Patents by Inventor Steven Chang
Steven Chang 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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Patent number: 12702455Abstract: A system includes a screw tower, an instrument, and a housing. The instrument includes a driver shaft extendable longitudinally through the screw tower, and a threaded sleeve mounted on a proximal portion of the driver shaft. The housing includes one or more retention members coupleable to the screw tower, and a threaded button threadably coupleable to the threaded sleeve. The threaded sleeve is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to urge the driver shaft longitudinally relative to the screw tower.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2025Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Bechtel, Caelan Allen, Neil R. Crawford, Thomas Calloway, Steven Chang, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth
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Patent number: 12667441Abstract: Active end-effectors for guiding an instrument during a robot-assisted surgery. The surgical robot system may include a robot having a robot base, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and the active end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The active end-effector may have a slide mechanism, which may provide for a greater range of motion of a surgical instrument along a vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2024Date of Patent: June 30, 2026Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Norbert Johnson, Neil R. Crawford, Steven Chang
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Publication number: 20260157776Abstract: A system includes a screw tower, an instrument, and a housing. The instrument includes a driver shaft extendable longitudinally through the screw tower, and a threaded sleeve mounted on a proximal portion of the driver shaft. The housing includes one or more retention members coupleable to the screw tower, and a threaded button threadably coupleable to the threaded sleeve. The threaded sleeve is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to urge the driver shaft longitudinally relative to the screw tower.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2026Publication date: June 11, 2026Inventors: Matthew Bechtel, Caelan Allen, Neil R. Crawford, Thomas Calloway, Steven Chang, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth
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Publication number: 20260083523Abstract: Active end-effectors for guiding an instrument during a robot-assisted surgery. The surgical robot system may include a robot having a robot base, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and the active end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The active end-effector may have a slide mechanism, which may provide for a greater range of motion of a surgical instrument along a vertical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2025Publication date: March 26, 2026Inventors: Norbert Johnson, Neil R. Crawford, Steven Chang
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Patent number: 12544117Abstract: A system includes a screw tower, an instrument, and a housing. The instrument includes a driver shaft extendable longitudinally through the screw tower, and a threaded sleeve mounted on a proximal portion of the driver shaft. The housing includes one or more retention members coupleable to the screw tower, and a threaded button threadably coupleable to the threaded sleeve. The threaded sleeve is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to urge the driver shaft longitudinally relative to the screw tower.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Bechtel, Caelan Allen, Neil R. Crawford, Thomas Calloway, Steven Chang, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth
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Patent number: 12484981Abstract: Active end-effectors for guiding an instrument during a robot-assisted surgery. The surgical robot system may include a robot having a robot base, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and the active end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The active end-effector may have a slide mechanism, which may provide for a greater range of motion of a surgical instrument along a vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2024Date of Patent: December 2, 2025Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Norbert Johnson, Neil R. Crawford, Steven Chang
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Patent number: 12419580Abstract: Expandable electrophysiology catheters having electrodes mounted on splines of an expandable member are described. The splines of the expandable member include subsegments between a proximal location and a distal intersection at a central axis. The subsegments can include respective top-down profiles, and at least one of the top-down subsegment profiles is straight between the central axis and an adjacent top-down subsegment profile. The subsegments can be interconnected to extend continuously about the central axis from the proximal location to the distal intersection. Other embodiments are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: September 23, 2025Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Julie Pham Mou, Hugo Antonio Cobar, Ernest Munoz, Cynthia R. Lee, Lei Zhou, David Alves, Steven Chang
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Publication number: 20250255649Abstract: A system includes a screw tower, an instrument, and a housing. The instrument includes a driver shaft extendable longitudinally through the screw tower, and a threaded sleeve mounted on a proximal portion of the driver shaft. The housing includes one or more retention members coupleable to the screw tower, and a threaded button threadably coupleable to the threaded sleeve. The threaded sleeve is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to urge the driver shaft longitudinally relative to the screw tower.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2025Publication date: August 14, 2025Inventors: Matthew Bechtel, Caelan Allen, Neil R. Crawford, Thomas Calloway, Steven Chang, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth
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Patent number: 12310634Abstract: A system includes a screw tower, an instrument, and a housing. The instrument includes a driver shaft extendable longitudinally through the screw tower, and a threaded sleeve mounted on a proximal portion of the driver shaft. The housing includes one or more retention members coupleable to the screw tower, and a threaded button threadably coupleable to the threaded sleeve. The threaded sleeve is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to urge the driver shaft longitudinally relative to the screw tower.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.Inventors: Matthew Bechtel, Caelan Allen, Neil R. Crawford, Thomas Calloway, Steven Chang, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth
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Publication number: 20240180655Abstract: Active end-effectors for guiding an instrument during a robot-assisted surgery. The surgical robot system may include a robot having a robot base, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and the active end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The active end-effector may have a slide mechanism, which may provide for a greater range of motion of a surgical instrument along a vertical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Norbert Johnson, Neil R. Crawford, Steven Chang
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Publication number: 20240180656Abstract: Active end-effectors for guiding an instrument during a robot-assisted surgery. The surgical robot system may include a robot having a robot base, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and the active end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The active end-effector may have a slide mechanism, which may provide for a greater range of motion of a surgical instrument along a vertical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Norbert Johnson, Neil R. Crawford, Steven Chang
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Patent number: 11918313Abstract: Active end-effectors for guiding an instrument during a robot-assisted surgery. The surgical robot system may include a robot having a robot base, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and the active end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The active end-effector may have a slide mechanism, which may provide for a greater range of motion of a surgical instrument along a vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.Inventors: Norbert Johnson, Neil R. Crawford, Steven Chang
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Publication number: 20230255667Abstract: A system includes a screw tower, an instrument, and a housing. The instrument includes a driver shaft extendable longitudinally through the screw tower, and a threaded sleeve mounted on a proximal portion of the driver shaft. The housing includes one or more retention members coupleable to the screw tower, and a threaded button threadably coupleable to the threaded sleeve. The threaded sleeve is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to urge the driver shaft longitudinally relative to the screw tower.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Matthew Bechtel, Caelan Allen, Neil R. Crawford, Thomas Calloway, Steven Chang, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth
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Patent number: 11622794Abstract: A system includes a screw tower, an instrument, and a housing. The instrument includes a driver shaft extendable longitudinally through the screw tower, and a threaded sleeve mounted on a proximal portion of the driver shaft. The housing includes one or more retention members coupleable to the screw tower, and a threaded button threadably coupleable to the threaded sleeve. The threaded sleeve is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to urge the driver shaft longitudinally relative to the screw tower.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Bechtel, Caelan Allen, Neil R. Crawford, Thomas Calloway, Steven Chang, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth
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Publication number: 20230025618Abstract: A system includes a screw tower, an instrument, and a housing. The instrument includes a driver shaft extendable longitudinally through the screw tower, and a threaded sleeve mounted on a proximal portion of the driver shaft. The housing includes one or more retention members coupleable to the screw tower, and a threaded button threadably coupleable to the threaded sleeve. The threaded sleeve is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to urge the driver shaft longitudinally relative to the screw tower.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Matthew Bechtel, Caelan Allen, Neil R. Crawford, Thomas Calloway, Steven Chang, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth
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Publication number: 20230023932Abstract: A system includes a screw tower, an instrument, and a housing. The instrument includes a driver shaft extendable longitudinally through the screw tower, and a threaded sleeve mounted on a proximal portion of the driver shaft. The housing includes one or more retention members coupleable to the screw tower, and a threaded button threadably coupleable to the threaded sleeve. The threaded sleeve is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to urge the driver shaft longitudinally relative to the screw tower.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Matthew Bechtel, Caelan Allen, Neil R. Crawford, Thomas Calloway, Steven Chang, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth
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Patent number: 11439444Abstract: A system includes a screw tower, an instrument, and a housing. The instrument includes a driver shaft extendable longitudinally through the screw tower, and a threaded sleeve mounted on a proximal portion of the driver shaft. The housing includes one or more retention members coupleable to the screw tower, and a threaded button threadably coupleable to the threaded sleeve. The threaded sleeve is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to urge the driver shaft longitudinally relative to the screw tower.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Bechtel, Caelan Allen, Neil R. Crawford, Thomas Calloway, Steven Chang, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth
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Publication number: 20220273241Abstract: Expandable electrophysiology catheters having electrodes mounted on splines of an expandable member are described. The splines of the expandable member include subsegments between a proximal location and a distal intersection at a central axis. The subsegments can include respective top-down profiles, and at least one of the top-down subsegment profiles is straight between the central axis and an adjacent top-down subsegment profile. The subsegments can be interconnected to extend continuously about the central axis from the proximal location to the distal intersection. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Julie Pham Mou, Hugo Antonio Cobar, Ernest Munoz, Cynthia R. Lee, Lei Zhou, David Alves, Steven Chang
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Patent number: 11344259Abstract: Expandable electrophysiology catheters having electrodes mounted on splines of an expandable member are described. The splines of the expandable member include subsegments between a proximal location and a distal intersection at a central axis. The subsegments can include respective top-down profiles, and at least one of the top-down subsegment profiles is straight between the central axis and an adjacent top-down subsegment profile. The subsegments can be interconnected to extend continuously about the central axis from the proximal location to the distal intersection. Other embodiments are also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Julie Pham Mou, Hugo Antonio Cobar, Ernest Munoz, Cynthia R. Lee, Lei Zhou, David Alves, Steven Chang
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Publication number: 20220083679Abstract: Processing user-triggered, broker-assisted workflows. A content management system is configured to host a hierarchy of content objects that are partitioned into two or more user contexts. A first workflow object is configured and then stored into a first one of the two or more user contexts. A computer-implemented service agent is configured to receive a workflow trigger from an event raised in a second one of the two or more user contexts. The computer-implemented service agent executes in the second one of the two or more user contexts while processing the first workflow object using permissions that are associated with the first one of the two or more user contexts. The computer-implemented service agent processes the workflow object in the context of the first one of the two or more user contexts. Results from execution of the workflow objects are provided to the process that raised the workflow trigger.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Box, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Hiller, Jón Tómas Grétarsson, Steven Chang, Ivan SABININ, Ravneet UBEROI