Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Daniel H. Gomez

112Patents
31h-index
72Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 12, 1977 → Apr 19, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8746252B2 Surgical system sterile drape Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 390 Active
US5354162A Actuator system for providing force feedback to portable master support Physics 339 Expired
US9084623B2 Controller assisted reconfiguration of an articulated instrument during movement into and out of an entry guide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 221 Active
US9717563B2 Medical robotic system providing an auxilary view including range of motion limitations for articulatable instruments extending out of a distal end of an entry guide Human Necessities 185 Active
US7050955B1 System, method and data structure for simulated interaction with graphical objects Physics 126 Expired
US6042555A Force-feedback interface device for the hand Physics 114 Expired
US9516996B2 Medical robotic system providing computer generated auxiliary views of a camera instrument for controlling the position and orienting of its tip Human Necessities 113 Active
US9956044B2 Controller assisted reconfiguration of an articulated instrument during movement into and out of an entry guide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 103 Active
US4943349A Process for preparing a sheet material with improved on-machine retention Textiles; Paper 98 Expired
US8325144B1 Digital envelope modulator for haptic feedback devices Physics 94 Active
US9089256B2 Medical robotic system providing an auxiliary view including range of motion limitations for articulatable instruments extending out of a distal end of an entry guide Human Necessities 94 Active
US10918449B2 Surgical system instrument manipulator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 85 Active
US8864652B2 Medical robotic system providing computer generated auxiliary views of a camera instrument for controlling the positioning and orienting of its tip Human Necessities 85 Active
US6413229B1 Force-feedback interface device for the hand Physics 85 Expired
US8852208B2 Surgical system instrument mounting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Active
US8784435B2 Surgical system entry guide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 75 Active
US5227024A Low density material containing a vegetable filler Chemistry; Metallurgy 74 Expired
US4545854A Method for preparing a fibrous product containing cellulosic fibers and useful in particular, in the field of coverings in lieu of asbestos Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US9295524B2 Redundant axis and degree of freedom for hardware-constrained remote center robotic manipulator Human Necessities 65 Active
US4487657A Method for preparing a fibrous sheet Textiles; Paper 60 Expired
US9757149B2 Surgical system entry guide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Active
US11154373B2 Control of computer-assisted tele-operated systems Physics 57 Active
US11020191B2 Automatic manipulator assembly deployment for draping Human Necessities 56 Active
US11272993B2 Association processes and related systems for manipulators Human Necessities 53 Active
US10368952B2 Medical robotic system providing an auxiliary view including range of motion limitations for articulatable instruments extending out of a distal end of an entry guide Human Necessities 41 Active

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