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INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    484
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    37,090
About

INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC has a total of 484 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1997. It filed its patents most often in United States, Japan and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, machines and packaging and shipping are INTUITIVE SURGICAL, JINNO MAKOTO and INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing INTUITIVE SURGICAL INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Cooper Thomas G 114
#2 Larkin David Q 83
#3 Anderson S Christopher 50
#4 Rosa David J 48
#5 Guthart Gary S 47
#6 Nowlin William C 39
#7 Cooper Thomas 36
#8 Swarup Nitish 36
#9 Wallace Daniel T 36
#10 Schena Bruce 35

Latest patents

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CN102143714A Bipolar cautery instrument
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WO2010009221A2 Four-cable wrist with solid surface cable channels
WO2009158164A1 Medical robotic system providing an auxiliary view of articulatable instruments extending out of a distal end of an entry guide
US2010251514A1 Caster
US2009192523A1 Synthetic representation of a surgical instrument
US2010168721A1 Lubricating tendons in a tendon-actuated surgical instrument
US2010160724A1 Flexible surgical instrument with links undergoing solid-state transitions
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WO2009045827A2 Methods and systems for tool locating and tool tracking robotic instruments in robotic surgical systems