Patents by Inventor Timothy M. VALE

Timothy M. VALE 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: 20220126188
    Abstract: A software driven method for allowing amateur golfers to interact with a professional golfer utilizing inter alia, real life golf professional video footage, the method including a library of stored digitized video clips of a professional golfer hitting golf shots on a golf course while golf swing data of each shot is being taken by a launch monitor, video clips of the professional golfer discussing strategy for how his/her golf shot is or was attempted to be played, the professional golfer's golf swing data converted to a golf ball path that gets displayed against the backdrop of a virtual golf hole replicating the physical golf hole the golf shot was taken on, the software user's golf swing data, taken by a launch monitor and converted to a golf ball path displayed against the backdrop of the same virtual golf hole that the professional golfer's golf ball path is displayed on, and wherein the simulator software is configured to allow the user to play a simulated game of golf in tandem with the professional
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Patricia M. Vale, Timothy M. Vale
  • Publication number: 20190231457
    Abstract: An actuation element guide for a surgical instrument comprises a first piece, a second piece, at least one guide channel defining a twisted path about a longitudinal axis of the guide. The guide channel may be between the inner piece and the outer piece. A cross-section of the at least one guide channel, at a location along an axial length of the guide, may be defined by a surface portion of the first piece and by a surface portion of the second piece. Exemplary embodiments further regard medical devices including an actuation element guide and methods of manufacturing an actuation element guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy M. VALE, Daniel P. SARALIEV
  • Patent number: 10285763
    Abstract: An actuation element guide for a surgical instrument comprises a first piece, a second piece, at least one guide channel defining a twisted path about a longitudinal axis of the guide. The guide channel may be between the inner piece and the outer piece. A cross-section of the at least one guide channel, at a location along an axial length of the guide, may be defined by a surface portion of the first piece and by a surface portion of the second piece. Exemplary embodiments further regard medical devices including an actuation element guide and methods of manufacturing an actuation element guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy M. Vale, Daniel Saraliev
  • Publication number: 20170020616
    Abstract: An actuation element guide for a surgical instrument comprises a first piece, a second piece, at least one guide channel defining a twisted path about a longitudinal axis of the guide. The guide channel may be between the inner piece and the outer piece. A cross-section of the at least one guide channel, at a location along an axial length of the guide, may be defined by a surface portion of the first piece and by a surface portion of the second piece. Exemplary embodiments further regard medical devices including an actuation element guide and methods of manufacturing an actuation element guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy M. VALE, Daniel SARALIEV