INTUITIVE SURGICAL has a total of 16 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 2001. It filed its patents most often in United States, China and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, machines and packaging and shipping are INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC, LARKIN DAVID Q and MEDROBOTICS CORP.
# | Country | Total Patents | |
---|---|---|---|
#1 | United States | 14 | |
#2 | China | 1 | |
#3 | WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) | 1 |
# | Industry | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Medical technology | |
#2 | Machines | |
#3 | Packaging and shipping | |
#4 | Control | |
#5 | Computer technology | |
#6 | Electrical machinery and energy | |
#7 | IT methods for management |
# | Technology | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Diagnosis and surgery | |
#2 | Manipulators | |
#3 | Unspecified technologies | |
#4 | Control or regulating systems | |
#5 | Unspecified technologies | |
#6 | Healthcare informatics | |
#7 | Electric switches | |
#8 | Speech analysis | |
#9 | Data processing systems | |
#10 | Syringes |
# | Name | Total Patents |
---|---|---|
#1 | Guthart Gary S | 4 |
#2 | Wang Yulun | 4 |
#3 | Niemeyer Gunter D | 3 |
#4 | Blumenkranz Stephen J | 3 |
#5 | Uecker Darrin R | 3 |
#6 | Cooper Thomas G | 3 |
#7 | Younge Robert G | 2 |
#8 | Rosa David J | 2 |
#9 | Julian Christopher A | 2 |
#10 | Wilson Jeff | 2 |
Publication | Filing date | Title |
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WO2007005555A2 | Indicator for tool state communication in multi-arm telesurgery | |
US2004124964A1 | General purpose distributed operating room control system | |
US7121781B2 | Surgical instrument with a universal wrist | |
US2002188293A1 | Robotic tool with monopolar electro-surgical scissors | |
US2002120254A1 | In vivo accessories for minimally invasive robotic surgery |