David Q. Larkin
190Patents
67h-index
94Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: May 4, 2004 → Feb 8, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8241271B2 | Robotic surgical instruments with a fluid flow control system for irrigation, aspiration, and blowing | Human Necessities | 2,021 | Active |
| US7930065B2 | Robotic surgery system including position sensors using fiber bragg gratings | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,651 | Active |
| US8423182B2 | Adaptable integrated energy control system for electrosurgical tools in robotic surgical systems | Human Necessities | 1,641 | Active |
| US8419717B2 | Control system configured to compensate for non-ideal actuator-to-joint linkage characteristics in a medical robotic system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,123 | Active |
| US8945095B2 | Force and torque sensing for surgical instruments | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,119 | Active |
| US8620473B2 | Medical robotic system with coupled control modes | Human Necessities | 1,091 | Active |
| US8374723B2 | Obtaining force information in a minimally invasive surgical procedure | Physics | 971 | Active |
| US9718190B2 | Tool position and identification indicator displayed in a boundary area of a computer display screen | Physics | 866 | Active |
| US8004229B2 | Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses | Physics | 634 | Active |
| US8749190B2 | Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses | Physics | 501 | Active |
| US8816628B2 | Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses | Physics | 483 | Active |
| US8786241B2 | Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses | Physics | 476 | Active |
| US8398541B2 | Interactive user interfaces for robotic minimally invasive surgical systems | Human Necessities | 475 | Active |
| US8541970B2 | Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses | Physics | 456 | Active |
| US8823308B2 | Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses | Physics | 454 | Active |
| US8749189B2 | Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses | Physics | 445 | Active |
| US8624537B2 | Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses | Physics | 430 | Active |
| US8527094B2 | Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 412 | Active |
| US7819859B2 | Control system for reducing internally generated frictional and inertial resistance to manual positioning of a surgical manipulator | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 383 | Active |
| US9333042B2 | Medical robotic system with coupled control modes | Human Necessities | 381 | Active |
| US7379790B2 | Tool memory-based software upgrades for robotic surgery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 370 | Active |
| US9827059B2 | Adaptable integrated energy control system for electrosurgical tools in robotic surgical systems | Human Necessities | 356 | Active |
| US8594841B2 | Visual force feedback in a minimally invasive surgical procedure | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 335 | Active |
| US9345546B2 | Tool memory-based software upgrades for robotic surgery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 318 | Active |
| US8634957B2 | Tool memory-based software upgrades for robotic surgery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 316 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.