DW

David W. Weir

IS Intuitive Surgical: 50 patents #38 of 719Top 6%
Overall (All Time): #51,681 of 4,157,543Top 2%
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Showing 1–25 of 51 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12357306 System and method for variable velocity surgical instrument Matthew A. Wixey, Gabriel F. Brisson, William A. Burbank, Patrick Flanagan, Pushkar Hingwe +1 more 2025-07-15
12318154 Motor assembly Melody Wu, Kevin Durant, Grant Duque 2025-06-03
12232829 Systems and methods for operating an end effector Grant Duque, Kevin Durant, Patrick Flanagan, Margaret M. Nixon, David W. Robinson +1 more 2025-02-25
12161321 Methods and systems for controlling staple firing Kevin Durant, Patrick Flanagan, David W. Robinson 2024-12-10
12089909 Tension control in actuation of jointed instruments Gabriel F. Brisson, Nicola Diolaiti, Dimitrios Chatzigeorgiou 2024-09-17
12059152 Torque compensation Melody Wu, Gabriel F. Brisson, Kevin Durant, Grant Duque 2024-08-13
12053179 System and method for variable velocity instrument Gabriel F. Brisson, William A. Burbank, Amir Chaghajerdi, Patrick Flanagan, Pushkar Hingwe +3 more 2024-08-06
11998398 System and method for force or torque limit compensation Melody Wu 2024-06-04
11890013 Stapler reload detection and identification William A. Burbank, Matthew A. Wixey, Nicholas Ragosta, Emily Cooper, Melody Wu 2024-02-06
11832900 Systems and methods for operating an end effector Grant Duque, Kevin Durant, Patrick Flanagan, Margaret M. Nixon, David W. Robinson +1 more 2023-12-05
11812921 Cartridge status and presence detection Kevin Durant, William A. Burbank, Patrick Flanagan 2023-11-14
11806034 Systems and methods for grasp adjustment based on grasp properties Ashley Lynne Wellman, Matthew A. Wixey 2023-11-07
11793519 Methods and systems for detecting staple cartridge misfire or failure Patrick Flanagan 2023-10-24
11737836 System and method for minimally invasive cutting instrument operation Michael Waldo, Melody Wu 2023-08-29
11712300 System and method for reducing blade exposures Julie L. Berry, Melissa D. Lippiatt, Daniel P. Saraliev, Melody Wu 2023-08-01
11712243 Clamping instrument Melody Wu, Kevin Durant, Grant Duque 2023-08-01
11642127 Systems and methods for end effector position set point correction Andrew D. Wilson, Amir Chaghajerdi 2023-05-09
11633185 Systems and methods for end effector position set point adjustment Andrew D. Wilson, Amir Chaghajerdi 2023-04-25
11589863 Methods and systems for controlling staple firing Kevin Durant, Patrick Flanagan, David W. Robinson 2023-02-28
11540889 Tension control in actuation of jointed instruments Gabriel F. Brisson, Nicola Diolaiti, Dimitrios Chatzigeorgiou 2023-01-03
11523839 Systems and methods for grasp adjustment based on grasp properties Ashley Lynne Wellman, Matthew A. Wixey 2022-12-13
11364029 Stapler reload detection and identification William A. Burbank, Matthew A. Wixey, Nicholas Ragosta, Emily Cooper, Melody Wu 2022-06-21
11291442 System and method for variable velocity surgical instrument Matthew A. Wixey, Gabriel F. Brisson, William A. Burbank, Patrick Flanagan, Pushkar Hingwe +1 more 2022-04-05
11185378 Motor assembly Melody Wu, Kevin Durant, Grant Duque 2021-11-30
11096687 Methods and systems for detecting staple cartridge misfire or failure Patrick Flanagan 2021-08-24