Patents by Inventor Reagan Williams
Reagan Williams 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).
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Publication number: 20240058087Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for medical robotic systems that leverage a versatile, open kinematic chain together with a set of medical-procedure-specific software-controlled actuation constraints in order to perform a variety of medical procedures. The robotic system can be operated in a first mode by identifying a remote center and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain intersection of at least an insertion axis with the remote center. The robotic system can be operated in a second mode by identifying a virtual rail position and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain alignment of the insertion axis along the virtual rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: David Stephen MINTZ, Bruce R. WOODLEY, Travis Michael SCHUH, Yanan HUANG, Matthew Reagan WILLIAMS
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Publication number: 20230392674Abstract: In one variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable within a driving plane, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion wherein the adjustable pulley portion is rotatable relative to the base pulley portion within the driving plane, and a driving member including an end coupled to the adjustable pulley portion wherein at least a portion of the driving member is wrapped at least partially around the adjustable pulley portion. In another variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable around an axis, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion and movable in a first direction parallel to the axis, and a sliding block engaged with the adjustable pulley portion, wherein the sliding block moves in a second direction different from the first direction, in response to compression of the adjustable pulley portion against the base pulley portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Roman DEVENGENZO, Matthew Reagan WILLIAMS, Stephen John MORFEY, Ricardo Alfonso LEÓN, Andrew METZGER, Karen Shakespear KOENIG, Vijay SOUNDARARAJAN
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Patent number: 11832907Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for medical robotic systems that leverage a versatile, open kinematic chain together with a set of medical-procedure-specific software-controlled actuation constraints in order to perform a variety of medical procedures. The robotic system can be operated in a first mode by identifying a remote center and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain intersection of at least an insertion axis with the remote center. The robotic system can be operated in a second mode by identifying a virtual rail position and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain alignment of the insertion axis along the virtual rail.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventors: David Stephen Mintz, Bruce R. Woodley, Travis Michael Schuh, Yanan Huang, Matthew Reagan Williams
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Patent number: 11767902Abstract: In one variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable within a driving plane, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion wherein the adjustable pulley portion is rotatable relative to the base pulley portion within the driving plane, and a driving member including an end coupled to the adjustable pulley portion wherein at least a portion of the driving member is wrapped at least partially around the adjustable pulley portion. In another variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable around an axis, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion and movable in a first direction parallel to the axis, and a sliding block engaged with the adjustable pulley portion, wherein the sliding block moves in a second direction different from the first direction, in response to compression of the adjustable pulley portion against the base pulley portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Verb Surgical Inc.Inventors: Roman Devengenzo, Matthew Reagan Williams, Stephen John Morfey, Ricardo Alfonso León, Andrew Metzger, Karen Shakespear Koenig, Vijay Soundararajan
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Publication number: 20230210616Abstract: A surgical instrument is described that includes a surgical effector moving with N degrees of freedom for manipulation of objects at a surgical site during surgical procedures. The surgical effector can be manipulated by actuating a first input controller to control a length of a first cable segment to move the surgical effector in at least one degree of freedom of movement and actuating a second input controller to control a length of a second cable segment to move the surgical effector in the at least one degree of freedom of movement. The surgical effector can be manipulated by moving a differential that couples the first and second input controllers together to conserve a length of cable between the first input controller and the second input controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Travis SCHUH, Edward J. MENARD, Bruce R. WOODLEY, Matthew Reagan WILLIAMS, Spencer James WITTE
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Patent number: 11564759Abstract: A surgical instrument is described that includes a surgical effector moving with N degrees of freedom for manipulation of objects at a surgical site during surgical procedures. The N degrees of freedom are manipulated by N+1 input controllers and a plurality of cables, the controllers and cables coupled to the surgical effector and configured to change the orientation of the surgical effector about the N degrees of freedom when actuated. In some embodiments, the N+1 input controllers and plurality of cables are further coupled to a pantograph, the pantograph configured to move in a reciprocal manner to the surgical effector when the input controllers and cables are actuated.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventors: Travis Schuh, Edward J. Menard, Bruce R. Woodley, Matthew Reagan Williams, Spencer James Witte
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Publication number: 20220250259Abstract: In one variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable within a driving plane, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion wherein the adjustable pulley portion is rotatable relative to the base pulley portion within the driving plane, and a driving member including an end coupled to the adjustable pulley portion wherein at least a portion of the driving member is wrapped at least partially around the adjustable pulley portion. In another variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable around an axis, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion and movable in a first direction parallel to the axis, and a sliding block engaged with the adjustable pulley portion, wherein the sliding block moves in a second direction different from the first direction, in response to compression of the adjustable pulley portion against the base pulley portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Verb Surgical Inc.Inventors: Roman DEVENGENZO, Matthew Reagan WILLIAMS, Stephen John MORFEY, Ricardo Alfonso LEÓN, Andrew METZGER, Karen Shakespear KOENIG, Vijay SOUNDARARAJAN
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Patent number: 11345053Abstract: In one variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable within a driving plane, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion wherein the adjustable pulley portion is rotatable relative to the base pulley portion within the driving plane, and a driving member including an end coupled to the adjustable pulley portion wherein at least a portion of the driving member is wrapped at least partially around the adjustable pulley portion. In another variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable around an axis, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion and movable in a first direction parallel to the axis, and a sliding block engaged with the adjustable pulley portion, wherein the sliding block moves in a second direction different from the first direction, in response to compression of the adjustable pulley portion against the base pulley portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: VERB SURGICAL INC.Inventors: Roman Devengenzo, Matthew Reagan Williams, Stephen John Morfey, Ricardo Alfonso León, Andrew Metzger, Karen Shakespear Koenig, Vijay Soundararajan
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Publication number: 20210290324Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for medical robotic systems that leverage a versatile, open kinematic chain together with a set of medical-procedure-specific software-controlled actuation constraints in order to perform a variety of medical procedures. The robotic system can be operated in a first mode by identifying a remote center and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain intersection of at least an insertion axis with the remote center. The robotic system can be operated in a second mode by identifying a virtual rail position and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain alignment of the insertion axis along the virtual rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: David Stephen MINTZ, Bruce R. WOODLEY, Travis Michael SCHUH, Yanan HUANG, Matthew Reagan WILLIAMS
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Patent number: 11026758Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for medical robotic systems that leverage a versatile, open kinematic chain together with a set of medical-procedure-specific software-controlled actuation constraints in order to perform a variety of medical procedures. The robotic system can be operated in a first mode by identifying a remote center and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain intersection of at least an insertion axis with the remote center. The robotic system can be operated in a second mode by identifying a virtual rail position and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain alignment of the insertion axis along the virtual rail.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventors: David Stephen Mintz, Bruce R. Woodley, Travis Michael Schuh, Yanan Huang, Matthew Reagan Williams
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Publication number: 20200305992Abstract: A surgical instrument is described that includes a surgical effector moving with N degrees of freedom for manipulation of objects at a surgical site during surgical procedures. The N degrees of freedom are manipulated by N+1 input controllers and a plurality of cables, the controllers and cables coupled to the surgical effector and configured to change the orientation of the surgical effector about the N degrees of freedom when actuated. In some embodiments, the N+1 input controllers and plurality of cables are further coupled to a pantograph, the pantograph configured to move in a reciprocal manner to the surgical effector when the input controllers and cables are actuated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Travis Schuh, Edward J. Menard, Bruce R. Woodley, Matthew Reagan Williams, Spencer James Witte
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Patent number: 10682189Abstract: A surgical instrument is described that includes a surgical effector moving with N degrees of freedom for manipulation of objects at a surgical site during surgical procedures. The N degrees of freedom are manipulated by N+1 input controllers and a plurality of cables, the controllers and cables coupled to the surgical effector and configured to change the orientation of the surgical effector about the N degrees of freedom when actuated. In some embodiments, the N+1 input controllers and plurality of cables are further coupled to a pantograph, the pantograph configured to move in a reciprocal manner to the surgical effector when the input controllers and cables are actuated.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventors: Travis Schuh, Edward J. Menard, Bruce R. Woodley, Matthew Reagan Williams, Spencer James Witte
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Patent number: 10631949Abstract: An instrument device manipulator (IDM) is attached to a surgical arm of a robotic system and comprises a surgical tool holder and an outer housing. The surgical tool holder includes an attachment interface that can secure a surgical tool in a front-mount configuration (where the attachment interface is on a face opposite of an elongated body of the surgical tool) or a back-mount configuration (where the attachment interface is on the same face as the elongated body of the surgical tool). The surgical tool holder may rotate continuously within the outer housing. In a back-mount configuration, the surgical tool holder may have a passage that receives the elongated body of the tool and allows free rotation of the elongated body about the rotational axis. A surgical drape separates the IDM and robotic arm from a tool, while allowing electrical and/or optical signals to pass therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventors: Travis Schuh, Matthew Reagan Williams, Joseph Daniel Bogusky, David S. Mintz, Alan Yu, Yoichiro Dan
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Patent number: 10368838Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a robotic surgical system includes a combined laser imaging robotic surgical tool, a control console, and a laser generator/controller. The tool is mounted to a first robotic arm of a patient side cart. The tool has a wristed joint and an end effector coupled together. The end effector has a laser-emitting device to direct a laser beam onto tissue in a surgical site and an image-capturing device to capture images of the tissue in the surgical site. The control console, in communication with the tool, receives the captured images of tissue in the surgical site and displays the captured images on a display device to a user. The laser generator/controller is coupled to the tool and the control console to control the emission of the laser beam onto tissue of the surgical site.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Reagan Williams, Gregory William Dachs, II, David Shafer
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Patent number: 10311500Abstract: A server system determines an adoption state for a first software-development product of a plurality of software-development products offered to software developers by a provider associated with the server system. The adoption state indicates an extent to which the first product has been implemented by a software developer for use in connection with a first application. In accordance with the determined adoption state for the first product, the server system performs at least one of: providing a reminder to the software developer to implement the first product in connection with the first application; and providing a notification of availability of a second product of the plurality of products in connection with the first application.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Facebook, IncInventors: Reagan Williams, Benjamin Golub, Eric Osgood, Austin Dobrik
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Publication number: 20190000576Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for medical robotic systems that leverage a versatile, open kinematic chain together with a set of medical-procedure-specific software-controlled actuation constraints in order to perform a variety of medical procedures. The robotic system can be operated in a first mode by identifying a remote center and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain intersection of at least an insertion axis with the remote center. The robotic system can be operated in a second mode by identifying a virtual rail position and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain alignment of the insertion axis along the virtual rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: David Stephen Mintz, Bruce R. Woodley, Travis Michael Schuh, Yanan Huang, Matthew Reagan Williams
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Publication number: 20180250083Abstract: A surgical instrument is described that includes a surgical effector moving with N degrees of freedom for manipulation of objects at a surgical site during surgical procedures. The N degrees of freedom are manipulated by N+1 input controllers and a plurality of cables, the controllers and cables coupled to the surgical effector and configured to change the orientation of the surgical effector about the N degrees of freedom when actuated. In some embodiments, the N+1 input controllers and plurality of cables are further coupled to a pantograph, the pantograph configured to move in a reciprocal manner to the surgical effector when the input controllers and cables are actuated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Travis Schuh, Edward J. Menard, Bruce R. Woodley, Matthew Reagan Williams, Spencer James Witte
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Patent number: 9962228Abstract: A surgical instrument is described that includes a surgical effector moving with N degrees of freedom for manipulation of objects at a surgical site during surgical procedures. The N degrees of freedom are manipulated by N+1 input controllers and a plurality of cables, the controllers and cables coupled to the surgical effector and configured to change the orientation of the surgical effector about the N degrees of freedom when actuated. In some embodiments, the N+1 input controllers and plurality of cables are further coupled to a pantograph, the pantograph configured to move in a reciprocal manner to the surgical effector when the input controllers and cables are actuated.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Travis Schuh, Edward J. Menard, Bruce R. Woodley, Matthew Reagan Williams, Spencer James Witte
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Publication number: 20180079074Abstract: In one variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable within a driving plane, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion wherein the adjustable pulley portion is rotatable relative to the base pulley portion within the driving plane, and a driving member including an end coupled to the adjustable pulley portion wherein at least a portion of the driving member is wrapped at least partially around the adjustable pulley portion. In another variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable around an axis, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion and movable in a first direction parallel to the axis, and a sliding block engaged with the adjustable pulley portion, wherein the sliding block moves in a second direction different from the first direction, in response to compression of the adjustable pulley portion against the base pulley portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Roman DEVENGENZO, Matthew Reagan WILLIAMS, Stephen John MORFEY, Ricardo Alfonso LEÓN, Andrew METZGER, Karen Shakespear KOENIG, Vijay SOUNDARARAJAN
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Publication number: 20180060041Abstract: A server system determines an adoption state for a first software-development product of a plurality of software-development products offered to software developers by a provider associated with the server system. The adoption state indicates an extent to which the first product has been implemented by a software developer for use in connection with a first application. In accordance with the determined adoption state for the first product, the server system performs at least one of: providing a reminder to the software developer to implement the first product in connection with the first application; and providing a notification of availability of a second product of the plurality of products in connection with the first application.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Reagan Williams, Benjamin Golub, Eric Osgood, Austin Dobrik