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Ian E. McDowall — 5 Patents in 2016

ISIntuitive Surgical: 5 patents #13 of 174Top 8%
San Francisco, CA: #272 of 4,702 inventorsTop 6%
California: #3,609 of 57,791 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (2016): #28,119 of 481,213Top 6%
5 Patents 2016

Issued Patents 2016

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9339347 Optic fiber connection for a force sensing instrument Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Gregory W. Dachs, II, Christopher J. Hasser 2016-05-17
9277205 Single-chip sensor multi-function imaging Wenyi Zhao, Jeffrey M. DiCarlo 2016-03-01
9254076 Feature differentiation image capture unit and method in a surgical instrument 2016-02-09
9254078 Image capture unit in a surgical instrument 2016-02-09
9258549 Single-chip sensor multi-function imaging Jeffrey M. DiCarlo, Wenyi Zhao 2016-02-09