Patents by Inventor Paul E. Liligan

Paul E. Liligan 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).

  • Medical robotic system providing an auxilary view including range of motion limitations for articulatable instruments extending out of a distal end of an entry guide
    Patent number: 9717563
    Abstract: A medical robotic system includes an entry guide with surgical tools and a camera extending out of its distal end. To supplement the view provided by an image captured by the camera, an auxiliary view including articulatable arms of the surgical tools and/or camera is generated from sensed or otherwise determined information about their positions and orientations are displayed along with indications of range of motion limitations on a display screen from the perspective of a specified viewing point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc E. Tognaccini, Daniel H. Gomez, Nicola Diolaiti, Tabish Mustufa, Probal Mitra, Paul E. Liligan
  • MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM PROVIDING AN AUXILARY VIEW INCLUDING RANGE OF MOTION LIMITATIONS FOR ARTICULATABLE INSTRUMENTS EXTENDING OUT OF A DISTAL END OF AN ENTRY GUIDE
    Publication number: 20150366625
    Abstract: A medical robotic system includes an entry guide with surgical tools and a camera extending out of its distal end. To supplement the view provided by an image captured by the camera, an auxiliary view including articulatable arms of the surgical tools and/or camera is generated from sensed or otherwise determined information about their positions and orientations are displayed along with indications of range of motion limitations on a display screen from the perspective of a specified viewing point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Marc E. Tognaccini, Daniel H. Gomez, Nicola Diolaiti, Tabish Mustufa, Probal Mitra, Paul E. Liligan