Verb Surgical Inc.

Medtronic Xomed, Inc.

Koray Sahin

Charles J Scheib

Andrea Bajo

Jaime Hernandez

Matthew Colin Vargas

Robert Elliott DeCou

Qiong Wu

Jonathan Bernard

Jon F Moss

Nikhil Bhat

Anant V Hegde

George Yoseung Choi

Christopher L Bagley

Kasey Kai-Chi Li

Adam Sharkawy

Casidy Domingo

John M Farbarik

Adrian McVicker

Robert Elliot Decou

Generally, a system for use in a robotic surgical system may be used to determine an attachment state between a tool driver, sterile adapter, and surgical tool of the system. The system may include sensors used to generate attachment data corresponding to the attachment state. The attachment state may be used to control operation of the tool driver and surgical tool. In some variations, one or more of the attachment states may be visually output to an operator using one or more of the tool driver, sterile adapter, and surgical tool. In some variations, the tool driver and surgical tool may include electronic communication devices configured to be in close proximity when the surgical tool is attached to the sterile adapter and tool driver.

Signaling of sterile adapter and tool attachment for use in a robotic surgical system

A proximal end portion of a robotic surgical arm is to be coupled to an adapter of a surgical robotic platform, for use during a surgical session at the platform, and then decoupled from the adapter for storage until being re-coupled for use during another surgical session at the platform. A resonant-mode transformer-coupled power converter is provided that has a secondary side and a primary side. The secondary side is in the arm and has a transformer secondary coil in the proximal end portion of the arm. The primary side has a transformer primary coil in the adapter. The primary and secondary coils are held at positions and orientations that enable mutual inductive coupling between them for operation of the power converter when the arm is coupled to the adapter. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Surgical robotic arm with wireless power supply interface

Sensors for detecting sterile adapter and tool attachment for use in a robotic surgical system

Techniques for operating a subcutaneous implant device are disclosed. The implant device can be formed of a non-magnetic material that is compatible with diagnostics such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and can include a rotor element that rotates under the influence of an external magnetic field. The implant device includes a tension relief mechanism for relieving excessive force applied between the implant device and a portion of a patient's tongue. A non-implanted device can include a stator and drive circuitry for generating the external magnetic field. The non-implanted device can receive a user command and can vary the external magnetic field based on the command. When activated by the magnetic field, the implant device can change its operating state to interact with the patient's body.

Implant system for controlling airway passage

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Koray Sahin