Patents by Inventor Norber Johnson

Norber Johnson 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).

  • SURGICAL ROBOTIC AUTOMATION WITH TRACKING MARKERS AND CONTROLLED TOOL ADVANCEMENT
    Publication number: 20180147018
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for aiding insertion of a surgical implant by providing a threaded guide tube configured to engage a threaded surgical instrument such that an end-effector of a robot may provide force to drive the surgical implant into a patient. In addition, devices, systems, and methods relating to a dilator system for use with a robotic system that allows independent and separate control of tools within the dilator system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Neil R. Crawford, Norber Johnson, Nicholas Theodore