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William C. Nowlin
Also filed as: NOWLIN JR WILLIAM C · NOWLIN WILLIAM · NOWLIN WILLIAM C
93 granted patents·13 pending applications·34,197 citations·filing 1990–2025
99Inventor score
Files withINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS61INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC17NOWLIN WILLIAM C7ZHAO WENYI4HOFFMAN BRIAN D3
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106 records- 0199US10881473B2Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally-invasive surgical instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 5, 2021·88 cites·20 claims
- 0299US10512514B2Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other usesINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 24, 2019·264 cites·31 claims
- 0399US10278783B2Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2017·Granted May 7, 2019·95 cites·23 claims
- 0499US10123844B2Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other usesINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 13, 2018·152 cites·29 claims
- 0599US9814537B2Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 14, 2017·91 cites·26 claims
- 0699US9579164B2Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 28, 2017·91 cites·13 claims
- 0799US9554859B2Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other usesINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 31, 2017·103 cites·25 claims
- 0899US8823308B2Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other usesNOWLIN WILLIAM C·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 2, 2014·504 cites·17 claims
- 0999US8816628B2Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other usesNOWLIN WILLIAM C·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 26, 2014·532 cites·21 claims
- 1099US8786241B2Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other usesNOWLIN WILLIAM C·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 22, 2014·527 cites·22 claims
- 1199US8749189B2Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other usesNOWLIN WILLIAM C·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 10, 2014·494 cites·17 claims
- 1299US8749190B2Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other usesNOWLIN WILLIAM C·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 10, 2014·557 cites·22 claims
- 1399US8624537B2Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other usesNOWLIN WILLIAM C·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 7, 2014·475 cites·22 claims
- 1499US8541970B2Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other usesNOWLIN WILLIAM C·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 24, 2013·505 cites·20 claims
- 1599US8108072B2Methods and systems for robotic instrument tool tracking with adaptive fusion of kinematics information and image informationZHAO WENYI·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 31, 2012·1.7k cites·24 claims
- 1699US8004229B2Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other usesINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 23, 2011·786 cites·26 claims
- 1799US7806891B2Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgeryINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 5, 2010·2.7k cites·8 claims
- 1899US6837883B2Arm cart for telerobotic surgical systemINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 4, 2005·1.8k cites·17 claims
- 1999US6766204B2Alignment of master and slave in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 20, 2004·270 cites·10 claims
- 2099US6594552B1Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgeryINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 15, 2003·2.2k cites·24 claims
- 2199US6424885B1Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 23, 2002·2.1k cites·45 claims
- 2299US6364888B1Alignment of master and slave in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 2, 2002·3k cites·66 claims
- 2398US11471221B2Configuration marker design and detection for instrument trackingINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 18, 2022·10 cites·20 claims
- 2498US9699445B2Apparatus for automated panning and digital zooming in robotic surgical systemsHOFFMAN BRIAN D·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 4, 2017·59 cites·20 claims
- 2598US9687310B2Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other usesINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 27, 2017·87 cites·21 claims
- 2698US9402689B2Control system for reducing internally generated frictional and inertial resistance to manual positioning of a surgical manipulatorINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 2, 2016·91 cites·6 claims
- 2798US9265584B2Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally-invasive surgical instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 23, 2016·96 cites·13 claims
- 2898US8808164B2Controlling a robotic surgical tool with a display monitorHOFFMAN BRIAN D·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 19, 2014·1.3k cites·18 claims
- 2998US8666544B2Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical systemINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 4, 2014·611 cites·9 claims
- 3098US8527094B2Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical proceduresKUMAR RAJESH·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 3, 2013·461 cites·62 claims
- 3198US8489235B2Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical systemMOLL FREDERIC H·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 16, 2013·540 cites·10 claims
- 3298US8147503B2Methods of locating and tracking robotic instruments in robotic surgical systemsZHAO WENYI·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 3, 2012·207 cites·25 claims
- 3398US8073528B2Tool tracking systems, methods and computer products for image guided surgeryZHAO WENYI·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 6, 2011·198 cites·7 claims
- 3498US7778733B2Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgeryINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 17, 2010·425 cites·8 claims
- 3598US7087049B2Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgeryINTUITIVE SURGICAL·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 8, 2006·1.4k cites·1 claims
- 3697US11058501B2Configuring surgical system with surgical procedures atlasINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 13, 2021·289 cites·13 claims
- 3797US10194998B2Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other usesINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 5, 2019·14 cites·26 claims
- 3897US8864751B2Control system for reducing internally generated frictional and inertial resistance to manual positioning of a surgical manipulatorPRISCO GIUSEPPE MARIA·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 21, 2014·353 cites·2 claims
- 3997US8792963B2Methods of determining tissue distances using both kinematic robotic tool position information and image-derived position informationZHAO WENYI·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 29, 2014·50 cites·10 claims
- 4097US8504201B2Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical systemMOLL FREDERIC H·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 6, 2013·276 cites·5 claims
- 4197US8155479B2Automated panning and digital zooming for robotic surgical systemsHOFFMAN BRIAN D·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 10, 2012·516 cites·27 claims
- 4297US7819859B2Control system for reducing internally generated frictional and inertial resistance to manual positioning of a surgical manipulatorINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 26, 2010·434 cites·4 claims
- 4397US7155315B2Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 26, 2006·535 cites·30 claims
- 4497US6879880B2Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgeryINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 12, 2005·823 cites·32 claims
- 4597US6671581B2Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatusINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 30, 2003·566 cites·39 claims
- 4696US10038888B2Apparatus for automated panning and zooming in robotic surgical systemsINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 31, 2018·10 cites·13 claims
- 4796US9636186B2Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical proceduresINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2016·Granted May 2, 2017·44 cites·12 claims
- 4896US9526587B2Fiducial marker design and detection for locating surgical instrument in imagesZHAO TAO·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 27, 2016·278 cites·24 claims
- 4996US8903549B2Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrumentINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 2, 2014·117 cites·21 claims
- 5096US7865266B2Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical systemINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 4, 2011·359 cites·23 claims
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