Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Kierstin Gray Parrish

Derek C Liou

John A Barton

Jonathan D Halderman

Matthew M McConnell

Bruce M Schena

Ian E McDowall

Rumen Deyanov

Doris Lin

An illustrative system may include a radio frequency ('RF') transmitter electrically coupled to a first electrical circuit and electrically isolated from a second electrical circuit; an RF receiver having a top surface that is parallel with a top surface of the RF transmitter, the RF receiver electrically coupled to the second electrical circuit and electrically isolated from the first electrical circuit; and a waveguide between the RF transmitter and the RF receiver and configured to guide an RF signal representative of data between the RF transmitter and the RF receiver, the data provided by the first electrical circuit, the waveguide comprising an input port that at least partially covers the top surface of the RF transmitter, and an output port that at least partially covers the top surface of the RF receiver.

Systems and methods for high-speed data transmission across an electrical isolation barrier

An image capture unit has mounted in a frame: a first imaging assembly, a first circuit board, a second imaging assembly, and a second circuit board. The first imaging assembly is mounted on the first circuit board. The second imaging assembly is mounted on the second circuit board. A portion of the first circuit board and a portion of the second circuit board have a stacked configuration with the portion of the first circuit board being approximately parallel to the portion of the second circuit board. An end of another portion of the first circuit board is adjacent to an end of another portion of the second circuit board.

Compact stereoscopic image capture unit

An exemplary connection system includes a connector assembly and a receiver assembly. The connector assembly includes a hermetically-sealed housing, a first RF communication device within the housing and communicatively coupled to a surgical instrument and a first induction coil within the housing and electrically coupled to the surgical instrument. The receiver assembly includes a second RF communication device communicatively coupled to a controller of the surgical instrument, a second induction coil electrically coupled to a power source and a receptacle configured to receive the connector assembly such that the first RF communication device is aligned with the second RF communication device, the first induction coil is aligned with the second induction coil, the first RF communication device may wirelessly communicate with the second RF communication device, and the second induction coil may inductively couple to the first induction coil to wirelessly transmit power to the first induction coil.

Connector assembly with a radio frequency communication device and with an induction coil for a surgical instrument and a corresponding receiver assembly

An exemplary medical system includes a first electrical circuit on a printed circuit board (PCB) and configured to generate data, a second electrical circuit on the PCB and electrically isolated from the first electrical circuit, and a radio frequency (RF) communication interface assembly on the PCB. The RF communication interface assembly includes an RF transmitter electrically coupled to the first electrical circuit and electrically isolated from the second electrical circuit, an RF receiver out of direct RF signal path alignment with the RF transmitter, electrically coupled to the second electrical circuit, and electrically isolated from the first electrical circuit, and a waveguide between the RF transmitter and the RF receiver and configured to guide an RF signal representative of the data between the RF transmitter and the RF receiver.

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Boulder Creek, CA, United States of America

Kierstin Gray Parrish