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Durham, NC, United States of America

Asensus Surgical Us, Inc.

USPTO Granted Patents = 61

EPO Patents = 1

Trademarks = 8

Forward Citations = 88

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37 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

Kevin Andrew Hufford (33 out of 34 patents)

Matthew Robert Penny (31 out of 35 patents)

Paul Wilhelm Schnur (15 out of 15 patents)

4. Alexander John Maret (12 out of 12 patents)

5. Nicholas J Jardine (5 out of 13 patents)

6. Stefan Atay (4 out of 4 patents)

7. Sevan Abashian (4 out of 4 patents)

8. Dustin Vaughan (4 out of 4 patents)

9. Lior Alpert (4 out of 8 patents)

10. Damien Brasset (4 out of 4 patents)

11. Stefano Maghini (4 out of 4 patents)

12. Riccardo Pozzato (4 out of 4 patents)

13. Nicholas Joseph Bender (4 out of 18 patents)

14. David J Meagher (3 out of 3 patents)

15. Tal Nir (3 out of 16 patents)

Core Competencies:

Surgical Robotics

Eye Tracking

Haptic Interfaces

Augmented Reality Surgery

Dynamic Control Systems

Electromechanical Surgical Systems

Surgical Instrumentation

Optical Data Transmission

Surgical Site Measurement

Force Based Gesture Control

Anatomy Identification

Robotic Surgical Manipulators

61 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 12478431 - Providing surgical assistance via automatic tracking and visual feedback during surgery (2025-11-25),

2. 12459125 - Simultaneous direct relative measurement and calculated positions of equipment bases (2025-11-04),

3. 12433698 - Input handles for a surgeon console of a robotic surgical system (2025-10-07),

4. 12408996 - Displaying suture force information in surgery (2025-09-09),

5. 12350112 - Creating surgical annotations using anatomy identification (2025-07-08),

6. 12283062 - Method and system for providing surgical site measurement (2025-04-21),

7. 12274518 - Electromechanical surgical system (2025-04-14),

8. 12263043 - Method of graphically tagging and recalling identified structures under visualization for robotic surgery (2025-04-01),

9. 12262958 - Use of eye tracking input to initiate computer-vision identification of an object in a surgical image (2025-04-01),

10. 12193778 - Articulating surgical instrument (2025-01-14),

11. 12193776 - Dynamic scaling for a robotic surgical system (2025-01-14),

12. 12193772 - Determining relative robot base positions using externally positioned imagers (2025-01-14),

13. 12186049 - Expandable instrument actuator (2025-01-07),

14. 12178543 - Surgical drape with integral EMI shielding (2024-12-31),

15. 12144573 - Dynamic control of surgical instruments in a surgical robotic system (2024-11-19),

Asensus Surgical is a medical device company that develops and commercializes a digital laparoscopic platform, empowering surgeons with intelligent tools for minimally invasive surgeries. Their platform, Senhance Surgical System, combines robotics, computer vision, and machine learning to enhance surgical precision, control, and automation. Asensus Surgical aims to revolutionize surgical care by improving patient outcomes, reducing healthcare costs, and expanding the potential for remote surgery.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Dec 23 2025

61 Patents

#18 in Durham, NC

#136 in North Carolina

#5,703 in US

#11,494 in the World

Durham, NC, United States of America

Asensus Surgical Us, Inc.

Forward Citations = 88

37 inventors:

Kevin Andrew Hufford (33 out of 34 patents)

Matthew Robert Penny (31 out of 35 patents)

Paul Wilhelm Schnur (15 out of 15 patents)

4. Alexander John Maret (12 out of 12 patents)

5. Nicholas J Jardine (5 out of 13 patents)

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