Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Michael Turner

23Patents
8h-index
21Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 14, 2013 → Jul 8, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US10034717B2 System and method for breakaway clutching in an articulated arm Human Necessities 275 Active
US10052167B2 Phantom degrees of freedom in joint estimation and control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 77 Active
US9272416B2 Phantom degrees of freedom for manipulating the movement of mechanical bodies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Active
US10646291B2 Detecting uncontrolled movement Human Necessities 66 Active
US11129683B2 Systems and methods for controlling a surgical instrument Human Necessities 52 Active
US9259280B2 Phantom degrees of freedom in joint estimation and control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US9949799B2 Phantom degrees of freedom for manipulating the movement of surgical systems Human Necessities 11 Active
US11660154B2 System and method for breakaway clutching in an articulated arm Human Necessities 8 Active
US9295525B2 Phantom degrees of freedom for manipulating the movement of surgical systems Human Necessities 7 Active
US11607281B2 Detecting uncontrolled movement Human Necessities 7 Active
US10449008B2 System and method for breakaway clutching in an articulated arm Human Necessities 6 Active
US9585726B2 Phantom degrees of freedom in joint estimation and control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9861447B2 Phantom degrees of freedom for manipulating the movement of mechanical bodies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9687311B2 Grip force normalization for surgical instrument Human Necessities 3 Active
US10973596B2 System and method for breakaway clutching in an articulated arm Human Necessities 3 Active
US11246669B2 System and method for rapid halt and recovery of motion deviations in medical device repositionable arms Human Necessities 2 Active
US11779415B2 System and method for rapid halt and recovery of motion deviations in repositionable arms Human Necessities 1 Active
US12390290B2 System and method for rapid halt and recovery of motion deviations in repositionable arms Human Necessities 0 Active
US12089904B2 System and method for breakaway clutching in an articulated arm Human Necessities 0 Active
US12114948B2 Detecting uncontrolled movement Human Necessities 0 Active
US9387045B2 Grip force normalization for surgical instrument Human Necessities 0 Active
US12329478B2 System and method for breakaway clutching in an articulated arm Human Necessities 0 Active
US12114947B2 Systems and methods for controlling a surgical instrument Human Necessities 0 Active

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