Patents by Inventor Jaime G. BLACKSTAD

Jaime G. BLACKSTAD 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).

  • PRESSURE TEST PORT CONTAINED WITHIN A BODY OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20240108199
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus includes a housing, a test port retainer, a pressure test chamber, and an image capture assembly. The housing includes a pressure test port. The test port retainer includes a test port retainer housing, a probe seal, and a liquid exclusion barrier. In one aspect, the test port retainer also includes a hydrophobic membrane mounted within the test port retainer housing. The pressure test chamber includes a manifold and a central tube. The first end of the central tube is affixed to the image capture assembly to form a pressure seal, and the second end of the central tube is coupled to the test port retainer so that the pressure test port communicates with the interior volume of the central tube through the test port retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: William Jason CULMAN, Jaime G. BLACKSTAD, Peter M. HERZLINGER, Willard Curtis LOMAX
  • 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
  • Pressure test port contained within a body of surgical instrument
    Patent number: 11883001
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus includes a housing, a test port retainer, a pressure test chamber, and an image capture assembly. The housing includes a pressure test port. The test port retainer includes a test port retainer housing, a probe seal, and a liquid exclusion barrier. In one aspect, the test port retainer also includes a hydrophobic membrane mounted within the test port retainer housing. The pressure test chamber includes a manifold and a central tube. The first end of the central tube is affixed to the image capture assembly to form a pressure seal, and the second end of the central tube is coupled to the test port retainer so that the pressure test port communicates with the interior volume of the central tube through the test port retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: William Jason Culman, Jaime G. Blackstad, Peter M. Herzlinger, Willard Curtis Lomax
  • PRESSURE TEST PORT CONTAINED WITHIN A BODY OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20230020532
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus includes a housing, a test port retainer, a pressure test chamber, and an image capture assembly. The housing includes a pressure test port. The test port retainer includes a test port retainer housing, a probe seal, and a liquid exclusion barrier. In one aspect, the test port retainer also includes a hydrophobic membrane mounted within the test port retainer housing. The pressure test chamber includes a manifold and a central tube. The first end of the central tube is affixed to the image capture assembly to form a pressure seal, and the second end of the central tube is coupled to the test port retainer so that the pressure test port communicates with the interior volume of the central tube through the test port retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: William Jason CULMAN, Jaime G. BLACKSTAD, Peter M. HERZLINGER, Willard Curtis LOMAX
  • Pressure test port contained within a body of surgical instrument
    Patent number: 11490786
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus includes a housing, a test port retainer, a pressure test chamber, and an image capture assembly. The housing includes a pressure test port. The test port retainer includes a test port retainer housing, a probe seal, and a liquid exclusion barrier. In one aspect, the test port retainer also includes a hydrophobic membrane mounted within the test port retainer housing. The pressure test chamber includes a manifold and a central tube. The first end of the central tube is affixed to the image capture assembly to form a pressure seal, and the second end of the central tube is coupled to the test port retainer so that the pressure test port communicates with the interior volume of the central tube through the test port retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: William Jason Culman, Jaime G. Blackstad, 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
  • A PRESSURE TEST PORT CONTAINED WITHIN A BODY OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20190290104
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus includes a housing, a test port retainer, a pressure test chamber, and an image capture assembly. The housing includes a pressure test port. The test port retainer includes a test port retainer housing, a probe seal, and a liquid exclusion barrier. In one aspect, the test port retainer also includes a hydrophobic membrane mounted within the test port retainer housing. The pressure test chamber includes a manifold and a central tube. The first end of the central tube is affixed to the image capture assembly to form a pressure seal, and the second end of the central tube is coupled to the test port retainer so that the pressure test port communicates with the interior volume of the central tube through the test port retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: William Jason CULMAN, Jaime G. BLACKSTAD, 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