Gregory W Dachs

US Patent:

20130282023, Oct 24, 2013

Filed:

May 28, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/903997

Inventors:

Gregory Dachs - San Francisco CA, US
Todd Murphy - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 19/00
F16D 3/18

US Classification:

606130, 464112, 464109

Abstract:

Surgical tools having a two degree-of-freedom wrist, wrist articulation by linked tension members, mechanisms for transmitting torque through an angle, and minimally invasive surgical tools incorporating these features are disclosed. An elongate intermediate wrist member is pivotally coupled with a distal end of an instrument shaft so as to rotate about a first axis transverse to the shaft, and an end effector body is pivotally coupled with the intermediate member so as to rotate about a second axis that is transverse to the first axis. Linked tension members interact with attachment features to articulate the wrist. A torque-transmitting mechanism includes a coupling member, coupling pins, a drive shaft, and a driven shaft. The drive shaft is coupled with the driven shaft so as to control the relative orientations of the drive shaft, the coupling member, and the driven shaft.

US Patent:

D691090, Oct 8, 2013

Filed:

Nov 2, 2012

Appl. No.:

29/436240

Inventors:

Gregory W. Dachs - San Mateo CA, US

Assignee:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

1303

US Classification:

D13146

US Patent:

D691092, Oct 8, 2013

Filed:

Nov 2, 2012

Appl. No.:

29/436255

Inventors:

Gregory W. Dachs - San Mateo CA, US

Assignee:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

1303

US Classification:

D13146

US Patent:

20210122067, Apr 29, 2021

Filed:

Jan 4, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/140420

Inventors:

- Sunnyvale CA, US
Matthew R. CAVALIER - San Jose CA, US
Gregory W. DACHS - San Mateo CA, US
Michael HANUSCHIK - Mountain View CA, US
Jason JIANG - Los Altos CA, US
Paul W. MOHR - Mountain View CA, US
Bruce M. SCHENA - Menlo Park CA, US
Mark W. ZIMMER - Fremont CA, US

Assignee:

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

B25J 19/00
A61B 50/13
A61B 34/30
A61B 34/35
A61B 34/00
B25J 5/00

Abstract:

A method includes moving a stabilization device comprising a stabilization surface relative to a base of a surgical cart, wherein the moving comprises moving the stabilization device from a retracted position in which the stabilization surface is spaced from the ground surface to a deployed position in which the stabilization surface is in contact with the ground surface, and wherein the moving comprises overcoming a biasing force biasing the stabilization device toward the retracted position.

US Patent:

20200376746, Dec 3, 2020

Filed:

Mar 14, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/497119

Inventors:

- Redwood City CA, US
- Herzogenaurach, DE
Gregory W. Dachs - San Mateo CA, US
Hardik Kabaria - San Francisco CA, US
Sean Friedrich Walter McCluskey - Redwood City CA, US
R. Griffin Price - Redwood City CA, US
Hendric Vogel - Martinez CA, US
Jacques Perrault - Portland OR, US

International Classification:

B29C 64/124
B29C 69/02
B33Y 10/00
B33Y 40/20
B29C 71/02
B29C 64/35

Abstract:

Provided is a method of making a three-dimensional object, which method may include the steps of: (a) producing an intermediate object () from a dual cure polymerizable liquid by additive manufacturing, the intermediate object having the shape of the three-dimensional object in warped or distorted form; (b) optionally washing the intermediate object; then (c) contacting the GO intermediate to a form (), which form has a shape corresponding to the three-dimensional object, and with the intermediate conformed to the shape of the form; then (d) further curing the intermediate object in contact with the form to produce the three-dimensional object () under conditions in which the three-dimensional object retains a shape conformed to the form after separating therefrom; and then (e) separating the three-dimensional object from the form.

US Patent:

20200254633, Aug 13, 2020

Filed:

Apr 28, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/860569

Inventors:

- Sunnyvale CA, US
Matthew R. CAVALIER - San Jose CA, US
Gregory W. DACHS - San Mateo CA, US
Michael HANUSCHIK - Mountain View CA, US
Jason JIANG - Los Altos CA, US
Paul W. MOHR - Mountain View CA, US
Bruce M. SCHENA - Menlo Park CA, US
Mark W. ZIMMER - Fremont CA, US

Assignee:

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

B25J 19/00
A61B 34/30
B25J 5/00
A61B 34/00
A61B 34/35
A61B 50/13

Abstract:

A surgical cart assembly may comprise a base portion; a plurality of wheels coupled to the base portion; a column extending vertically from the base portion; a manipulator arm coupled to an end portion of the column; a stabilization device coupled to the base portion, the stabilization device moveable between a retracted position and a deployed position; an actuation device to cause movement of the stabilization device between the retracted position and the deployed position; and a biasing element coupled to the stabilization device, the biasing element exerting a biasing force to bias the stabilization device toward the retracted position. The stabilization device may comprise a stabilization surface, the stabilization surface contacting the ground surface on which the surgical cart assembly is supported in the deployed position of the stabilization device, and the stabilization surface spaced from the ground surface in the retracted position of the stabilization device.

US Patent:

20200101629, Apr 2, 2020

Filed:

Sep 20, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/577381

Inventors:

- Sunnyvale CA, US
Matthew R. CAVALIER - San Jose CA, US
Gregory W. DACHS - San Mateo CA, US
Michael HANUSCHIK - Mountain View CA, US
Jason JIANG - Los Altos CA, US
Paul W. MOHR - Mountain View CA, US
Bruce M. SCHENA - Menlo Park CA, US
Mark W. ZIMMER - Fremont CA, US

Assignee:

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

B25J 19/00
A61B 34/30
A61B 50/13
A61B 34/35
A61B 34/00
B25J 5/00

Abstract:

A surgical cart assembly may comprise a base portion. The base portion also includes a plurality of wheels coupled to the base portion and arranged to permit wheeled movement of the surgical cart assembly. The cart also includes a column extending vertically from the base portion, and a manipulator arm coupled to an end portion of the column opposite to a location of the base portion. The cart further comprises a stabilization assembly coupled to the base portion, the stabilization assembly may include a piston assembly moveable between a retracted position and a deployed position, and an actuation device operably coupled to the piston assembly to actuate the piston assembly between the retracted position and the deployed position. The piston assembly in the retracted position is retracted away from a ground surface on which the cart assembly is supported, and the piston assembly in the deployed position is in contact with the ground surface.

US Patent:

20180319023, Nov 8, 2018

Filed:

Jul 19, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/039599

Inventors:

- Sunnyvale CA, US
Matthew R. CAVALIER - San Jose CA, US
Gregory W. DACHS - San Mateo CA, US
Michael HANUSCHIK - Mountain View CA, US
Jason JIANG - Los Altos CA, US
Paul W. MOHR - Mountain View CA, US
Bruce M. SCHENA - Menlo Park CA, US
Mark W. ZIMMER - Fremont CA, US

Assignee:

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

B25J 19/00
B25J 5/00
A61B 50/13
A61B 34/35
A61B 34/00

Abstract:

A method of controlling a vibration reduction member of a patient side cart for a teleoperated surgical system includes detecting an occurrence of a first event corresponding to preparation of the patient side cart for a surgical procedure, and issuing a command signal to an actuation device to deploy the vibration reduction member to contact a ground surface upon which the patient side cart is located.