Patents by Inventor Scott Luke
Scott Luke 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: 20160331478Abstract: A robotic surgery system includes an orienting platform, a support linkage movably supporting the orienting platform, a plurality of surgical instrument manipulators, and a plurality of set-up linkages. Each of the manipulators includes an instrument holder and is operable to rotate the instrument holder around a remote center of manipulation (RC). At least one of the manipulators includes a reorientation mechanism that when actuated moves the attached manipulator through a motion that maintains the associated RC in a fixed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Bruce Michael Schena, Roman L. Devengenzo, Scott Luke, David Martin, Thomas G. Cooper, Thomas Brown
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Publication number: 20160265353Abstract: An in-well type sampling system including a sampling chamber actuable to receive a fluid sample and a pressure source coupled to the sampling chamber to supply pressure to the sampling chamber after the sampling chamber actuating. A pressure sensor is provided in communication with the pressure source to measure the pressure of the pressure source. A telemetry communicator is coupled to the pressure sensor to send a signal from the pressure sensor away from the sampling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2013Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Cyrus Aspi Irani, Scott Luke Miller
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Patent number: 9416623Abstract: A tool string having a pressure dependent mandrel and actuator assembly can operate at the annulus pressure within a wellbore to lock the mandrel actuator assembly and prevent further motion of the mandrel within the tool string as the tool string is moved upward or downward in the wellbore. The tool string can further include a valve connected to the actuator assembly, where the valve can be in an open configuration within the wellbore due to the annulus pressure and related motion of the mandrel, and then be locked in an open configuration regardless of the annulus pressure as the tool string is moved upward or downward in the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Kevin Michael Renkes, Scott Luke Miller
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Patent number: 9358074Abstract: A robotic surgery system includes an orienting platform, a support linkage movably supporting the orienting platform, a plurality of surgical instrument manipulators, and a plurality of set-up linkages. Each of the manipulators includes an instrument holder and is operable to rotate the instrument holder around a remote center of manipulation (RC). At least one of the manipulators includes a reorientation mechanism that when actuated moves the attached manipulator through a motion that maintains the associated RC in a fixed position.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Bruce Michael Schena, Roman L. Devengenzo, Scott Luke, David Martin, Thomas G. Cooper, Thomas Brown
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Publication number: 20150376982Abstract: A tool string having a pressure dependent mandrel and actuator assembly can operate at the annulus pressure within a wellbore to lock the mandrel actuator assembly and prevent further motion of the mandrel within the tool string as the tool string is moved upward or downward in the wellbore. The tool string can further include a valve connected to the actuator assembly, where the valve can be in an open configuration within the wellbore due to the annulus pressure and related motion of the mandrel, and then be locked in an open configuration regardless of the annulus pressure as the tool string is moved upward or downward in the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Kevin Michael Renkes, Scott Luke Miller
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Publication number: 20140358161Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for reconfiguring a surgical manipulator by moving the manipulator within a null-space of a kinematic Jacobian of the manipulator arm. In one aspect, in response to receiving a reconfiguration command, the system drives a first set of joints and calculates velocities of the plurality of joints to be within a null-space. The joints are driven according to the reconfiguration command and the calculated movement so as to maintain a desired state of the end effector or a remote center about which an instrument shaft pivots. In another aspect, the joints are also driven according to a calculated end effector or remote center displacing velocities within a null-perpendicular-space of the Jacobian so as to effect the desired reconfiguration concurrently with a desired movement of the end effector or remote center.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Arjang M. HOURTASH, Paul W. Mohr, Pushkar Hingwe, Paul Millman, Bruce Michael Schena, Roman L. Devengenzo, Scott Luke
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Patent number: 8752620Abstract: An assembly capable of being disposed in a subterranean bore for obtaining a fluid sample is described. The assembly can include an apparatus having a sample chamber and a housing encasing the sample chamber and providing a pressure source. The pressure source can be disposed of in an annulus defined by the sample chamber and the housing. The assembly can be attached to a slick line or wire line and conveyed into a wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Vincent Paul Zeller, Paul David Ringgenberg, Scott Luke Miller, Cyrus Aspi Irani
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Publication number: 20130325033Abstract: A robotic surgery system includes an orienting platform, a support linkage movably supporting the orienting platform, a plurality of surgical instrument manipulators, and a plurality of set-up linkages. Each of the manipulators includes an instrument holder and is operable to rotate the instrument holder around a remote center of manipulation (RC). At least one of the manipulators includes a reorientation mechanism that when actuated moves the attached manipulator through a motion that maintains the associated RC in a fixed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: Bruce Michael SCHENA, Roman L. Devengenzo, Scott Luke, David Martin, Thomas G. Cooper, Thomas Brown
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Patent number: 8585420Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a method of mounting a surgical robotic arm to a set-up arm of a robotic surgical system is provided that includes sliding a pair of guide slots of the surgical robotic arm over a pair of guide tabs in the set-up arm; aligning electrical connectors in the set-up arm to electrical connectors of the surgical robotic arm; and coincidentally mating male electrical connectors to female electrical connectors while finally mating the guide tabs in the set-up arm to flanges of a housing of the surgical robotic arm.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, IncInventors: William A. Burbank, Scott Luke, Dean F. Hoorneart
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Patent number: 8322426Abstract: A downhole actuator apparatus that selectively maintains a pressure differential between two pressure regions in a well. The apparatus includes a body defining first and second chambers. A piston is slidably disposed in the body and is selectively moveable between first and second positions. A barrier is disposed in the body to selectively separate the first and second chambers. A fluid is disposed in the first chamber between the barrier and the piston. A control system that is at least partially disposed within the body is operable to generate an output signal responsive to receipt of a predetermined input signal. The output signal is operable to create a failure of the barrier such that at least a portion of the fluid flows from the first chamber to the second chamber and the piston moves from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Adam Wright, Donald Herbert Perkins, Michael Linley Fripp, Scott Luke Miller
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Publication number: 20120291566Abstract: An assembly capable of being disposed in a subterranean bore for obtaining a fluid sample is described. The assembly can include an apparatus having a sample chamber and a housing encasing the sample chamber and providing a pressure source. The pressure source can be disposed of in an annulus defined by the sample chamber and the housing. The assembly can be attached to a slick line or wire line and conveyed into a wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Vincent Paul Zeller, Paul David Ringgenberg, Scott Luke Miller, Cyrus Aspi Irani
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Publication number: 20120124824Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a method of mounting a surgical robotic arm to a set-up arm of a robotic surgical system is provided that includes sliding a pair of guide slots of the surgical robotic arm over a pair of guide tabs in the set-up arm; aligning electrical connectors in the set-up arm to electrical connectors of the surgical robotic arm; and coincidentally mating male electrical connectors to female electrical connectors while finally mating the guide tabs in the set-up arm to flanges of a housing of the surgical robotic arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Willian BURBANK, Scott LUKE, Dean HOORNEART
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Patent number: 8066524Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a method of mounting a surgical robotic arm to a set-up arm of a robotic surgical system is provided that includes sliding a pair of guide slots of the surgical robotic arm over a pair of guide tabs in the set-up arm; aligning electrical connectors in the set-up arm to electrical connectors of the surgical robotic arm; and coincidentally mating male electrical connectors to female electrical connectors while finally mating the guide tabs in the set-up arm to flanges of a housing of the surgical robotic arm.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: William A. Burbank, Scott Luke, Dean F. Hoorneart
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Publication number: 20110265987Abstract: A downhole actuator apparatus that selectively maintains a pressure differential between two pressure regions in a well. The apparatus includes a body defining first and second chambers. A piston is slidably disposed in the body and is selectively moveable between first and second positions. A barrier is disposed in the body to selectively separate the first and second chambers. A fluid is disposed in the first chamber between the barrier and the piston. A control system that is at least partially disposed within the body is operable to generate an output signal responsive to receipt of a predetermined input signal. The output signal is operable to create a failure of the barrier such that at least a portion of the fluid flows from the first chamber to the second chamber and the piston moves from the first position to the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Adam Wright, Donald Herbert Perkins, Michael Linley Fripp, Scott Luke Miller
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Publication number: 20100241138Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a method of mounting a surgical robotic arm to a set-up arm of a robotic surgical system is provided that includes sliding a pair of guide slots of the surgical robotic arm over a pair of guide tabs in the set-up arm; aligning electrical connectors in the set-up arm to electrical connectors of the surgical robotic arm; and coincidentally mating male electrical connectors to female electrical connectors while finally mating the guide tabs in the set-up arm to flanges of a housing of the surgical robotic arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: William Burbank, Scott Luke, Dean Hoornaert
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Patent number: 7762825Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a method of mounting a surgical robotic arm to a set-up arm of a robotic surgical system is provided that includes sliding a pair of guide slots of the surgical robotic arm over a pair of guide tabs in the set-up arm; aligning electrical connectors in the set-up arm to electrical connectors of the surgical robotic arm; and coincidentally mating male electrical connectors to female electrical connectors while finally mating the guide tabs in the set-up arm to flanges of a housing of the surgical robotic arm.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: William Burbank, Scott Luke, Dean Hoornaert
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Publication number: 20070142970Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a method of mounting a surgical robotic arm to a set-up arm of a robotic surgical system is provided that includes sliding a pair of guide slots of the surgical robotic arm over a pair of guide tabs in the set-up arm; aligning electrical connectors in the set-up arm to electrical connectors of the surgical robotic arm; and coincidentally mating male electrical connectors to female electrical connectors while finally mating the guide tabs in the set-up arm to flanges of a housing of the surgical robotic arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: William Burbank, Scott Luke, Dean Hoornaert