Patents by Inventor Rupert Menzies
Rupert Menzies 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: 20230277265Abstract: A surgical robotic system comprising: a surgical robot; a user interface console coupled to the surgical robot whereby a user can control motion of the surgical robot; a data logger for logging data from a surgical procedure performed by means of the robot; and a portable user terminal; the system further comprising: a display controllable by one of the data logger and the user terminal, that one of the data logger and the user terminal being configured for displaying a machine-readable code whereby the data logger or a user of the user terminal can be identified; and a camera coupled to the other of the data logger and the user terminal; the said other of the data logger and the user terminal being configured to, on receiving from the camera an image of a machine-readable code, decode that code to identify the data logger or a user of the user terminal and to cause the identified entity to be logged in association with a procedure performed by means of the robot.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Rupert Menzies, Paul Christopher Roberts
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Patent number: 11696805Abstract: A surgical robotic system comprising: a surgical robot; a user interface console coupled to the surgical robot whereby a user can control motion of the surgical robot; a data logger for logging data from a surgical procedure performed by means of the robot; and a portable user terminal; the system further comprising: a display controllable by one of the data logger and the user terminal, that one of the data logger and the user terminal being configured for displaying a machine-readable code whereby the data logger or a user of the user terminal can be identified; and a camera coupled to the other of the data logger and the user terminal; the said other of the data logger and the user terminal being configured to, on receiving from the camera an image of a machine-readable code, decode that code to identify the data logger or a user of the user terminal and to cause the identified entity to be logged in association with a procedure performed by means of the robot.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: CMR SURGICAL LIMITEDInventors: Rupert Menzies, Paul Christopher Roberts
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Publication number: 20220022982Abstract: A system for providing assistance to a user of a surgical robot system, the system comprising: a surgical robot system comprising at least one surgical robot having a base, and an arm extending from the base to an attachment for an instrument, the arm comprising a plurality of joints whereby the configuration of the arm can be altered; and an assistance module comprising a list of steps of a task for which procedural assistance can be provided, the assistance module being configured to:receive, while the surgical robot system is being used to perform the task, status data indicating a status of the surgical robot system;determine, from the status data, whether the surgical robot system is in a procedural assistance state, the surgical robot system being in a procedural assistance state when the surgical robot system is being, or, is about to be, used to perform one of the steps of the task for which procedural assistance can be provided; and in response to determining that the surgical robot system is in a prType: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: CMR SURGICAL LIMITEDInventors: Luke David Ronald Hares, Paul Christopher Roberts, Rupert Menzies
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Publication number: 20210315645Abstract: A surgical robotic system for augmenting a representation of a surgical site at which a surgical procedure can be carried out, the system comprising: a display configured to display part or all of a representation of at least a portion of a surgical site; a controller comprising an input device, whereby the input device can control an indicator on the display, the controller being configured to output an augmentation signal in response to user input relating to the representation; and a processor configured to receive the augmentation signal and, in response to the received augmentation signal, to augment the representation of the surgical site.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Luke David Ronald Hares, Mark Clifford Slack, Rupert Menzies, Paul Christopher Roberts, Andrew Robert Mawby
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Publication number: 20210216771Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically augmenting an endoscope video for a task based on status data that describes the status of a surgical robot system that was used to at least partially perform the task. The system comprises an event detector and an augmenter. The event detector is configured to: receive the status data; and identify one or more patterns in the status data that indicate an event occurred during the task. The augmenter is configured to receive an endoscope video captured during the task, the endoscope video being time synchronised with the status data; and in response to the event detector identifying a pattern in the status data that indicates an event occurred, automatically augment metadata that forms part of or is associated with the endoscope video with information identifying the event and the time the event occurred with respect to the endoscope video.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Luke David Ronald Hares, Paul Christopher Roberts, Rupert Menzies, Mark Clifford Slack
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Patent number: 10977495Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically augmenting an endoscope video for a task based on status data that describes the status of a surgical robot system that was used to at least partially perform the task. The system comprises an event detector and an augmenter. The event detector is configured to: receive the status data; and identify one or more patterns in the status data that indicate an event occurred during the task. The augmenter is configured to receive an endoscope video captured during the task, the endoscope video being time synchronised with the status data; and in response to the event detector identifying a pattern in the status data that indicates an event occurred, automatically augment metadata that forms part of or is associated with the endoscope video with information identifying the event and the time the event occurred with respect to the endoscope video.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: CMR SURGICAL LIMITEDInventors: Luke David Ronald Hares, Paul Christopher Roberts, Rupert Menzies, Mark Clifford Slack
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Publication number: 20200107897Abstract: A surgical robotic system comprising: a surgical robot; a user interface console coupled to the surgical robot whereby a user can control motion of the surgical robot; a data logger for logging data from a surgical procedure performed by means of the robot; and a portable user terminal; the system further comprising: a display controllable by one of the data logger and the user terminal, that one of the data logger and the user terminal being configured for displaying a machine-readable code whereby the data logger or a user of the user terminal can be identified; and a camera coupled to the other of the data logger and the user terminal; the said other of the data logger and the user terminal being configured to, on receiving from the camera an image of a machine-readable code, decode that code to identify the data logger or a user of the user terminal and to cause the identified entity to be logged in association with a procedure performed by means of the robot.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Rupert Menzies, Paul Christopher Roberts
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Publication number: 20200110936Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically augmenting an endoscope video for a task based on status data that describes the status of a surgical robot system that was used to at least partially perform the task. The system comprises an event detector and an augmenter. The event detector is configured to: receive the status data; and identify one or more patterns in the status data that indicate an event occurred during the task. The augmenter is configured to receive an endoscope video captured during the task, the endoscope video being time synchronised with the status data; and in response to the event detector identifying a pattern in the status data that indicates an event occurred, automatically augment metadata that forms part of or is associated with the endoscope video with information identifying the event and the time the event occurred with respect to the endoscope video.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Luke David Ronald Hares, Paul Christopher Roberts, Rupert Menzies, Mark Clifford Slack
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Publication number: 20170153191Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a method includes reading an indicia of a medical fluid cartridge to determine a volume of a fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia, receiving radio frequency energy generated by excited atoms in medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge, and determining a concentration of a substance in the medical fluid based on the determined volume of the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia and the received radio frequency energy generated by the excited atoms in the medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Ross Peter Jones, Pranav Chopra, Rupert Menzies, Mark David Tuckwell, Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Lynn Jensen, Shashikant Dattatraya Kalaskar
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Patent number: 9566377Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a method includes reading an indicia of a medical fluid cartridge to determine a volume of a fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia, receiving radio frequency energy generated by excited atoms in medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge, and determining a concentration of a substance in the medical fluid based on the determined volume of the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia and the received radio frequency energy generated by the excited atoms in the medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Ross Peter Jones, Pranav Chopra, Rupert Menzies, Mark David Tuckwell, Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Lynn Jensen, Shashikant Dattatraya Kalaskar
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Publication number: 20140263064Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a method includes reading an indicia of a medical fluid cartridge to determine a volume of a fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia, receiving radio frequency energy generated by excited atoms in medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge, and determining a concentration of a substance in the medical fluid based on the determined volume of the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia and the received radio frequency energy generated by the excited atoms in the medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Ross Peter Jones, Pranav Chopra, Rupert Menzies, Mark David Tuckwell, Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Lynn Jensen, Shashikant Dattatraya Kalaskar
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Publication number: 20100039682Abstract: An object identifying system includes an optical scanning device configured to record a series of linear images of successive portions of a support surface as the support surface is moved between first and second positions. A processor in electrical communication with the optical scanning device is configured to compile data corresponding to the series of linear images of the successive portions of the support surface to construct a digital image of the support surface. The processor is configured to compare the digital image of the support surface to at least one stored digital image of a known object to identify an object when the object is disposed on the support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2009Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: WATERLOO INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Paul R. Peot, David Alun James, Mark Johnson, Graham Lodge, Rupert Menzies