Inventor · Redwood City, CA, US

Simon P. DiMaio

118Patents
31h-index
78Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 31, 2008 → May 3, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9895813B2 Force and torque sensing in a surgical robot setup arm Physics 1,145 Active
US8398541B2 Interactive user interfaces for robotic minimally invasive surgical systems Human Necessities 475 Active
US8682489B2 Method and system for hand control of a teleoperated minimally invasive slave surgical instrument Human Necessities 290 Active
US11058501B2 Configuring surgical system with surgical procedures atlas Physics 265 Active
US10283220B2 System and method for coordinated motion among heterogeneous devices Electricity 219 Active
US9795446B2 Systems and methods for interactive user interfaces for robotic minimally invasive surgical systems Human Necessities 149 Active
US10507066B2 Providing information of tools by filtering image areas adjacent to or on displayed images of the tools Human Necessities 149 Active
US10008017B2 Rendering tool information as graphic overlays on displayed images of tools Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 127 Active
US9789608B2 Synthetic representation of a surgical robot Physics 108 Active
US8903549B2 Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 104 Active
US10282881B2 Rendering tool information as graphic overlays on displayed images of tools Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 95 Active
US8996173B2 Method and apparatus for hand gesture control in a minimally invasive surgical system Physics 91 Active
US10278783B2 Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 84 Active
US9265584B2 Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally-invasive surgical instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 84 Active
US10939973B2 Computer-assisted medical systems and methods Human Necessities 82 Active
US9814537B2 Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 80 Active
US9579164B2 Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 80 Active
US10638953B2 Steerable flexible needle with embedded shape sensing Human Necessities 79 Active
US10881473B2 Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally-invasive surgical instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 77 Active
US8423186B2 Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally-invasive surgical instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 75 Active
US8543240B2 Master finger tracking device and method of use in a minimally invasive surgical system Human Necessities 68 Active
US10984567B2 Rendering tool information as graphic overlays on displayed images of tools Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Active
US11259870B2 Interactive user interfaces for minimally invasive telesurgical systems Human Necessities 60 Active
US11161243B2 Systems and methods for controlling a robotic manipulator or associated tool Physics 57 Active
US11173597B2 Systems and methods for controlling a robotic manipulator or associated tool Physics 55 Active

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