Ben Robert Chaplin
27Patents
5h-index
13Co-inventors
62Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 20, 2010 → Jul 25, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US10813705B2 | Symmetrically arranged surgical instrument articulation | Human Necessities | 508 | Active |
| US10499891B2 | Pulley arrangement for articulating a surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 243 | Active |
| US10792113B2 | Interfacing a surgical robot and instrument | Human Necessities | 11 | Active |
| US11129686B2 | Driving arrangement for articulating a surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 11 | Active |
| US10813706B2 | Supporting body of a surgical instrument articulation | Human Necessities | 10 | Active |
| US10624703B2 | Surgical instrument articulation | Human Necessities | 4 | Active |
| US8472819B2 | Toner bottle presence and level sensing using weight | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US10426558B2 | Port control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US11607279B2 | Instrument interface for robotic surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 2 | Active |
| US11432887B2 | Drive assembly interface | Human Necessities | 1 | Active |
| US10463437B2 | Independent tensioning and aligning mechanisms for a surgical instrument | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US10517685B2 | Surgical instrument shaft spokes | Human Necessities | 1 | Active |
| US12285227B2 | Drive assembly interface | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US10905503B2 | Port control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US11559361B2 | Port control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US11033348B2 | Guiding engagement of a robot arm and surgical instrument | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US11304765B2 | Interface structure | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US8331806B2 | Empty bottle detection using a one time foil seal | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US11071598B2 | Driving a surgical instrument articulation | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US11950862B2 | Pulley arrangement and pulley guard for articulating a surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US11628021B2 | Instrument interface for robotic surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US12329474B2 | Drive transfer | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US11484298B2 | Pulley arrangement for articulating a surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US12108995B2 | Interface structure | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US11382705B2 | Independent tensioning and aligning mechanisms for a surgical instrument | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.