Inventor

Thomas G. Cooper

Inventor

Menlo Park, CA, US

Overview

1987–2020

Patent span

Human necessities

Primary field (CPC A)

Patents· 175 as inventor

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

A61Bprimary

A61BDiagnosis33%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification11%

B25JManipulators10%

G16HHealthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical or healthcare data8%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests8%

A61MDevices for introducing media into, or onto, the body3%

B32BLayered products, i.e. products built-up of strata of flat or non-flat, e.g. cellular or honeycomb, form2%

F16FSprings2%

G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them2%

H01FMagnets2%

PatentTitleYear

10,864,048Flux disambiguation for teleoperated surgical systems2020 10,856,946Surgical system instrument manipulator2020 10,842,529Entry guide for multiple instruments in a single port surgical system2020 10,835,320Systems and methods for a dual-control surgical instrument2020 10,799,303Preloaded surgical instrument interface2020 10,786,318Compact counter balanced arm2020 10,710,246Surgical system with variable entry guide configurations2020 10,695,138Robotic instrument driven element2020 10,646,297Movable surgical mounting platform controlled by manual motion of robotic arms2020 10,646,292Electro-mechanical strap stack in robotic arms2020 10,624,672Surgical system instrument mounting2020 10,595,948Methods and apparatus for stacked electro-mechancial straps in robotic arms2020 10,575,908Multi-port surgical robotic system architecture2020 10,550,918Lever actuated gimbal plate2020 10,537,358Surgical system sterile drape2020 10,524,868Flexible wrist for surgical tool2020 10,512,481Direct pull surgical gripper2019 10,506,920Articulate and swappable endoscope for a surgical robot2019 10,456,166Surgical system entry guide2019 10,448,813Side looking minimally invasive surgery instrument assembly2019 10,398,520Minimally invasive surgical system2019 10,376,331Sheaths for jointed instruments2019 10,335,176Rotary input for lever actuation2019 10,307,213Instrument sterile adapter drive interface2019 10,299,872Systems and methods for proximal control of a surgical instrument2019 10,292,776Sheath for surgical instrument2019 10,285,764Limited movement of a surgical mounting platform controlled by manual motion of robotic arms2019 10,271,911Instrument sterile adapter drive features2019 10,182,876Cable tensioning in a robotic surgical system2019 10,105,128Apparatus for pitch and yaw rotation2018 10,076,348Rotary input for lever actuation2018 10,022,193Actuator interface to instrument sterile adapter2018 10,016,244Robotic instrument driven element2018 10,011,018Entry guide manipulator with a roll system and an instrument manipulator positioning system2018 9,999,476Movable surgical mounting platform controlled by manual motion of robotic arms2018 9,980,630Minimally invasive surgical system2018 9,968,405Modular manipulator support for robotic surgery2018 9,955,996Surgical system instrument manipulator2018 9,949,802Multi-component telepresence system and method2018 9,949,620Minimally invasive surgical system2018 9,937,007Angled instrument shaft roll actuator2018 9,918,731'Remotely actuated surgical gripper with seize resistance'2018 9,877,744'Entry guide for multiple instruments in a single port surgical system'2018 9,877,792'Compact counter balanced arms'2018 9,839,439'Rotary input lever gimbal'2017 9,820,816'Systems and methods for a dual control surgical instrument'2017 9,803,727'Strap guide system and methods thereof for robotic surgical arms'2017 9,801,654'Surgical system instrument mounting'2017 9,801,526'Minimally invasive surgical system'2017 9,797,484'Methods for robotic arms with strap drive trains'2017 9,795,453'Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use'2017 9,757,149'Surgical system entry guide'2017 9,730,572'Articulate and swappable endoscope for a surgical robot'2017 9,717,486'Apparatus for pitch and yaw rotation'2017 9,668,816'Lever actuated output gimbals'2017 9,662,176'Systems and methods for proximal control of a surgical instrument'2017 9,662,175'Gimbal and levers with equalizer'2017 9,585,641'Flexible wrist for surgical tool'2017 9,532,849'Surgical accessory clamp and system'2017 9,510,734'Side looking minimally invasive surgery instrument assembly'2016 9,486,288'Cable tensioning in a robotic surgical system'2016 9,480,533'Telescoping insertion axis of a robotic surgical system'2016 9,456,839'Scissor bias for direct pull surgical instrument'2016 9,439,732'Instrument interface of a robotic surgical system'2016 9,358,074'Multi-port surgical robotic system architecture'2016 9,339,341'Direct pull surgical gripper'2016 9,333,045'Method and means for transferring controller motion from a robotic manipulator to an attached instrument'2016 9,320,416'Surgical instrument control and actuation'2016 9,320,568'Sterile surgical drape'2016 9,291,793'Apparatus for compact counter balance arms'2016 9,283,049'Control system configured to compensate for non-ideal actuator-to-joint linkage characteristics in a medical robotic system'2016 9,261,172'Multi-ply strap drive trains for surgical robotic arms'2016 9,259,281'Movable surgical mounting platform controlled by manual motion of robotic arms'2016 9,232,984'Real-time generation of three-dimensional ultrasound image using a two-dimensional ultrasound transducer in a robotic system'2016 9,215,967'Side looking minimally invasive surgery instrument assembly'2015 9,144,467'Method and means for transferring controller motion from a robotic manipulator to an attached instrument'2015 9,095,317'Flexible wrist for surgical tool'2015 9,089,351'Sheath for surgical instrument'2015 9,068,628'Robotic arms with strap drive trains'2015 9,060,678'Minimally invasive surgical system'2015 9,050,119'Cable tensioning in a robotic surgical system'2015 9,023,060'Modular manipulator support for robotic surgery'2015 9,005,112'Articulate and swapable endoscope for a surgical robot'2015 8,998,799'Sterile surgical adaptor'2015 8,991,278'Overforce protection mechanism'2015 8,986,196'Minimally invasive surgery instrument assembly with reduced cross section'2015 8,945,148'Surgical system instrument manipulator'2015 8,911,428'Apparatus for pitch and yaw rotation'2014 8,864,752'Control system configured to compensate for non-ideal actuator-to-joint linkage characteristics in a medical robotic system'2014 8,852,208'Surgical system instrument mounting'2014 8,834,489'Modular manipulator support for robotic surgery'2014 8,790,243'Flexible wrist for surgical tool'2014 8,784,435'Surgical system entry guide'2014 8,758,352'Mechanical actuator interface system for robotic surgical tools'2014 8,746,252'Surgical system sterile drape'2014 8,690,908'Flexible wrist for surgical tool'2014 8,679,099'Side looking minimally invasive surgery instrument assembly'2014 8,672,833'Side looking minimally invasive surgery instrument assembly'2014 8,661,927'Cable re-ordering device'2014 8,641,700'Telescoping insertion axis of a robotic surgical system'2014 8,608,773'Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use'2013 8,603,077'Force transmission for robotic surgical instrument'2013 8,597,280'Surgical instrument actuator'2013 8,562,594'Offset remote center manipulator for robotic surgery'2013 8,551,079'Surgical instrument with electrical connector'2013 8,529,582'Instrument interface of a robotic surgical system'2013 8,500,722'Methods for compact counter balance arms'2013 8,419,717'Control system configured to compensate for non-ideal actuator-to-joint linkage characteristics in a medical robotic system'2013 8,377,046'Surgical instrument control and actuation'2013 8,348,931'Modular mainpulator support for robotic surgery'2013 8,337,521'Flexible wrist for surgical tool'2012 8,333,755'Coupler to transfer controller motion from a robotic manipulator to an attached instrument'2012 8,256,319'Offset remote center manipulator for robotic surgery'2012 8,220,468'Sterile drape interface for robotic surgical instrument'2012 8,216,250'Sterile surgical adaptor'2012 8,202,278'Sterile surgical drape'2012 8,182,470'Telescoping insertion axis of a robotic surgical system'2012 8,182,469'Surgical accessory clamp and method'2012 8,182,415'Minimally invasive surgical system'2012 8,151,661'Compact capstan'2012 8,142,447'Mechanical actuator interface system for robotic surgical tools'2012 8,142,421'Surgical tool having positively positionable tendon-actuated multi-disk wrist joint'2012 8,105,338'Sterile surgical adaptor'2012 8,083,667'Side looking minimally invasive surgery instrument assembly'2011 8,062,288'Offset remote center manipulator for robotic surgery'2011 8,057,385'Side looking minimally invasive surgery instrument assembly'2011 7,967,813'Surgical instrument control and actuation'2011 7,963,913'Instrument interface of a robotic surgical system'2011 7,942,868'Surgical instrument with parallel motion mechanism'2011 7,886,743'Sterile drape interface for robotic surgical instrument'2011 7,862,580'Flexible wrist for surgical tool'2011 7,837,674'Compact counter balance for robotic surgical systems'2010 7,819,885'Multi-component telepresence system and method'2010 7,778,733'Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery'2010 7,763,015'Modular manipulator support for robotic surgery'2010 7,736,356'Surgical tool having positively positionable tendon-actuated multi-disk wrist joint'2010 7,727,244'Sterile surgical drape'2010 7,699,855'Sterile surgical adaptor'2010 7,666,191'Robotic surgical system with sterile surgical adaptor'2010 7,594,912'Offset remote center manipulator for robotic surgery'2009 7,524,320'Mechanical actuator interface system for robotic surgical tools'2009 7,357,774'Multi-component telepresence system and method'2008 7,320,700'Flexible wrist for surgical tool'2008 7,107,090'Devices and methods for presenting and regulating auxiliary information on an image display of a telesurgical system to assist an operator in performing a surgical procedure'2006 7,048,745'Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use'2006 6,879,880'Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery'2005 6,866,671'Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use'2005 6,830,549'Method and apparatus for providing patient care'2004 6,817,974'Surgical tool having positively positionable tendon-actuated multi-disk wrist joint'2004 6,770,081'In vivo accessories for minimally invasive robotic surgery and methods'2004 6,650,346'Method and apparatus for classifying equipment in asset management database'2003 6,594,552'Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery'2003 6,579,242'Method and apparatus for providing patient care'2003 6,522,906'Devices and methods for presenting and regulating auxiliary information on an image display of a telesurgical system to assist an operator in performing a surgical procedure'2003 6,491,701'Mechanical actuator interface system for robotic surgical tools'2002 6,451,027'Devices and methods for moving an image capture device in telesurgical systems'2002 6,398,727'Method and apparatus for providing patient care'2002 6,346,072'Multi-component telepresence system and method'2002 6,331,181'Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use'2001 D0444555'Interface for a medical instrument'2001 D0441862'Portion of an interface for a medical instrument'2001 D0441076'Adaptor for a medical instrument'2001 D0438617'Portion of an adaptor for a medical instrument'2001 6,132,368'Multi-component telepresence system and method'2000 6,031,439'Bi-directional hall-effect control device'2000 5,771,896'Compact rotationally steerable ultrasound transducer'1998 5,680,863'Flexible ultrasonic transducers and related systems'1997 5,626,138'Ultrasonic transducer probe with axisymmetric lens'1997 5,575,288'Compact rotationally steerable ultrasound transducer'1996 5,562,096'Ultrasonic transducer probe with axisymmetric lens'1996 5,479,929'Drive system with a multiturn rotary stop'1996 5,465,724'Compact rotationally steerable ultrasound transducer'1995 5,299,559'Endoscope with overload protective device'1994 4,783,705'High capacity disk file with embedded sector servo and SCSI interface'1988 4,669,004'High capacity disk file with embedded sector servo'1987

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1987–1988Based in Palo Alto, CA, US· patent location history

1994–2020Based in Menlo Park, CA, US· patent location history

2000–2010Patents assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC (20)· patent assignee history

2002–2004Based in Friendswood, TX, US· patent location history

2003Based in Franklin, TN, US· patent location history

2010–2020Patents assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS (134)· patent assignee history

2011–2020Patents assigned to COOPER THOMAS G (60)· patent assignee history

2011–2018Patents assigned to DUVAL EUGENE F (12)· patent assignee history

2012–2019Patents assigned to ANDERSON S CHRISTOPHER (19)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS	134	2010–2020
COOPER THOMAS Gself	60	2011–2020
INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC	20	2000–2010
ANDERSON S CHRISTOPHER	19	2012–2019
DUVAL EUGENE F	12	2011–2018

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Menlo Park, California, US	169	1994–2020
Friendswood, Texas, US	3	2002–2004
Palo Alto, California, US	2	1987–1988
Franklin, TN, US	1	2003