Patents by Inventor Jonathan Peter WHITTLE

Jonathan Peter WHITTLE 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).

  • INTERFACING A SURGICAL ROBOTIC ARM AND INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20230074346
    Abstract: An interface structure for detachably interfacing a surgical robot arm to a surgical instrument, the interface structure comprising: a base portion comprising a first surface for facing the surgical instrument and a second surface for facing the surgical robot arm; and a plurality of first fasteners supported by the base portion and protruding from the first surface, the plurality of first fasteners configured to engage the surgical instrument so as to retain the interface structure to the surgical instrument. The interface structure engages the surgical robot arm so as to retain the interface structure to the surgical robot arm, wherein the plurality of first fasteners and the remainder of the interface structure are shaped such that when the surgical instrument is detached from the surgical robot arm the interface structure is retained to the surgical robot arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Nikki Priyam Su-Ling Phoolchund, Keith Marshall, Thomas Bates Jackson, Jonathan Peter Whittle, Dominic Martin McBrien
  • INTERFACING A SURGICAL ROBOTIC ARM AND INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20230072227
    Abstract: An interface structure for detachably interfacing a surgical robot arm to a surgical instrument, the interface structure comprising: a base portion comprising a first surface for facing the surgical instrument and a second surface for facing the surgical robot arm; and a plurality of first fasteners supported by the base portion and protruding from the first surface, the plurality of first fasteners configured to engage the surgical instrument so as to retain the interface structure to the surgical instrument. The interface structure engages the surgical robot arm so as to retain the interface structure to the surgical robot arm, wherein the plurality of first fasteners and the remainder of the interface structure are shaped such that when the surgical instrument is detached from the surgical robot arm the interface structure is retained to the surgical robot arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Nikki Priyam Su-Ling Phoolchund, Keith Marshall, Thomas Bates Jackson, Jonathan Peter Whittle, Dominic Martin McBrien
  • Interfacing a surgical robotic arm and instrument
    Patent number: 11547501
    Abstract: An interface structure for detachably interfacing a surgical robot arm to a surgical instrument, the interface structure comprising: a base portion comprising a first surface for facing the surgical instrument and a second surface for facing the surgical robot arm; and a plurality of first fasteners supported by the base portion and protruding from the first surface, the plurality of first fasteners configured to engage the surgical instrument so as to retain the interface structure to the surgical instrument. The interface structure engages the surgical robot arm so as to retain the interface structure to the surgical robot arm, wherein the plurality of first fasteners and the remainder of the interface structure are shaped such that when the surgical instrument is detached from the surgical robot arm the interface structure is retained to the surgical robot arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CMR Surgical Limited
    Inventors: Nikki Priyam Su-Ling Phoolchund, Keith Marshall, Thomas Bates Jackson, Jonathan Peter Whittle, Dominic Martin McBrien
  • INTERFACING A SURGICAL ROBOTIC ARM AND INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20190269471
    Abstract: An interface structure for detachably interfacing a surgical robot arm to a surgical instrument, the interface structure comprising: a base portion comprising a first surface for facing the surgical instrument and a second surface for facing the surgical robot arm; and a plurality of first fasteners supported by the base portion and protruding from the first surface, the plurality of first fasteners configured to engage the surgical instrument so as to retain the interface structure to the surgical instrument. The interface structure engages the surgical robot arm so as to retain the interface structure to the surgical robot arm,wherein the plurality of first fasteners and the remainder of the interface structure are shaped such that when the surgical instrument is detached from the surgical robot arm the interface structure is retained to the surgical robot arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Nikki Priyam Su-Ling PHOOLCHUND, Keith MARSHALL, Thomas Bates JACKSON, Jonathan Peter WHITTLE, Martin McBRIEN