Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Gunter D. Niemeyer

97Patents
55h-index
82Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: May 23, 1991 → May 3, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6364888B1 Alignment of master and slave in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus Electricity 2,497 Expired
US7806891B2 Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgery Human Necessities 2,348 Active
US6786896B1 Robotic apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2,287 Expired
US6424885B1 Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus Human Necessities 1,707 Expired
US7850642B2 Methods using a robotic catheter system Performing Operations; Transporting 1,684 Active
US7972298B2 Robotic catheter system Human Necessities 1,610 Active
US6837883B2 Arm cart for telerobotic surgical system Human Necessities 1,601 Expired
US8079950B2 Autofocus and/or autoscaling in telesurgery Human Necessities 1,561 Active
US8052636B2 Robotic catheter system and methods Performing Operations; Transporting 1,361 Active
US7087049B2 Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgery Human Necessities 1,353 Expired
US6565554B1 Friction compensation in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus Human Necessities 973 Expired
US6899705B2 Friction compensation in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus Human Necessities 844 Expired
US6522906B1 Devices and methods for presenting and regulating auxiliary information on an image display of a telesurgical system to assist an operator in performing a surgical procedure Human Necessities 790 Expired
US6645196B1 Guided tool change Human Necessities 669 Expired
US6459926B1 Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgery Human Necessities 647 Expired
US6799065B1 Image shifting apparatus and method for a telerobotic system Human Necessities 616 Expired
US6659939B2 Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical system Human Necessities 586 Expired
US6493608B1 Aspects of a control system of a minimally invasive surgical apparatus Electricity 581 Expired
US8666544B2 Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical system Human Necessities 550 Active
US8489235B2 Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical system Human Necessities 491 Active
US7155315B2 Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus Human Necessities 454 Expired
US6671581B2 Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus Human Necessities 443 Expired
US8527094B2 Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 412 Active
US7974681B2 Robotic catheter system Performing Operations; Transporting 354 Active
US6714839B2 Master having redundant degrees of freedom Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 343 Expired

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