Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Todd Murphy

14Patents
10h-index
11Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 15, 2007 → Apr 19, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9095362B2 Method for passively decoupling torque applied by a remote actuator into an independently rotating member Human Necessities 1,889 Active
US8640788B2 Motor interface for parallel drive shafts within an independently rotating member Electricity 1,555 Active
US9216062B2 Seals and sealing methods for a surgical instrument having an articulated end effector actuated by a drive shaft Human Necessities 1,533 Active
US8540748B2 Surgical instrument wrist Human Necessities 247 Active
US9101381B2 Double universal joint Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Active
US11098803B2 Seals and sealing methods for a surgical instrument having an articulated end effector actuated by a drive shaft Human Necessities 51 Active
US9763740B2 Motor interface for parallel drive shafts within an independently rotating member Electricity 13 Active
US10779896B2 Motor interface for parallel drive shafts within an independently rotating member Electricity 12 Active
US10292767B2 Double universal joint Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US7976515B2 IV regulator with integral flushing mechanism Human Necessities 10 Active
US11357572B2 Double universal joint Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US11660152B2 Motor interface for parallel drive shafts within an independently rotating member Electricity 1 Active
US12082894B2 Motor interface for parallel drive shafts within an independently rotating member Electricity 0 Active
US10228058B2 Seals and sealing methods for a surgical instrument having an articulated end effector actuated by a drive shaft Human Necessities 0 Active

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