Inventor · Menlo Park, CA, US

David Q. Larkin

190Patents
67h-index
94Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: May 4, 2004 → Feb 8, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.