Inventor · Los Altos, CA, US

Travis Michael Schuh

52Patents
18h-index
40Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 5, 2014 → Apr 12, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9713509B2 Instrument device manipulator with back-mounted tool attachment mechanism Human Necessities 380 Active
US9737373B2 Instrument device manipulator and surgical drape Human Necessities 370 Active
US9993313B2 Instrument device manipulator with roll mechanism Human Necessities 369 Active
US9788910B2 Instrument-mounted tension sensing mechanism for robotically-driven medical instruments Physics 354 Active
US9962228B2 Length conservative surgical instrument Performing Operations; Transporting 345 Active
US9980785B2 Instrument device manipulator with surgical tool de-articulation Human Necessities 306 Active
US10080576B2 Method, apparatus, and a system for facilitating bending of an instrument in a surgical or medical robotic environment Performing Operations; Transporting 266 Active
US10470830B2 Systems and methods for instrument based insertion architectures Human Necessities 259 Active
US10639114B2 Bipolar medical instrument Human Necessities 221 Active
US10667875B2 Systems and techniques for providing multiple perspectives during medical procedures Human Necessities 163 Active
US10631949B2 Instrument device manipulator with back-mounted tool attachment mechanism Human Necessities 131 Active
US10751140B2 Robotic medical systems with high force instruments Human Necessities 119 Active
US10639109B2 Microsurgical tool for robotic applications Human Necessities 100 Active
US10820954B2 Alignment and attachment systems for medical instruments Performing Operations; Transporting 98 Active
US10779898B2 Systems and methods for instrument based insertion architectures Human Necessities 96 Active
US10786329B2 Instrument device manipulator with roll mechanism Human Necessities 87 Active
US10682189B2 Length conservative surgical instrument Performing Operations; Transporting 86 Active
US10828118B2 Medical instruments for tissue cauterization Human Necessities 64 Active
US11109928B2 Medical instruments including wrists with hybrid redirect surfaces Human Necessities 9 Active
US11723642B2 Cooperative access hybrid procedures Physics 3 Active
US12138003B2 Medical instruments including wrists with hybrid redirect surfaces Human Necessities 2 Active
US11638618B2 Systems and methods for aligning inputs on medical instruments Human Necessities 2 Active
US11026758B2 Medical robotics systems implementing axis constraints during actuation of one or more motorized joints Human Necessities 2 Active
US11399905B2 Medical systems incorporating pulley sharing Human Necessities 2 Active
US11622827B2 Clamping mechanisms for robotic surgical tools Human Necessities 1 Active

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