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Inventor

William C. Nowlin

Inventor
Los Altos, CA, US

Overview

77→
Patents
1994–2021
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 77 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

A61Bprimary
A61BDiagnosis34%
B25JManipulators18%
G05BControl or regulating systems in general16%
G16HHealthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical or healthcare data9%
Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests8%
G09BEducational or demonstration appliances6%
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television5%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general2%
G06VImage or video recognition or understanding2%
G06FElectric digital data processing1%
PatentTitleYear
11,076,748Display monitor control of a telesurgical tool202111,058,501Configuring surgical system with surgical procedures atlas202111,019,329Automated panning and zooming in teleoperated surgical systems with stereo displays202110,881,473Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally-invasive surgical instrument202110,820,949Medical robotic system with dynamically adjustable slave manipulator characteristics202010,675,098Configuration marker design and detection for instrument tracking202010,674,900Display monitor control of a telesurgical tool202010,675,109Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally-invasive surgical instrument202010,512,513Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses201910,512,514Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses201910,432,921Automated panning in robotic surgical systems based on tool tracking201910,278,783Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrument201910,194,998Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses201910,123,844Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses201810,117,714Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses201810,038,888Apparatus for automated panning and zooming in robotic surgical systems20189,867,669'Configuration marker design and detection for instrument tracking'20189,867,671'Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures'20189,814,537'Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrument'20179,699,445'Apparatus for automated panning and digital zooming in robotic surgical systems'20179,687,310'Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses'20179,666,101'Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures'20179,636,186'Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures'20179,579,164'Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrument'20179,554,859'Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses'20179,526,587'Fiducial marker design and detection for locating surgical instrument in images'20169,402,689'Control system for reducing internally generated frictional and inertial resistance to manual positioning of a surgical manipulator'20169,271,798'Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures'20169,265,584'Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally-invasive surgical instrument'20169,198,730'Control system for reducing internally generated frictional and inertial resistance to manual positioning of a surgical manipulator'20158,971,597'Efficient vision and kinematic data fusion for robotic surgical instruments and other applications'20158,914,150'Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical system'20148,903,549'Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrument'20148,864,751'Control system for reducing internally generated frictional and inertial resistance to manual positioning of a surgical manipulator'20148,823,308'Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses'20148,816,628'Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses'20148,808,164'Controlling a robotic surgical tool with a display monitor'20148,792,963'Methods of determining tissue distances using both kinematic robotic tool position information and image-derived position information'20148,786,241'Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses'20148,749,190'Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses'20148,749,189'Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses'20148,666,544'Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical system'20148,624,537'Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses'20148,541,970'Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses'20138,527,094'Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures'20138,504,201'Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical system'20138,489,235'Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical system'20138,473,031'Medical robotic system with functionality to determine and display a distance indicated by movement of a tool robotically manipulated by an operator'20138,423,186'Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally-invasive surgical instrument'20138,155,479'Automated panning and digital zooming for robotic surgical systems'20128,147,503'Methods of locating and tracking robotic instruments in robotic surgical systems'20128,108,072'Methods and systems for robotic instrument tool tracking with adaptive fusion of kinematics information and image information'20128,073,528'Tool tracking systems, methods and computer products for image guided surgery'20118,004,229'Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses'20117,907,166'Stereo telestration for robotic surgery'20117,865,266'Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical system'20117,819,859'Control system for reducing internally generated frictional and inertial resistance to manual positioning of a surgical manipulator'20107,806,891'Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgery'20107,778,733'Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery'20107,373,219'Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery'20087,155,315'Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus'20067,087,049'Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgery'20066,879,880'Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery'20056,858,003'Performing cardiac surgery without cardioplegia'20056,837,883'Arm cart for telerobotic surgical system'20056,766,204'Alignment of master and slave in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus'20046,671,581'Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus'20036,659,939'Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical system'20036,645,196'Guided tool change'20036,594,552'Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery'20036,468,265'Performing cardiac surgery without cardioplegia'20026,459,926'Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgery'20026,424,885'Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus'20026,364,888'Alignment of master and slave in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus'20025,572,684'IEEE 488 interface and message handling method'19965,315,706'High speed IEEE 488 bus interface system and method'19945,287,528'IEEE 488 interface for message handling method'1994

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1994–1996Based in Austin, TX, US· patent location history
2002–2008Patents assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC (14)· patent assignee history
2002–2021Based in Los Altos, CA, US· patent location history
2010–2021Patents assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS (58)· patent assignee history
2011–2018Patents assigned to NOWLIN WILLIAM C (22)· patent assignee history
2011–2017Patents assigned to HOFFMAN BRIAN D (9)· patent assignee history
2013–2014Patents assigned to GUTHART GARY S (9)· patent assignee history
2018–2021Based in Los Altos Hills, CA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS582010–2021
NOWLIN WILLIAM Cself222011–2018
INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC142002–2008
GUTHART GARY S92013–2014
HOFFMAN BRIAN D92011–2017
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Los Altos, California, US722002–2021
Austin, Texas, US31994–1996
Los Altos Hills, California, US22018–2021