Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Great Belief International Limited

Intouch Technologies, Inc.

Keith Philip Laby

Yulun Wang

Marco Pinter

Jeff D Wilson

Galen C Robertson

Darrin R Uecker

Jonathan Southard

James W Wright

Matthew Robert Penny

Richard M Mueller

Nicholas Joseph Bender

John Cody Herzog

Nicholas J Jardine

Steve Jordan

Carson Jay Shellenberger

Mohan Nathan

James Cuevas

Lucas A Tew

A motorized surgical system includes at least one support positionable within a sterile field in proximity to a patient positioned on a surgical table. An instrument driver is carried by the support and includes a steerable distal end positionable in a body cavity. A user input device is carried by the support and is configured to generate movement signals in response to manual manipulation of a portion of the user input device by a user. One or more steering motors are operably coupled to the instrument driver and are operable to deflect the steerable distal end of the instrument driver in response to the movement signals.

Patient-side mechanized surgical system

A system for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures. The system includes a pair of surgical instruments that are coupled to a pair of robotic arms. The instruments have end effectors that can be manipulated to hold and suture tissue. The robotic arms are coupled to pair of master handles by a controller. The handles can be moved by the surgeon to produce a corresponding movement of the end effectors. The controller controls and limits movement of robotic arms relative to the patient.

Method for operating a medical robotic system by stopping movement of a surgical instrument about a pivot point or issuing a warning if the pivot point moves beyond a threshold value

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Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

Keith Philip Laby