Inventor · disambiguated record
Katherine Whitin
Also filed as: WHITIN KATHERINE
11 granted patents·2 pending applications·1,902 citations·filing 2000–2020
93Inventor score
Technology areasA61B
Files withINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS6ABBOTT LAB3JULIAN CHRISTOPHER A1OHLINE ROBERT M1WOODLEY BRUCE ROBERT1
Top patents by PatentIndex Score
13 records- 0196US8888688B2Connector device for a controllable instrumentJULIAN CHRISTOPHER A·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 18, 2014·1.1k cites·20 claims
- 0295US9980778B2Instrument having radio frequency identification systems and methods for useINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2014·Granted May 29, 2018·341 cites·12 claims
- 0391US7377927B2Systems, devices and methods for suturing patient tissueABBOTT LAB·Filed 2006·Granted May 27, 2008·80 cites·15 claims
- 0488US9220398B2System for managing Bowden cables in articulating instrumentsWOODLEY BRUCE ROBERT·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 29, 2015·85 cites·25 claims
- 0583US7029481B1Systems, devices and methods for suturing patient tissueABBOTT LAB·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 18, 2006·130 cites·28 claims
- 0682US10736490B2Connector device for a controllable instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 11, 2020·3 cites·22 claims
- 0780US6558399B1Devices and method for handling a plurality of suture elements during a suturing procedureABBOTT LAB·Filed 2000·Granted May 6, 2003·116 cites·18 claims
- 0877US10105036B2Connector device for a controllable instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 23, 2018·6 cites·20 claims
- 0975US8882657B2Instrument having radio frequency identification systems and methods for useOHLINE ROBERT M·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 11, 2014·14 cites·32 claims
- 1068US12076102B2Connector device for a controllable instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 3, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 1159US10959807B2Systems and methods for determining the state of motion of an instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 30, 2021·0 cites·34 claims
- 1249US2016151908A1Tendon-actuated articulating instruments, and related systemsINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 1340US2004176683A1Method and apparatus for tracking insertion depthFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
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