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Brian D. Hoffman — 10 Patents in 2017

ISIntuitive Surgical: 10 patents #4 of 193Top 3%
Mountain View, CA: #29 of 2,209 inventorsTop 2%
California: #1,115 of 60,394 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (2017): #7,768 of 506,227Top 2%
10 Patents 2017

Issued Patents 2017

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9830371 Systems and methods for synchronizing nodes of a robotic system Joshua Radel 2017-11-28
9801690 Synthetic representation of a surgical instrument David Q. Larkin, Paul W. Mohr 2017-10-31
9788909 Synthetic representation of a surgical instrument David Q. Larkin, Paul W. Mohr 2017-10-17
9789608 Synthetic representation of a surgical robot Brandon D. Itkowitz, Daniel J. Halabe, Tao Zhao, Simon P. DiMaio, Christopher J. Hasser +4 more 2017-10-17
9775499 Augmented visualization for a surgical robot using a captured visible image combined with a fluorescence image and a captured visible image David D. Scott, Wenyi Zhao, John D. Stern, Tao Zhao 2017-10-03
9770157 Three-dimensional target devices, assemblies and methods for calibrating an endoscopic camera Tyler J. Morrissette, Tao Zhao, Joseph P. Orban, III 2017-09-26
9729799 Imaging mode blooming suppression Patrick O'Grady, Ian E. McDowall 2017-08-08
9699445 Apparatus for automated panning and digital zooming in robotic surgical systems Christopher J. Hasser, William C. Nowlin 2017-07-04
9666101 Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures Rajesh Kumar, Giuseppe Maria Prisco, David Q. Larkin, William C. Nowlin, Frederic H. Moll +9 more 2017-05-30
9636186 Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures Rajesh Kumar, Giuseppe Maria Prisco, David Q. Larkin, William C. Nowlin, Frederic H. Moll +9 more 2017-05-02