Patents by Inventor Steve E. Butner

Steve E. Butner 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).

  • Tele-medicine system that transmits an entire state of a subsystem
    Patent number: 7682357
    Abstract: A tele-medicine system that includes an input device which can control a medical system. The input device may be the handle of a surgeon console. The medical system may include a robotically controlled medical device. A transmitter may transmit information relating to each state of the input device over a communication network. The medical system receives the transmitted state information through a receiver. The medical system changes state in response to the received state information from the input device. The system sends information relating to an entire state of the input device over a sample period to insure that the medical system receives all commands, data, etc. necessary to operate the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Modjtaba Ghodoussi, Steve E. Butner
  • Tele-medicine system that transmits an entire state of a subsystem
    Patent number: 6951535
    Abstract: A tele-medicine system that includes an input device which can control a medical system. The input device may be the handle of a surgeon console. The medical system may include a robotically controlled medical device. A transmitter may transmit information relating to each state of the input device over a communication network. The medical system receives the transmitted state information through a receiver. The medical system changes state in response to the received state information from the input device. The system sends information relating to an entire state of the input device over a sample period to insure that the medical system receives all commands, data, etc. necessary to operate the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Modjtaba Ghodoussi, Steve E. Butner
  • Tele-medicine system that transmits an entire state of a subsystem
    Publication number: 20030144649
    Abstract: A tele-medicine system that includes an input device which can control a medical system. The input device may be the handle of a surgeon console. The medical system may include a robotically controlled medical device. A transmitter may transmit information relating to each state of the input device over a communication network. The medical system receives the transmitted state information through a receiver. The medical system changes state in response to the received state information from the input device. The system sends information relating to an entire state of the input device over a sample period to insure that the medical system receives all commands, data, etc. necessary to operate the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Modjtaba Ghodoussi, Steve E. Butner