Patents by Inventor Gregory Daniel Arens

Gregory Daniel Arens 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 Hand-Held Surgical Instrument Systems And Methods
    Publication number: 20240108358
    Abstract: A system is provided comprising a robotic instrument for use with a tool. In some versions, the robotic instrument comprises a hand-held portion to be held by a user and a tool support movably coupled to the hand-held portion to support the tool. The robotic instrument further includes an actuator assembly operatively attached to the tool support and the hand-held portion and configured to move the tool support relative to the hand-held portion in a plurality of degrees of freedom. The robotic instrument may includes a handle alignment member extending from the hand-held portion. At least a portion of the handle alignment member and a tool plane defined by the tool are aligned when the tool support has an optimal range of motion relative to the hand-held portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: Benjamin VanDyken, Phillip Lindeman, David E. Hershberger, Dustin James Payne, Gregory Daniel Arens