FREDERIC H MOLL, M.D.
Osteopathic Medicine at Shoreline Dr, Redwood City, CA

6468265, Oct 22, 2002

Nov 9, 1999

09/436982

Philip C. Evans - Portola Valley CA
Frederic H. Moll - Woodside CA
Gary S. Guthart - Foster City CA
William C. Nowlin - Los Altos CA
Rand P. Pendleton - Palo Alto CA
Christopher P. Wilson - La Honda CA
Andris D. Ramans - Mountain View CA
David J. Rosa - San Jose CA
Volkmar Falk - Woodside CA
Robert G. Younge - Portola Valley CA

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. - Mountain View CA

A61B 1700

606 1, 600103, 600229

A surgical system or assembly for performing cardiac surgery includes a surgical instrument; a servo-mechanical system engaged to the surgical instrument for operating the surgical instrument; and an attachment assembly for removing at least one degree of movement from a moving surgical cardiac worksite to produce a resultant surgical cardiac worksite. The surgical system or assembly also includes a motion tracking system for gathering movement information on a resultant surgical cardiac worksite. A control computer is engaged to the attachment assembly and to the motion tracking system and to the servo-mechanical system for controlling movement of the attachment assembly and for feeding gathered information to the servo-mechanical system for moving the surgical instrument in unison with the resultant surgical cardiac worksite such that a relative position of the moving surgical instrument with respect to the resultant surgical cardiac worksite is generally constant. A video monitor is coupled to the control computer; and an input system is coupled to the servo-mechanical system and to the control computer for providing a movement of the surgical instrument. The video monitor displays movement of the surgical instrument while the resultant surgical cardiac worksite appears substantially stationary, and while a relative position of the surgical instrument moving in unison with the resultant surgical cardiac worksite, as a result from the movement information gathered by the motion tracking system, remains generally constant.

6309397, Oct 30, 2001

Dec 2, 1999

9/453978

Christopher A. Julian - Los Gatos CA
Daniel T. Wallace - Redwood City CA
Frederic H. Moll - Woodside CA
Dean F. Hoornaert - Mountain View CA
David J. Rosa - San Jose CA
John G. Freund - Redwood City CA
John W. Hill - Palo Alto CA

SRI International - Menlo Park CA
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. - Mountain View CA

A61B 1900

606130

Surgical accessories are presented in vivo and used by surgical tools in the surgical site to perform additional tasks without the need to remove the tools from the surgical site for tool change or instrument loading. Examples of in vivo accessories include fastening accessories such as surgical clips for use with a clip applier, single working member accessories such as a blade which can be grasped and manipulated by a grasping tool for cutting, sheath accessories that fit over working members of a tool, flow tubes for providing suction or introducing a fluid into the surgical site, and a retraction member resiliently biased to retract a tissue to expose an area in the surgical site for treatment. The accessories can be introduced into the surgical site by a dedicated accessory introducer, or can be supported on the body of a surgical tool inserted into the surgical site and be manipulated using another surgical tool in the surgical site. The accessory introducer can be resiliently biased to bias the accessories toward a predetermined position in the surgical site.

7125403, Oct 24, 2006

Apr 3, 2002

10/116504

Christopher A. Julian - Los Gatos CA, US
Daniel T. Wallace - Redwood City CA, US
Frederic H. Moll - Woodside CA, US
Dean F. Hoornaert - Mountain View CA, US
David J. Rosa - San Jose CA, US
John G. Freund - Redwood City CA, US
John W. Hill - Palo Alto CA, US

Intuitive Surgical - Sunnyvale CA

A61B 17/00, A61B 19/00

606 1, 606130, 606 41

Surgical accessories are presented in vivo and used by surgical tools in the surgical site to perform additional tasks without the need to remove the tools from the surgical site for tool change or instrument loading. Examples of in vivo accessories include fastening accessories such as surgical clips for use with a clip applier, single working member accessories such as a blade which can be grasped and manipulated by a grasping tool for cutting, sheath accessories that fit over working members of a tool, flow tubes for providing suction or introducing a fluid into the surgical site, and a retraction member resiliently biased to retract a tissue to expose an area in the surgical site for treatment. The accessories can be introduced into the surgical site by a dedicated accessory introducer, or can be supported on the body of a surgical tool inserted into the surgical site and be manipulated using another surgical tool in the surgical site. The accessory introducer can be resiliently biased to bias the accessories toward a predetermined position in the surgical site.

2002004, Apr 11, 2002

Nov 6, 2001

10/005734

Christopher Julian - Los Gatos CA, US
Daniel Wallace - Redwood City CA, US
Frederic Moll - Woodside CA, US
Dean Hoornaert - Mountain View CA, US
David Rosa - San Jose CA, US
John Freund - Redwood City CA, US
John Hill - Palo Alto CA, US

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. - Mountain View CA

A61B019/00

606/130000

Surgical accessories are presented in vivo and used by surgical tools in the surgical site to perform additional tasks without the need to remove the tools from the surgical site for tool change or instrument loading. Examples of in vivo accessories include fastening accessories such as surgical clips for use with a clip applier, single working member accessories such as a blade which can be grasped and manipulated by a grasping tool for cutting, sheath accessories that fit over working members of a tool, flow tubes for providing suction or introducing a fluid into the surgical site, and a retraction member resiliently biased to retract a tissue to expose an area in the surgical site for treatment. The accessories can be introduced into the surgical site by a dedicated accessory introducer, or can be supported on the body of a surgical tool inserted into the surgical site and be manipulated using another surgical tool in the surgical site. The accessory introducer can be resiliently biased to bias the accessories toward a predetermined position in the surgical site.

2005010, May 19, 2005

Dec 28, 2004

11/025766

Philip Evans - Portola Valley CA, US
Frederic Moll - Woodside CA, US
Gary Guthart - Foster City CA, US
William Nowlin - Los Altos CA, US
Rand Pendleton - Palo Alto CA, US
Christopher Wilson - La Honda CA, US
Andris Ramans - Mountain View CA, US
David Rosa - San Jose CA, US
Volkmar Falk - Woodside CA, US
Robert Younge - Portola Valley CA, US

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

A61B017/10

606139000

Systems and methods are provided for performing a surgical procedure on a beating heart of a patient. Methods are provided which include positioning an end effector in close proximity to a surgical site on the heart, the end effector being mounted on a robotically controlled arm. The motion of the surgical site is monitored and end effector tracking command signals computed in response to the monitored motion of the surgical site. The tracking command signals are forwarded to actuators operatively associated with the robotically controlled arm to cause the arm to move the end effector generally to track motion of the surgical site. The method further includes inputting an end effector movement command signal, and forwarding the end effector movement command signal to the actuators to cause the end effector to move relative to the surgical site so as to perform at least part of the surgical procedure.

8021326, Sep 20, 2011

Jul 6, 2005

11/176954

Frederic H. Moll - Woodside CA, US
Daniel T. Wallace - Burlingame CA, US
Robert G. Younge - Portola Valley CA, US
Kenneth M. Martin - Los Gatos CA, US
Gregory J. Stahler - San Jose CA, US
David F. Moore - San Carlos CA, US
Daniel T. Adams - Palo Alto CA, US
Michael R. Zinn - Pleasanton CA, US
Gunter D. Niemeyer - Mountain View CA, US

Hansen Medical, Inc. - Mountain View CA

A61M 31/00

604 9504, 600114, 600146

A robotic medical system comprises an operator control station having a master input device, a catheter instrument, and an instrument driver in communication with the operator control station. The catheter instrument includes an elongate flexible catheter member, a flexible control element extending within the catheter member, and a proximal drivable assembly configured to axially move the control element relative to the catheter member to perform a kinematic function at a distal end of the catheter member. The instrument driver is configured to operate the drivable assembly to axially move the control element in response to control signals generated, at least in part, by the master input device. The drivable assembly is mounted to the instrument driver, thereby providing mechanically close relationship between the drivable assembly and the instrument driver.

7976539, Jul 12, 2011

Jul 19, 2005

11/185432

Edwin J. Hlavka - Palo Alto CA, US
Frederic H. Moll - Woodside CA, US
Robert G. Younge - Portola Valley CA, US
Daniel T. Wallace - Burlingame CA, US

Hansen Medical, Inc. - Mountain View CA

A61B 18/04

606 27, 606 28, 606 41, 128898

A method for modifying a geometry of a collagenous tissue mass includes heating the collagenous tissue mass to a temperature sufficient to cause denaturation, and introducing a biocompatible fixative, such as genepin, into the collagenous tissue mass.

8005537, Aug 23, 2011

Aug 12, 2005

11/202925

Edwin J. Hlavka - Minneapolis MN, US
Daniel T. Wallace - Burlingame CA, US
Frederic H. Moll - Woodside CA, US

Hansen Medical, Inc. - Mountain View CA

A61N 1/30

604 21, 604 9702, 600114

A robotic catheter system includes a controller including a master input device and instrument driver in communication with the controller. An elongate flexible guide instrument is operatively coupled to the instrument driver. A fluid injection needle may be advanced from, or retracted into, a distal portion of the guide instrument.

7789874, Sep 7, 2010

Jul 1, 2005

11/173812

Alan Lau Yu - Union City CA, US
Daniel T. Adams - Palo Alto CA, US
Frederic H. Moll - Woodside CA, US

Hansen Medical, Inc. - Mountain View CA

A61B 17/00

606 1

A support assembly for supporting a remotely controlled instrument driver in a selectable orientation relative to an operating table, the assembly comprising including a base removably attachable to the operating table, an actuator assembly coupled to the base, the actuator assembly including an actuator and a brake that is electronically activated to allow rotation of a first extension member about a first axis substantially orthogonal to the operating table. A second extension member is coupled to the first extension member via an interface assembly operatively controlled by the actuator to selectively allow rotation of the second extension member about a second axis substantially parallel to the first axis, and about a third axis substantially orthogonal to the first axis.