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公开(公告)号：US20240183691A1
公开(公告)日：2024-06-06
申请号：US18439567
申请日：2024-02-12
Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Inventor： Mark E. Froggatt , Dawn K. Gifford , Eric E. Sanborn , Alexander K. Sang
CPC classification number: G01D5/35316 , G01J1/0425 , G02B6/02042 , G02B6/02085 , G02B6/02142
Abstract: Example embodiments include an optical interrogation system with a sensing fiber having a single core, the single core having multiple light propagating modes. Interferometric apparatus probes the single core multimode sensing fiber over a range of predetermined wavelengths and detects measurement interferometric data associated with the multiple light propagating modes of the single core for each predetermined wavelength in the range. Data processing circuitry processes the measurement interferometric data associated with the multiple light propagating modes of the single core to determine one or more shape-sensing parameters of the sensing fiber from which the shape of the fiber in three dimensions can be determined.
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公开(公告)号：US20230032157A1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-02
申请号：US17964799
申请日：2022-10-12
Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Inventor： Mark E. Froggatt , Eric E. Sanborn , Alexander K. Sang
Abstract: Example embodiments include an optical assembly for an optical interrogation system having a single core or a multicore sensing fiber, a measurement fiber to couple light into the sensing fiber, and a reference fiber arranged with the measurement fiber as part of an optical interferometer. A beam splitter combines light from the sensing fiber and with light from the reference fiber. A polarization beam splitting prism separates the combined light into first polarized light and second polarized light that is orthogonal to the first polarized light. The optical assembly can substantially reduce the size, complexity, or cost associated with the traditional optical components in an optical interrogation system that it replaces. Other example optical assemblies are described. Embodiments describe optical interrogation systems using the example optical assemblies.
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公开(公告)号：US20210254967A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-19
申请号：US17190009
申请日：2021-03-02
Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Inventor： Mark E. Froggatt , Eric E. Sanborn , Alexander K. Sang
Abstract: Example embodiments include an optical assembly for an optical interrogation system having a single core or a multicore sensing fiber, a measurement fiber to couple light into the sensing fiber, and a reference fiber arranged with the measurement fiber as part of an optical interferometer. A beam splitter combines light from the sensing fiber and with light from the reference fiber. A polarization beam splitting prism separates the combined light into first polarized light and second polarized light that is orthogonal to the first polarized light. The optical assembly can substantially reduce the size, complexity, or cost associated with the traditional optical components in an optical interrogation system that it replaces. Other example optical assemblies are described. Embodiments describe optical interrogation systems using the example optical assemblies.
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公开(公告)号：US20210172768A1
公开(公告)日：2021-06-10
申请号：US17178061
申请日：2021-02-17
Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Inventor： Mark E. Froggatt , Dawn K. Gifford , Eric E. Sanborn , Alexander K. Sang
Abstract: Example embodiments include an optical interrogation system with a sensing fiber having a single core, the single core having multiple light propagating modes. Interferometric apparatus probes the single core multimode sensing fiber over a range of predetermined wavelengths and detects measurement interferometric data associated with the multiple light propagating modes of the single core for each predetermined wavelength in the range. Data processing circuitry processes the measurement interferometric data associated with the multiple light propagating modes of the single core to determine one or more shape-sensing parameters of the sensing fiber from which the shape of the fiber in three dimensions can be determined.
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公开(公告)号：US20200069192A1
公开(公告)日：2020-03-05
申请号：US16467950
申请日：2017-12-08
Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Inventor： Eric E. Sanborn , Mark E. Froggatt , Jonathan M. Sorger
Abstract: A system for distributed heat flux sensing of body tissue includes a distributed sensor, a thermal energy source, and one or more processors. The distributed sensor provides a plurality of temperature measurements corresponding to a plurality of points in a measurement range. The thermal energy source applies thermal energy to the body tissue along the measurement range. The one or more processors are configured to receive the plurality of temperature measurements from the distributed sensor, determine an amount of thermal energy applied by the thermal energy source at each of the plurality of points, and determine heat flux at each of the plurality of points based on the plurality of temperature measurements and the amount of thermal energy applied by the thermal energy source. The plurality of temperature measurements correspond to the plurality of points.
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公开(公告)号：US10132614B2
公开(公告)日：2018-11-20
申请号：US15520950
申请日：2015-12-07
Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Inventor： Mark Froggatt , Dawn K. Gifford , Stephen T. Kreger , Alexander K. Sang , Jeffrey T. Lacroix , Eric E. Sanborn
Abstract: An optical fiber includes multiple optical waveguides configured in the fiber. An interferometric measurement system mitigates or compensates for the errors imposed by differences in a shape sensing optical fiber's response to temperature and strain. A 3-D shape and/or position are calculated from a set of distributed strain measurements acquired for a multi-core optical shape sensing fiber that compensates for these non-linear errors using one or more additional cores in the multicore fiber that react differently to temperature changes than the existing cores.
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公开(公告)号：US09797795B2
公开(公告)日：2017-10-24
申请号：US14524114
申请日：2014-10-27
Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Inventor： Matthew M. White , Eric E. Sanborn , Matthew A. Castellucci , Emily E. H. Templeton , Naman Garg , Nur Aida Abdul Rahim , John J. Kutz , Alexander K. Sang
CPC classification number: G01L11/025 , G01L1/246
Abstract: A pressure sensing pad includes a flexible planar layer having a two-dimensional sensing area, and an optical fiber embedded in the plane of the flexible planar layer traversing the two-dimensional sensing area in a particular configuration. At least one end of the fiber optic strain sensor has a connector that is connectable to an interferometric-based fiber optic interrogation and processing system. When the connector is connected to the an interferometric-based fiber optic interrogation and processing system and pressure is applied to the pressure sensing pad, a signal from the optical fiber is provided to and processed by the interferometric-based fiber optic interrogation and processing system to determine a two-dimensional pressure map for the two-dimensional sensing area.
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公开(公告)号：US11940305B2
公开(公告)日：2024-03-26
申请号：US17899463
申请日：2022-08-30
Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Inventor： Mark E. Froggatt , Dawn K. Gifford , Eric E. Sanborn , Alexander K. Sang
CPC classification number: G01D5/35316 , G01J1/0425 , G02B6/02042 , G02B6/02085 , G02B6/02142
Abstract: Example embodiments include an optical interrogation system with a sensing fiber having a single core, the single core having multiple light propagating modes. Interferometric apparatus probes the single core multimode sensing fiber over a range of predetermined wavelengths and detects measurement interferometric data associated with the multiple light propagating modes of the single core for each predetermined wavelength in the range. Data processing circuitry processes the measurement interferometric data associated with the multiple light propagating modes of the single core to determine one or more shape-sensing parameters of the sensing fiber from which the shape of the fiber in three dimensions can be determined.
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公开(公告)号：US20220412778A1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-29
申请号：US17899463
申请日：2022-08-30
Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Inventor： Mark E. Froggatt , Dawn K. Gifford , Eric E. Sanborn , Alexander K. Sang
Abstract: Example embodiments include an optical interrogation system with a sensing fiber having a single core, the single core having multiple light propagating modes. Interferometric apparatus probes the single core multimode sensing fiber over a range of predetermined wavelengths and detects measurement interferometric data associated with the multiple light propagating modes of the single core for each predetermined wavelength in the range. Data processing circuitry processes the measurement interferometric data associated with the multiple light propagating modes of the single core to determine one or more shape-sensing parameters of the sensing fiber from which the shape of the fiber in three dimensions can be determined.
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公开(公告)号：US11035699B2
公开(公告)日：2021-06-15
申请号：US16474531
申请日：2017-12-20
Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Inventor： Mark E. Froggatt , Dawn K. Gifford , Eric E. Sanborn , Alexander K. Sang
Abstract: Example embodiments include an optical interrogation system with a sensing fiber having a single core, the single core having multiple light propagating modes. Interferometric apparatus probes the single core multimode sensing fiber over a range of predetermined wavelengths and detects measurement interferometric data associated with the multiple light propagating modes of the single core for each predetermined wavelength in the range. Data processing circuitry processes the measurement interferometric data associated with the multiple light propagating modes of the single core to determine one or more shape-sensing parameters of the sensing fiber from which the shape of the fiber in three dimensions can be determined.
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