Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Caitlin Q. Donhowe

60Patents
14h-index
36Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 6, 2009 → May 13, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9452276B2 Catheter with removable vision probe Human Necessities 158 Active
US8900131B2 Medical system providing dynamic registration of a model of an anatomical structure for image-guided surgery Physics 154 Active
US8668638B2 Method and system for automatically maintaining an operator selected roll orientation at a distal tip of a robotic endoscope Human Necessities 102 Active
US8827934B2 Method and system for determining information of extrema during expansion and contraction cycles of an object Human Necessities 92 Active
US10706543B2 Systems and methods of registration for image-guided surgery Physics 78 Active
US10373719B2 Systems and methods for pre-operative modeling Human Necessities 69 Active
US9387048B2 Catheter sensor systems Human Necessities 38 Active
US8578810B2 Jointed link structures exhibiting preferential bending, and related methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Active
US10896506B2 Systems and methods for using registered fluoroscopic images in image-guided surgery Physics 25 Active
US9039608B2 Method and system for automatically maintaining an operator selected roll orientation at a distal tip of a robotic endoscope Human Necessities 24 Active
US9393000B2 Jointed link structures exhibiting preferential bending, and related methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active
US11399895B2 Systems and methods of pose estimation and calibration of perspective imaging system in image guided surgery Physics 19 Active
US11202680B2 Systems and methods of registration for image-guided surgery Physics 18 Active
US10568700B2 Catheter sensor systems Human Necessities 15 Active
US11278354B2 Systems and methods for using tracking in image-guided medical procedure Human Necessities 12 Active
US10653866B2 Catheter with removable vision probe Human Necessities 12 Active
US10568539B2 Systems and methods for configuring components in a minimally invasive instrument Human Necessities 10 Active
US11344374B2 Detection of unintentional movement of a user interface device Physics 7 Active
US9517000B2 Method and system for steerable medical device path definition and following during insertion and retraction Human Necessities 6 Active
US9730611B2 Systems and methods for configuring components in a minimally invasive instrument Human Necessities 5 Active
US8568302B2 Method and system for steerable medical device path definition and following during insertion and retraction Human Necessities 5 Active
US10912523B2 Systems and methods for anatomic motion compensation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US10582909B2 Systems and methods for interventional procedure planning Human Necessities 4 Active
US10022067B2 Systems and methods for configuring components in a minimally invasive instrument Human Necessities 4 Active
US11974813B1 Efficiency of robotic surgeries via surgical procedure data analysis Human Necessities 3 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.