Patents by Inventor James Trevor Clark

James Trevor Clark 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).

  • ASSEMBLY PROCESS FOR TENSIONING ELEMENTS AND RELATED SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230210620
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a surgical instrument mountable to a remotely controllable manipulator configured to operate the surgical instrument includes applying a first tension to a first tensioning element, applying a second tension to a second tensioning element, and maintaining the first and second tensions in the first and second tensioning elements while a first rotatable cylinder is locked to a second rotatable cylinder. The first tensioning element and the second tensioning element are each coupled to a distal end component of the surgical instrument and are coupled to one another such that a tension in one of the first tensioning element and the second tensioning element is transmitted at least in part to the other of the first tensioning element and the second tensioning element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Niels Smaby, Amir Chaghajerdi, James Trevor Clark, Stephen V. Gentile
  • Assembly process for tensioning elements and related systems
    Patent number: 11633249
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a surgical instrument mountable to a remotely controllable manipulator configured to operate the surgical instrument includes applying a first tension to a first tensioning element, applying a second tension to a second tensioning element, and maintaining the first and second tensions in the first and second tensioning elements while a first rotatable cylinder is locked to a second rotatable cylinder. The first tensioning element and the second tensioning element are each coupled to a distal end component of the surgical instrument and are coupled to one another such that a tension in one of the first tensioning element and the second tensioning element is transmitted at least in part to the other of the first tensioning element and the second tensioning element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Niels Smaby, Amir Chaghajerdi, James Trevor Clark, Stephen V. Gentile
  • ASSEMBLY PROCESS FOR TENSIONING ELEMENTS AND RELATED SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180228563
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a surgical instrument mountable to a remotely controllable manipulator configured to operate the surgical instrument includes applying a first tension to a first tensioning element, applying a second tension to a second tensioning element, and maintaining the first and second tensions in the first and second tensioning elements while a first rotatable cylinder is locked to a second rotatable cylinder. The first tensioning element and the second tensioning element are each coupled to a distal end component of the surgical instrument and are coupled to one another such that a tension in one of the first tensioning element and the second tensioning element is transmitted at least in part to the other of the first tensioning element and the second tensioning element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Niels Smaby, Amir Chaghajerdi, James Trevor Clark, Stephen V. Gentile