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7413565 Minimally invasive surgical training using robotics and telecollaboration  
A medical system that allows a mentor to teach a pupil how to use a robotically controlled medical instrument. The system may include a first handle that can be controlled by a mentor to move the...
7408439 Method and apparatus for accessing medical data over a network  
A method and apparatus for retrieving, accessing, and storing medical data relating to a patient during a medical procedure. The invention provides a single interface to many disparate forms of...
7395249 Speech interface for an automated endoscope system  
A robotic system which controls the movement of a surgical instrument in response to voice commands from the user. The robotic system has a computer controlled arm that holds the surgical...
7272815 Methods and apparatus for control configuration with versioning, security, composite blocks, edit selection, object swapping, formulaic values and other aspects  
Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems...
7259652 General purpose distributed operating room control system  
The present invention pertains to control systems and provides a run time configurable control system for selecting and operating one of a plurality of operating room devices from a single input...
7239940 Modularity system for computer assisted surgery  
A medical system that allows a medical device to be controlled by one of two input devices. The input devices may be consoles that contain handles and a screen. The medical devices may include...
7217240 Heart stabilizer  
A heart stabilizer that may include a wrist which couples an end effector to a first linkage. The end effector and wrist may be inserted through an incision in the chest of a patient to assist in...
7215088 System and architecture for controlling lighting through a low-voltage bus  
A system and architecture for managing lighting through a seamless low-voltage bus network is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of control units that serve as nodes for integrating...
7162730 Information communication systems  
A system for distributing electronic information signals throughout a structure, particularly a residential dwelling, is disclosed. The system adapts a plurality of electronic information signals...
7118582 Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures  
A medical system which has a robotic arm that can move a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument is coupled to a tool driver of the arm that allows for a quick connect and disconnect of the...
7097640 Multi-functional surgical control system and switching interface  
An interface which allows a surgeon to operate multiple surgical devices from a single input device. The input device may be a foot pedal that provides output signals to actuate a number of...
7096465 Process control configuration system with parameterized objects  
A process control system is configured via manipulation of objects that model system components, e.g., sensors, blocks, control processors, historians, workstations, etc. Individual objects include...
7089530 Process control configuration system with connection validation and configuration  
Connection objects or other such data structures facilitate establishing and configuring connections between objects that model components in a process control system. A first set of data...
7083571 Medical robotic arm that is attached to an operating table  
A system for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures includes a pair of surgical instruments coupled to a pair of robotic arms with end effectors that can be manipulated to hold and suture...
7074179 Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures  
A robotic system that moves a surgical instrument in response to the actuation of a foot pedal that can be operated by the foot of a surgeon. The robotic system has an end effector that is adapted...
7053752 General purpose distributed operating room control system  
The present invention pertains to control systems and provides a run time configurable control system for selecting and operating one of a plurality of operating room devices from a single input...
7020532 Methods and apparatus for control using control devices that provide a virtual machine environment and that communicate via an IP network  
The invention provides improved methods and apparatus for control using field and control devices that provide a virtual machine environment and that communicate via an IP network. By way of...
6965812 Speech interface for an automated endoscopic system  
A robotic system which controls the movement of a surgical instrument in response to voice commands from the user. The robotic system has a computer controlled arm that holds the surgical...
6951535 Tele-medicine system that transmits an entire state of a subsystem  
A tele-medicine system that includes an input device which can control a medical system. The input device may be the handle of a surgeon console. The medical system may include a robotically...
6940230 Modular lamp controller  
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided concerning modular lamp controllers. In one embodiment, a modular lamp controller dims a high intensity discharge lamp based upon occupancy. The lamp...
6905491 Apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures with a robotic arm that has a passive joint and system which can decouple the robotic arm from the input device  
A system for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures. The system includes a pair of surgical instruments that are coupled to a pair of robotic arms. The instruments have end effectors that...
6892112 Modularity system for computer assisted surgery  
A medical system that allows a medical device to be controlled by one of two input devices. The input devices may be consoles that contain handles and a screen. The medical devices may include...
6871117 Modularity system for computer assisted surgery  
A medical system that allows a medical device to be controlled by one of two input devices. The input devices may be consoles that contain handles and a screen. The medical devices may include...
6852107 Minimally invasive surgical training using robotics and tele-collaboration  
A medical system that allows a mentor to teach a pupil how to use a robotically controlled medical instrument. The system may include a first handle that can be controlled by a mentor to move the...
6839612 Microwrist system for surgical procedures  
A medical robotic system with a handle assembly that is used to control a medical instrument. The handle assembly and medical instrument have five degrees of freedom. Five degrees of freedom may...
6836703 Modularity system for computer assisted surgery  
A medical system that allows a medical device to be controlled by one of two input devices. The input devices may be consoles that contain handles and a screen. The medical devices may include...
6804581 Automated endoscope system for optimal positioning  
A robotic system that moves a surgical instrument in response to the actuation of a control panel that can be operated by the surgeon. The robotic system has an end effector that is adapted to hold...
6799195 Method and apparatus for remote process control using applets  
A system for process control comprises a server digital data processor and a client digital data processor that are coupled by a network, such as the Internet or an Intranet. The server digital...
6799088 Modularity system for computer assisted surgery  
A medical system that allows a medical device to be controlled by one of two input devices. The input devices may be consoles that contain handles and a screen. The medical devices may include...
6793653 Multifunctional handle for a medical robotic system  
A handle used to control movement of a medical instrument. The medical instrument may be coupled to a robotic arm that is connected to a controller. The medical instrument may have a plurality of...
6788980 Methods and apparatus for control using control devices that provide a virtual machine environment and that communicate via an IP network  
The invention provides improved methods and apparatus for control using field and control devices that provide a virtual machine environment and that communicate via an IP network. By way of...
6785593 Modularity system for computer assisted surgery  
A medical system that allows a medical device to be controlled by one of two input devices. The input devices may be consoles that contain handles and a screen. The medical devices may include...
6779128 Fault-tolerant data transfer  
A control system has a first module that includes a memory and diagnostic logic. The diagnostic logic periodically tests at least selected locations in the memory and, in connection with such...
6754885 Methods and apparatus for controlling object appearance in a process control configuration system  
The invention provides improved apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems. Such apparatus employs “appearance” objects (or other data and/or...
6728599 Modularity system for computer assisted surgery  
A medical system that allows a medical device to be controlled by one of two input devices. The input devices may be consoles that contain handles and a screen. The medical devices may include...
6726699 Instrument guide  
An instrument guide that can compensate for surgical instruments that have different outer diameters. The instrument guide includes a shaft that has an inner channel adapted to receive a surgical...
6714841 Head cursor control interface for an automated endoscope system for optimal positioning  
A medical system that is coupled to an endoscope which provides a video image to a monitor. The system includes an electrical circuit to overlay a graphic image onto the video image provided by the...
6699177 Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures  
A system for performing minimally invasive medical procedures. This system includes one or more robotic arms that can be attached to the operating table. The robotic arms can be controlled by input...
6691183 Second transfer logic causing a first transfer logic to check a data ready bit prior to each of multibit transfer of a continous transfer operation  
A digital device interface for transferring information between a processor and a control device includes a first serial peripheral interface (SPI), e.g., with “data in,” “data out” and...
6646541 General purpose distributed operating room control system  
A control system for controlling a plurality of medical devices. The control system includes a controller that receives select and control commands from an input device. The controller compares the...
6642836 General purpose distributed operating room control system  
A control system for selecting and operating one of a plurality of operating room devices from a single input source, the system includes a master controller that has a voice control interface and...
6618630 User interface that integrates a process control configuration system and a field device management system  
A user interface is adapted to be used in a process control network having a controller communicatively coupled to a plurality of field devices, a process control configuration database and a...
6510352 Methods and apparatus for object-based process control  
The provides improved control devices, systems and methods for operation thereof. These rely on control devices that provide virtual machine environments in which Java objects, or other such...
6501995 Process control system and method with improved distribution, installation and validation of components  
A control system has blocks or other components that facilitate validation of their own replacements, e.g., downloaded via e-commerce transactions. The system includes first and second process...
6490493 Industrial process device management software  
An apparatus, method, and medium readable by a computer processor for specifying and managing process devices such as measurement instruments and valves are provided. Sequences of instructions are...
6473660 Process control system and method with automatic fault avoidance  
A control system incorporates components that automatically switch information sources in response to actual or potential degradation of information generated by them. Thus, a control system has...
6463361 Speech interface for an automated endoscopic system  
A robotic system which controls the movement of a surgical instrument in response to voice commands from the user. The robotic system has a computer controlled arm that holds the surgical...
6463343 System and method for controlling remote devices from a client computer using digital images  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for controlling a remote device from a client computer using a digital image of a remote location associated with the remote device. Using graphical...
6436107 Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures  
A surgical system that may include a remotely controlled surgical instrument. The surgical instrument may be coupled to a tool driver that can spin and actuate the instrument. The instrument may...
6282457 Device for controlling treating station  
A control section 20 incorporated in a coating/developing unit 2 is connected to a host computer 4, while a control section 30 incorporated in an exposure unit 3 is connected to the control section...
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