An endoscope includes a first subassembly, a second subassembly, a third subassembly, and a fourth subassembly, which are sequentially assembled and tested in making the endoscope. The first subassembly includes a pressure-sealed electrical cable connected to an image capture unit. The second subassembly includes the first subassembly, a shell, a light pipe, and a lid. The third subassembly includes the second subassembly, a central tube, and a flange. The fourth subassembly includes the third subassembly, a base, a shaft, and optionally an articulating assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: William Jason Culman, Jaime G. BLACKSTAD, Dominique D. BRICHARD, Peter M. HERZLINGER, Willard Curtis LOMAX
  • Endoscope including a plurality of individually testable subassemblies
    Patent number: 11141046
    Abstract: An endoscope includes a first subassembly, a second subassembly, a third subassembly, and a fourth subassembly, which are sequentially assembled and tested in making the endoscope. The first subassembly includes a pressure-sealed electrical cable connected to an image capture unit. The second subassembly includes the first subassembly, a shell, a light pipe, and a lid. The third subassembly includes the second subassembly, a central tube, and a flange. The fourth subassembly includes the third subassembly, a base, a shaft, and optionally an articulating assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: William Jason Culman, Jaime G. Blackstad, Dominique D. Brichard, Peter M. Herzlinger, Willard Curtis Lomax
  • AN ENDOSCOPE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUALLY TESTABLE SUBASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20190282066
    Abstract: An endoscope includes a first subassembly, a second subassembly, a third subassembly, and a fourth subassembly, which are sequentially assembled and tested in making the endoscope. The first subassembly includes a pressure-sealed electrical cable connected to an image capture unit. The second subassembly includes the first subassembly, a shell, a light pipe, and a lid. The third subassembly includes the second subassembly, a central tube, and a flange. The fourth subassembly includes the third subassembly, a base, a shaft, and optionally an articulating assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: William Jason CULMAN, Jaime G. BLACKSTAD, Dominique D. BRICHARD, Peter M. HERZLINGER, Willard Curtis LOMAX