Patents by Inventor Jack HSIA

Jack HSIA 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).

  • Positive control of robotic surgical instrument end effector
    Patent number: 9043027
    Abstract: A method of controlling an operation of a robotically-controlled surgical instrument can include receiving a first input signal at a controller indicative of a user's readiness to actuate the surgical instrument to perform a surgical procedure, outputting an output signal from the controller to provide feedback to the user in response to the received first input signal, receiving a second input signal at the controller confirming the user's readiness to actuate the surgical instrument, outputting an actuation signal from the controller in response to receiving the second input signal, and actuating the surgical instrument to perform the surgical procedure based on the actuation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Durant, Michael Hanuschik, Paul W. Mohr, Jack Hsia
  • POSITIVE CONTROL OF ROBOTIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT END EFFECTOR
    Publication number: 20120316573
    Abstract: A method of controlling an operation of a robotically-controlled surgical instrument can include receiving a first input signal at a controller indicative of a user's readiness to actuate the surgical instrument to perform a surgical procedure, outputting an output signal from the controller to provide feedback to the user in response to the received first input signal, receiving a second input signal at the controller confirming the user's readiness to actuate the surgical instrument, outputting an actuation signal from the controller in response to receiving the second input signal, and actuating the surgical instrument to perform the surgical procedure based on the actuation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin DURANT, Michael HANUSCHIK, Paul W. MOHR, Jack HSIA