Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Sean P. Walker

48Patents
21h-index
24Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 30, 2007 → Mar 26, 2024

Most-cited inventions

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US10143526B2 Robot-assisted driving systems and methods Human Necessities 316 Active
US10046140B2 Devices, systems, and methods for controlling active drive systems Human Necessities 148 Active
US9014851B2 Systems and methods for tracking robotically controlled medical instruments Physics 140 Active
US9289578B2 Reducing incremental measurement sensor error Human Necessities 132 Active
US9629595B2 Systems and methods for localizing, tracking and/or controlling medical instruments Human Necessities 129 Active
US9498291B2 Touch-free catheter user interface controller Physics 120 Active
US9710921B2 System and methods for tracking robotically controlled medical instruments Physics 119 Active
US9844353B2 Reducing incremental measurement sensor error Human Necessities 104 Active
US10130427B2 Systems and methods for positioning an elongate member inside a body Physics 91 Active
US10130345B2 System and methods for tracking robotically controlled medical instruments Physics 74 Active
US10123755B2 Reducing incremental measurement sensor error Human Necessities 72 Active
US9566414B2 Integrated catheter and guide wire controller Human Necessities 54 Active
US9283046B2 User interface for active drive apparatus with finite range of motion Physics 53 Active
US10555780B2 Systems and methods for positioning an elongate member inside a body Physics 43 Active
US9827061B2 Touch-free catheter user interface controller Physics 43 Active
US10492741B2 Reducing incremental measurement sensor error Human Necessities 42 Active
US9057600B2 Reducing incremental measurement sensor error Human Necessities 41 Active
US9532840B2 Slider control of catheters and wires Human Necessities 41 Active
US10531864B2 System and methods for tracking robotically controlled medical instruments Physics 40 Active
US10123843B2 Input device for controlling a catheter Human Necessities 36 Active
US11213356B2 Systems and methods for positioning an elongate member inside a body Physics 30 Active
US10206746B2 User interface for active drive apparatus with finite range of motion Physics 16 Active
US11278703B2 Devices, systems, and methods for controlling active drive systems Human Necessities 11 Active
US10912924B2 Systems and devices for catheter driving instinctiveness Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US10675101B2 User interface for active drive apparatus with finite range of motion Physics 7 Active

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