Patents by Inventor Robert Dodde

Robert Dodde 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).

  • Publication number: 20250032202
    Abstract: Surgical systems and methods involve a robotic arm with a first mounting portion that releasably receives a sterile barrier assembly and a second mounting portion associated with a surgical component. An illumination device is coupled to the robotic arm. Controller(s) detect, using one or more sensors, a condition associated with installation of one or more of the sterile barrier assembly and the second mounting portion to the first mounting portion. The controller(s) control the illumination device to indicate the condition to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: James E. Flatt, Robert Dodde, Jonathan Boyer, Larry Douglas O'Cull, Victor Soto, Christopher Wayne Jones
  • Patent number: 12082895
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes a robotic arm comprising a plurality of links and joints, an end effector, and a mounting assembly for coupling the end effector and the robotic arm. The mounting assembly includes a robot mount associated with the robotic arm and an end effector mount associated with the end effector. The mounting assembly also includes a sterile barrier assembly including a coupling and kinematic couplers. A first lock assembly releasably secures the coupling to the robot mount and a second lock assembly releasably secures the end effector mount to the coupling. A tensioner associated with either mount is movable between a first position and a second position such that the kinematic couplers engage with, and provide a kinematic coupling between, the mounts through the sterile barrier assembly to constrain six degrees of freedom of movement between the mounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: James E. Flatt, Robert Dodde, Jonathan Boyer, Larry Douglas O'Cull, Victor Soto
  • Publication number: 20240008940
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes a robotic arm comprising a plurality of links and joints, an end effector, and a mounting assembly for coupling the end effector and the robotic arm. The mounting assembly includes a robot mount associated with the robotic arm and an end effector mount associated with the end effector. The mounting assembly also includes a sterile barrier assembly including a coupling and kinematic couplers. A first lock assembly releasably secures the coupling to the robot mount and a second lock assembly releasably secures the end effector mount to the coupling. A tensioner associated with either mount is movable between a first position and a second position such that the kinematic couplers engage with, and provide a kinematic coupling between, the mounts through the sterile barrier assembly to constrain six degrees of freedom of movement between the mounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: James E. Flatt, Robert Dodde, Jonathan Boyer, Larry Douglas O'Cull, Victor Soto
  • Patent number: 11806096
    Abstract: A mounting system for coupling first and second surgical components. The mounting system comprises a first mounting portion associated with the first surgical component, a second mounting portion associated with the second surgical component and comprising a tensioner movable between a first position and a second position, and a sterile barrier assembly. The sterile barrier assembly comprises a coupling configured to releasably secure to the first mounting portion and to releasably receive the second mounting portion when the tensioner of the second mounting portion is in the first position, and a plurality of kinematic couplers configured to engage the mounting portions and arranged to provide a kinematic coupling between the mounting portions through the sterile barrier assembly to constrain six degrees of freedom of movement between the surgical components when the tensioner of the second mounting portion is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: James E. Flatt, Robert Dodde, Jonathan Boyer, Larry Douglas O'Cull, Victor Soto
  • Patent number: 11285133
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel 3-imidazolines of formula (I?) and (I) below: (I?) (I) Wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, and R1 to R6 are as defined in the claims. The 3-imidazolines of the invention are useful in antibiotic therapies, in particular as inhibitors of carbapenemases. They are also useful as antibiotics themselves. The present invention also concerns a method for preparing more specifically the 3-imidazolines of formula (I). The present invention further relates to conjugates of said compounds with known antibiotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ PARIS-SUD, ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE—HOPITAUX DE PARIS
    Inventors: Kevin Cariou, Robert Dodd, Eugénie Romero, Mohamed Benchekroun, Bogdan Iorga, Thierry Naas, Saoussen Oueslati
  • Patent number: 11174226
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel azetidinimine of formula (I). Wherein R1-R6 are as defined in claim 1. The azetidinimine of the invention are useful as antibiotics and as inhibitors of a carbapenemases. The present invention thus further relates to their use in antibiotic therapies and their methods of synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Robert Dodd, Kevin Cariou, Corinne Minard, Bogdan-Iuliu Iorga, Thierry Naas
  • Publication number: 20210128530
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel 3-imidazolines of formula (I?) and (I) below: (I?) (I) Wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, and R1 to R6 are as defined in the claims. The 3-imidazolines of the invention are useful in antibiotic therapies, in particular as inhibitors of carbapenemases. They are also useful as antibiotics themselves. The present invention also concerns a method for preparing more specifically the 3-imidazolines of formula (I). The present invention further relates to conjugates of said compounds with known antibiotics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin CARIOU, Robert DODD, Eugénie ROMERO, Mohamed BENCHEKROUN, Bogdan IORGA, Thierry NAAS, Saoussen OUESLATI
  • Publication number: 20200170724
    Abstract: A mounting system for coupling first and second surgical components. The mounting system comprises a first mounting portion associated with the first surgical component, a second mounting portion associated with the second surgical component and comprising a tensioner movable between a first position and a second position, and a sterile barrier assembly. The sterile barrier assembly comprises a coupling configured to releasably secure to the first mounting portion and to releasably receive the second mounting portion when the tensioner of the second mounting portion is in the first position, and a plurality of kinematic couplers configured to engage the mounting portions and arranged to provide a kinematic coupling between the mounting portions through the sterile barrier assembly to constrain six degrees of freedom of movement between the surgical components when the tensioner of the second mounting portion is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: James E. Flatt, Robert Dodde, Jonathan Boyer, Larry Douglas O'Cull, Victor Soto
  • Publication number: 20190055194
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel azetidinimine of formula (I). Wherein R1-R6 are as defined in claim 1. The azetidinimine of the invention are useful as antibiotics and as inhibitors of a carbapenemases. The present invention thus further relates to their use in antibiotic therapies and their methods of synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Dodd, Kevin Cariou, Corinne Minard, Bogdan-Iuliu Iorga, Thierry Naas
  • Patent number: 9078874
    Abstract: Compounds having inverse agonist functional selectivity for GABAA receptors containing the ?5 subunit for use as a medicament in the treatment of cognitive impairments in subjects suffering from Down syndrome. The use of these compounds is disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions for such treatment can comprise these compounds or suitable pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a polyethoxylated castor oil and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Methods are disclosed for enhancing cognitive function, or treating or lessening the severity of cognitive impairments, in subjects suffering from Down syndrome by administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of one or more of these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique—CNRS
    Inventors: Marie-Caude Potier, Robert Dodd, Benoît Delatour, Jérôme Braudeau, Yann Herault
  • Patent number: 8516765
    Abstract: A building panel has a unitary foamed core, and a unitary cover layer of resinous polymeric material covering the core and covering a bottom edge or drip edge and an upper edge of the panel. A system for installation of adjacent panels includes the adjacent panels having vertical clip-receiving grooves slidably receiving narrow edges of a clip. The clip holds adjacent panels in coplanar abutting relationship to minimize movement while installed on a wall of a building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Certainteed Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Shaw, David Beck, David Stucky, David Steele, Robert Dodd, Jamie Valentine
  • Publication number: 20120283248
    Abstract: Compounds having inverse agonist functional selectivity for GABAA receptors containing the ?5 subunit for use as a medicament in the treatment of cognitive impairments in subjects suffering from Down syndrome. The use of these compounds is disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions for such treatment can comprise these compounds or suitable pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a polyethoxylated castor oil and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Methods are disclosed for enhancing cognitive function, or treating or lessening the severity of cognitive impairments, in subjects suffering from Down syndrome by administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of one or more of these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS
    Inventors: Marie-Claude Potier, Robert Dodd, Benoît Delatour, Jérôme Braudeau, Yann Herault
  • Publication number: 20110004204
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for treating a tissue includes a handpiece and a tissue engaging portion arranged to be received by the handpiece. The tissue engaging portion includes first and second opposed jaw members having an open position and a closed position for engaging the tissue therebetween, where the first and second jaw members are arranged to receive surgical energy from a surgical generator. The tissue engaging portion further includes at least one cooling member spaced from at least one of the first and second jaw members, where the cooling member has an open position and a closed position for engaging the tissue. Positioning the jaw members in their closed position and applying surgical energy to the tissue allows for treatment of the tissue, and positioning the cooling member in its closed position provides at least one of a pressure gradient or a thermal gradient between the jaw members and the cooling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Robert Dodde, Albert J. Shih, James Geiger, William Roberts, Kevin Pipe, Arnold Advincula
  • Publication number: 20100281801
    Abstract: A building panel has a unitary foamed core, and a unitary cover layer of resinous polymeric material covering the core and covering a bottom edge or drip edge and an upper edge of the panel. A system for installation of adjacent panels includes the adjacent panels having vertical clip-receiving grooves slidably receiving narrow edges of a clip. The clip holds adjacent panels in coplanar abutting relationship to minimize movement while installed on a wall of a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Certain Teed Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Shaw, David Beck, David Stucky, David Steele, Robert Dodd, Jamie Valentine
  • Patent number: 7815641
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for treating a tissue includes a handpiece and a tissue engaging portion arranged to be received by the handpiece. The tissue engaging portion includes first and second opposed jaw members having an open position and a closed position for engaging the tissue therebetween, where the first and second jaw members are arranged to receive surgical energy from a surgical generator. The tissue engaging portion further includes at least one cooling member spaced from at least one of the first and second jaw members, where the cooling member has an open position and a closed position for engaging the tissue. Positioning the jaw members in their closed position and applying surgical energy to the tissue allows for treatment of the tissue, and positioning the cooling member in its closed position provides at least one of a pressure gradient or a thermal gradient between the jaw members and the cooling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Robert Dodde, Albert J. Shih, James Geiger, William Roberts, Kevin Pipe, Arnold Advincula
  • Patent number: 7350493
    Abstract: A distributor is described for a multi-cylinder laser ignited internal combustion engine. The distributor includes a shaft rotatable by the engine and a plurality of flat reflective surfaces on the shaft. The surfaces lie in planes normal to the axis of rotation of the shaft and are axially staggered from one another along the length of the shaft. An optical transmitter directs light from a laser source to impinge at an angle sequentially on the reflective surfaces as the shaft rotates, and a plurality of optical receivers spaced from one another each receive the light reflected from a respective one of the mirror surfaces and direct the reflected light to a respective one of the engine cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andy Scarisbrick, Stephan Carroll, Robert Dodd, Tom Shenton, Geoff Dearden, Steve Keen, Roy Clissold, John McCulloch
  • Publication number: 20070179489
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for treating a tissue includes a handpiece and a tissue engaging portion arranged to be received by the handpiece. The tissue engaging portion includes first and second opposed jaw members having an open position and a closed position for engaging the tissue therebetween, where the first and second jaw members are arranged to receive surgical energy from a surgical generator. The tissue engaging portion further includes at least one cooling member spaced from at least one of the first and second jaw members, where the cooling member has an open position and a closed position for engaging the tissue. Positioning the jaw members in their closed position and applying surgical energy to the tissue allows for treatment of the tissue, and positioning the cooling member in its closed position provides at least one of a pressure gradient or a thermal gradient between the jaw members and the cooling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Robert Dodde, Albert Shih, James Geiger, William Roberts, Kevin Pipe, Arnold Advincula
  • Patent number: 7199524
    Abstract: A magnetron output arrangement includes a coaxial output adapted to be coupled in an endfire configuration to a rectangular waveguide. The waveguide has a flange for mating with the magnetron output arrangement. The coaxial output includes a central conductor. The output arrangement further includes a plate located in a predetermined position with respect to the central conductor. The plane of the plate is arranged to be substantially perpendicular to the axis of the coaxial output. The plate is located a predetermined distance from the end of the central conductor, such that the coaxial output in use couples with the plate so that the output coupling is substantially the same regardless of the type of waveguide flange employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: E2V Technologies (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Michael Barry Clive Brady, Geoffrey Robert Dodd, Martin Bernard Edwards, Bernard Richard Mulcahy
  • Patent number: D616735
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Shaw, David Beck, David Stucky, David Steele, Robert Dodd, James (Jamie) Valentine
  • Patent number: D663047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Certainteed Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Shaw, David Beck, David Stucky, David Steele, Robert Dodd, James (Jamie) Valentine