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Steve Charles
Also filed as: CHARLES STEVE · CHARLES STEVE T
13 granted patents·2 pending applications·3,256 citations·filing 1980–2022
95Inventor score
Files withMICRODEXTERITY SYSTEMS INC5NOVARTIS AG4COOPER MEDICAL DEVICES2ALCON SURGICAL INC1CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN1
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15 records- 0196US6723106B1Surgical manipulatorMICRODEXTERITY SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 20, 2004·1k cites·46 claims
- 0295US4493698AMethod of performing opthalmic surgery utilizing a linear intra-ocular suction deviceCOOPER MEDICAL DEVICES·Filed 1983·Granted Jan 15, 1985·192 cites·4 claims
- 0394US6676669B2Surgical manipulatorMICRODEXTERITY SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 13, 2004·473 cites·55 claims
- 0488US6330837B1Parallel mechanismMICRODEXTERITY SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 18, 2001·479 cites·29 claims
- 0586US6665554B1Medical manipulator for use with an imaging deviceFiled 1999·Granted Dec 16, 2003·390 cites·25 claims
- 0685US9877648B2Contact lens mounting speculum for vitreoretinal surgeryNOVARTIS AG·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 30, 2018·5 cites·12 claims
- 0785US5710870ADecoupled six degree-of-freedom robot manipulatorCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 20, 1998·414 cites·64 claims
- 0884US4395258ALinear intra-ocular suction deviceCOOPER MEDICAL DEVICES·Filed 1980·Granted Jul 26, 1983·204 cites·11 claims
- 0980US10238285B2Contact lens mounting speculum for vitreoretinal surgeryNOVARTIS AG·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 26, 2019·3 cites·16 claims
- 1078US9854969B2Mechanical support of an indirect contact lens by a surgical microscope during vitreoretinal surgeryNOVARTIS AG·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 2, 2018·3 cites·9 claims
- 1172US7625383B2Surgical manipulatorMICRODEXTERITY SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 1, 2009·58 cites·6 claims
- 1270US10285588B2Mechanical support of an indirect contact lens by a surgical microscope during vitreoretinal surgeryNOVARTIS AG·Filed 2017·Granted May 14, 2019·1 cites·12 claims
- 1364USD325086SOcular unit for eye surgeryALCON SURGICAL INC·Filed 1988·Granted Mar 31, 1992·10 cites·1 claims
- 1457US2023136044A1Imaging speculum for otologyINFINITY RES INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 1540US2003005786A1Parallel mechanismMICRODEXTERITY SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
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