公开(公告)号：US10210599B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-19

申请号：US14451621

申请日：2014-08-05

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Wenyi Zhao

IPC: H04N5/228 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06T3/40 ,  H04N9/04 ,  H04N5/926 ,  H04N5/225

Abstract: An efficient demosaicing method includes reconstructing missing green pixels after estimating green-red color difference signals and green-blue color difference signals that are used in the reconstruction, and then constructing missing red and blue pixels using the color difference signals. This method creates a full resolution frame of red, green and blue pixels. The full resolution frame of pixels is sent to a display unit for display. In an efficient demosaicing process that includes local contrast enhancement, image contrast is enhanced to build and boost a brightness component from the green pixels, and to build chromatic components from all of the red, green, and blue pixels. Color difference signals are used in place of the red and blue pixels in building the chromatic components.

公开(公告)号：US20190038371A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-07

申请号：US16072356

申请日：2017-01-27

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Matthew A. Wixey ,  Gabriel F. Brisson ,  William A. Burbank ,  Patrick Flanagan ,  Pushkar Hingwe ,  David W. Weir ,  Donald F. Wilson

IPC: A61B34/00 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/10 ,  A61B17/072

Abstract: A system and method of variable velocity control of a surgical instrument in a computer-assisted medical device includes a surgical instrument having an end effector located at a distal end of the instrument, an actuator, and one or more drive mechanisms for coupling force or torque from the actuator to the end effector. To perform an operation with the instrument, the computer-assisted medical device is configured to set a velocity set point of the actuator to an initial velocity and monitor force or torque applied by the actuator. When the applied force or torque is above a first force or torque limit it is determined whether a continue condition for the operation is satisfied. When the continue condition is satisfied the operation is paused and when the continue condition is not satisfied it is determined whether forced firing of the actuator should take place.

公开(公告)号：US10194908B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-05

申请号：US15279814

申请日：2016-09-29

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Grant Duque ,  Thomas N. McNamara ,  Jeffrey A. Smith ,  Bennie Thompson ,  Ashley Wellman ,  Donald Frank Wilson, Jr.

IPC: A61B17/072 ,  A61B17/068 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B50/13 ,  A61B50/33 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B17/00

Abstract: A surgical instrument having an elongated shaft having a shaft distal end and a shaft proximal end. An end effector is coupled to the shaft distal end and includes opposed jaws. A housing is included in one of the jaws, the housing having a housing proximal end, a housing distal end, an upper surface, a distal garage having lateral surfaces that extend above the upper surface, and a plurality of staple openings extending through the upper surface. A knife member is supported within the housing for movement distally. The knife member is moveable into a predetermined parked position such that a first portion of the cutting blade displaces below the upper surface and a second portion remains displaced above the upper surface. There is enough lateral clearance in the predetermined parked position between the lateral faces and the second portion to accommodate a dislodged staple.

公开(公告)号：US20190025569A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US16139288

申请日：2018-09-24

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Ian E. McDowall

IPC: G02B23/24 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B5/04 ,  G02B27/10 ,  A61B1/00 ,  G01N21/64

CPC classification number: G02B23/2415 ,  A61B1/00186 ,  A61B1/00193 ,  A61B1/05 ,  G01N21/6456 ,  G02B5/04 ,  G02B6/001 ,  G02B27/1066 ,  G02B2207/113

Abstract: In a minimally invasive surgical system, an image capture unit includes a prism assembly and sensor assembly. The prism assembly includes a beam splitter, while the sensor assembly includes coplanar image capture sensors. Each of the coplanar image capture sensors has a common front end optical structure, e.g., the optical structure distal to the image capture unit is the same for each of the sensors. A controller enhances images acquired by the coplanar image capture sensors. The enhanced images may include (a) visible images with enhanced feature definition, in which a particular feature in the scene is emphasized to the operator of minimally invasive surgical system; (b) images having increased image apparent resolution; (c) images having increased dynamic range; (d) images displayed in a way based on a pixel color component vector having three or more color components; and (e) images having extended depth of field.

公开(公告)号：US20190021805A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US16068375

申请日：2016-12-20

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Jeffrey R. ROEDER ,  William J. PARK

IPC: A61B46/10 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B17/34 ,  A61B90/00

Abstract: A sheath for a surgical instrument may include a sleeve having a distal end and proximal end, and a retention mechanism at a proximal end portion of the sleeve. The retention mechanism may comprise a sleeve attachment portion configured to be attached to the sleeve at the proximal end portion, and a locking collar extending from the sleeve attachment portion, wherein the locking collar is configured to receive a connector portion of a surgical instrument. The locking collar further may include a locking feature movable between a first configuration, in which the sheath is moveable relative to the surgical instrument, and a second configuration, in which the locking feature is configured to engage with the connector portion to retain the sheath in position on the surgical instrument.

公开(公告)号：US20190011648A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-10

申请号：US16023858

申请日：2018-06-29

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Jonathan Halderman ,  Rumen Deyanov

IPC: G02B6/40 ,  G02B6/25 ,  A61B1/00

CPC classification number: G02B6/403 ,  A61B1/0011 ,  A61B1/00126 ,  A61B1/00167 ,  G02B6/25

Abstract: A method and apparatus for coupling fiber bundles. A plurality of fibers are secured within a channel of a fastener system to place the plurality of fibers in a packing configuration within the channel. The fastener system and the plurality of fibers secured by the fastener system are cut through to create a first fiber bundle and a second fiber bundle. The first fiber bundle is coupled with the second fiber bundle.

公开(公告)号：US20190008360A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-10

申请号：US16117993

申请日：2018-08-30

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Ruey-Feng Peh ,  Vahid Saadat ,  Edmund A. Tam

IPC: A61B1/00

Abstract: A robotic assembly comprises a deployment catheter including a steerable distal region and further comprises a balloon assembly coupled to the steerable distal region.

公开(公告)号：US10178368B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US14053021

申请日：2013-10-14

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Wenyi Zhao ,  Catherine J. Mohr ,  Simon P. DiMaio

IPC: H04N13/128 ,  H04N13/239

Abstract: A stereo imaging system comprises a stereoscopic camera having left and right image capturing elements for capturing stereo images; a stereo viewer; and a processor configured to modify the stereo images prior to being displayed on the stereo viewer so that a disparity between corresponding points of the stereo images is adjusted as a function of a depth value within a region of interest in the stereo images after the depth value reaches a target depth value.

公开(公告)号：US10172687B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US15126903

申请日：2015-03-17

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Brandon R. Garbus ,  Allen Thompson ,  Justin Krom

IPC: G06F7/08 ,  A61B90/98 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B46/10 ,  A61B17/34 ,  G06K7/08 ,  A61B90/90 ,  A61B17/00

Abstract: A cannula for a surgical system may include a magnet located in a position to be sensed by the surgical system in a mounted position of the cannula to the surgical system. At least one of a presence of the magnet and a polarity of the magnet is sensed in the mounted position of the cannula to provide identification information relating to the cannula. Exemplary embodiments further encompass a patient side cart for a teleoperated surgical system, the patient side cart including a base, a main column, and an arm connected to the main column. The arm may include a mount to receive a cannula and a reader to sense a magnet of an identification device in the cannula so as to receive identification information relating to a mounted cannula.

公开(公告)号：USD835586S1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-11

申请号：US29635148

申请日：2018-01-29

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Designer： Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht