Patents by Inventor Kent L. Howe

Kent L. Howe 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT MEASUREMENT IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ROBOTIC SURGERY
    Publication number: 20240099556
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of object enhancement in endoscopy images includes capturing an image of an object within a surgical operative site via an imaging device, determining a size of the object based on the captured image of the object, displaying the captured image of the object, and displaying on the displayed captured image of the object a representation of the determined size of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kenlyn S. Bonn, Dustin S. Slater, Justin Rogers, James R. Fagan, Anjali Dhiman, John W. Linebarger, Rayne Robertson, Keith W. Malang, Matthew Savary, Joshua R. Snow, Tyler J. Bagrosky, Luciano Mazzaro, Jason M. Mucilli, Dylan R. Kingsley, Christopher S. Rainieri, Amanda H. Lennartz, Alexandre Linhares Vieira, Kent L. Howe
  • Systems and methods for object measurement in minimally invasive robotic surgery
    Patent number: 11844497
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of object enhancement in endoscopy images includes capturing an image of an object within a surgical operative site via an imaging device, determining a size of the object based on the captured image of the object, displaying the captured image of the object, and displaying on the displayed captured image of the object a representation of the determined size of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Kenlyn S. Bonn, Dustin O. Slater, Justin Rogers, James R. Fagan, Anjali Dhiman, John W. Linebarger, Rayne Robertson, Keith W. Malang, Matthew Savary, Joshua R. Snow, Tyler J. Bagrosky, Luciano Mazzaro, Jason M. Mucilli, Dylan R. Kingsley, Christopher V. Rainieri, Amanda H. Lennartz, Alexandre Linhares Vieira, Kent L. Howe
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT MEASUREMENT IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ROBOTIC SURGERY
    Publication number: 20210267711
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of object enhancement in endoscopy images includes capturing an image of an object within a surgical operative site via an imaging device, determining a size of the object based on the captured image of the object, displaying the captured image of the object, and displaying on the displayed captured image of the object a representation of the determined size of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Kenlyn S. Bonn, Dustin O. Slater, Justin Rogers, James R. Fagan, Anjali Dhiman, John W. Linebarger, Rayne Robertson, Keith W. Malang, Matthew Savary, Joshua R. Snow, Tyler J. Bagrosky, Luciano Mazzaro, Jason M. Mucilli, Dylan R. Kingsley, Christopher V. Rainieri, Amanda H. Lennartz, Alexandre Linhares Vieira, Kent L. Howe
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING ROBOTIC SURGERY
    Publication number: 20210267692
    Abstract: A method of performing robotic surgery includes determining a distance between a first surgical instrument and a second surgical instrument in a surgical operative site, comparing the determined distance between the first and second surgical instruments with a threshold distance, generating an alert based on the comparison between the determined distance and the threshold distance, displaying a visual representation of the surgical operative site on a display, and displaying the alert overlaid on the displayed visual representation of the surgical operative site and in proximity to a visual representation of the first and/or second surgical instruments on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Amanda H. Lennartz, Kenlyn S. Bonn, Tyler J. Bagrosky, Dustin O. Slater, Michael B. Lyons, Justin Rogers, James R. Fagan, Anjali Dhiman, Steven P. Buysse, Rayne Robertson, Keith W. Malang, Matthew Savary, Joshua R. Snow, Jason M. Mucilli, Dylan R. Kingsley, Christopher V. Rainieri, Alexandre Linhares Vieira, Kent L. Howe