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INTUITIVE SURGICAL

Overview
  • Total Patents
    16
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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.

Patent filings in countries

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Patent filings per year

Chart showing INTUITIVE SURGICALs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# 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

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
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