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Nitish Swarup — 98 Patents

ISIntuitive Surgical: 93 patents #11 of 719Top 2%
ISIntuitive Surgical: 4 patents #31 of 88Top 40%
Sunnyvale, CA: #95 of 14,302 inventorsTop 1%
California: #2,324 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #15,019 of 4,157,543Top 1%
98 Patents All Time

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Showing 51–75 of 98 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
10449008 System and method for breakaway clutching in an articulated arm Daniel N. Miller, Michael Turner, Arjang M. Hourtash, Paul G. Griffiths, Paul W. Mohr 2019-10-22
10405944 Medical device with active brake release control Paul G. Griffiths, Goran A. Lynch, Daniel N. Miller 2019-09-10
10350015 Tool memory-based software upgrades for robotic surgery Gregory K. Toth, Thomas R. Nixon, David Q. Larkin, Steven J. Colton 2019-07-16
10327855 Systems and methods for utilizing augmented Jacobian to control manipulator joint movement Arjang M. Hourtash, Pushkar Hingwe 2019-06-25
10285764 Limited movement of a surgical mounting platform controlled by manual motion of robotic arms Paul G. Griffiths, Paul W. Mohr, Michael Costa, David Q. Larkin, Thomas G. Cooper 2019-05-14
10272569 System and method for instrument disturbance compensation Paul G. Griffiths, Goran A. Lynch, Daniel N. Miller 2019-04-30
10251715 System and methods for positioning a manipulator arm by clutching within a null-perpendicular space concurrent with null-space movement Arjang M. Hourtash 2019-04-09
10226306 System and method for integrated surgical table Brandon D. Itkowitz, Paul G. Griffiths, Jason Hemphill, Goran A. Lynch, Daniel N. Miller +2 more 2019-03-12
10201390 Command shaping to dampen vibrations in mode transitions David W. Robinson 2019-02-12
10149729 Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system Niels Smaby, Gregory W. Dachs, II, Nicola Diolaiti, Pushkar Hingwe, Thomas R. Nixon +1 more 2018-12-11
10136947 Surgical patient side cart with drive system and method of moving a patient side cart Paul G. Griffiths, Arjang M. Hourtash, Paul W. Mohr, David W. Robinson, John W. Zabinski +1 more 2018-11-27
10070931 System and method for maintaining a tool pose Brandon D. Itkowitz, Paul G. Griffiths, Goran A. Lynch 2018-09-11
10071479 Systems and methods for tracking a path using the null-space Arjang M. Hourtash, Paul W. Mohr 2018-09-11
10064689 System and method for aligning with a reference target Paul G. Griffiths, Brandon D. Itkowitz, Michael Hanuschik, Thomas R. Nixon 2018-09-04
10034717 System and method for breakaway clutching in an articulated arm Daniel N. Miller, Michael Turner, Arjang M. Hourtash, Paul G. Griffiths, Paul W. Mohr 2018-07-31
10034718 User initiated break-away clutching of a surgical mounting platform Paul G. Griffiths, Paul W. Mohr, Michael Hanuschik 2018-07-31
9999476 Movable surgical mounting platform controlled by manual motion of robotic arms Paul G. Griffiths, Paul W. Mohr, Michael Costa, David Q. Larkin, Thomas G. Cooper +1 more 2018-06-19
9931172 Systems and methods for using the null space to emphasize manipulator joint motion anisotropically Arjang M. Hourtash 2018-04-03
9907619 System and methods for positioning a manipulator arm by clutching within a null-perpendicular space concurrent with null-space movement Arjang M. Hourtash 2018-03-06
9840276 Surgical patient side cart with steering interface Paul G. Griffiths, Paul W. Mohr, Alan W. Petersen, David W. Robinson, Mark W. Zimmer +4 more 2017-12-12
9782230 Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic surgical system Niels Smaby, Gregory W. Dachs, II, Nicola Diolaiti, Pushkar Hingwe, Thomas R. Nixon +1 more 2017-10-10
9730572 Articulate and swappable endoscope for a surgical robot Christopher J. Hasser, Thomas G. Cooper, S. Christopher Anderson 2017-08-15
9649174 User interface with state machine for alternate tool mode for robotic surgical tools Scott E. Manzo 2017-05-16
9623902 Surgical patient side cart with steering interface Paul G. Griffiths, Paul W. Mohr, Alan W. Petersen, David W. Robinson, Mark W. Zimmer +4 more 2017-04-18
9610689 Systems and methods for tracking a path using the null-space Arjang M. Hourtash, Paul W. Mohr 2017-04-04