Surgical system and method utilizing impulse modeling for controlling an instrument

DG Bowling, JN Beer - US Patent 11,471,232, 2022 - Google Patents
A surgical system for applying an energy applicator to a target tissue and methods operating
the same are disclosed. The energy applicator extends from a surgical instrument. The …

System and method for simulating the time-dependent behaviour of atomic and/or molecular systems subject to static or dynamic fields

AP Fejes, JS Vieceli, S Rahnama… - US Patent App. 11 …, 2008 - Google Patents
A method and system are disclosed for simulating the behav ior of atomic and molecular
scale systems. The method makes use of two (or more) embedded or mixed molecular …

System and method for modeling interactions

AP Fejes, G Swaminathan, JS Vieceli - US Patent 7,769,573, 2010 - Google Patents
Computerized systems and methods are used to create a model of interaction energies
between a group of bodies, such as molecules or atoms in solution. A computer simulation …

Method for providing thermal excitation to molecular dynamics models

E Catto - US Patent App. 10/371,187, 2003 - Google Patents
Methods for modeling solvent-solute thermal interactions in molecular dynamics simulations
are described. The methods, which employ impulses to achieve transfer of thermal energy …

Method and system for calculating the electrostatic force due to a system of charged bodies in molecular modeling

D Rosenthal - US Patent App. 10/371,978, 2003 - Google Patents
In the molecular modeling of a molecular System repre Sented by constituent charged rigid
bodies, the electroStatic interactions are computed between the rigid bodies, rather than the …

Information processing apparatus and control method thereof

K Hatanaka, T Hisada, S Sugiura, T Washio… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
An information processing method includes: converting voxel data to node data in which a
voxel, which has a brightness value that is outside a certain brightness value range, is set as …

Clustering conformational variants of molecules and methods of use thereof

J Hefti, G Toth - US Patent App. 10/378,039, 2004 - Google Patents
Methods of determining and selecting conformational variants of molecules are described.
Also disclosed are methods of generating sets of conformational variants, or structures; …

Surgical manipulator and method of operating the same using virtual rigid body modeling preliminary

DG Bowling, JM Stuart, JN Beer - US Patent 12,004,836, 2024 - Google Patents
A surgical manipulator and method of operating the same. The surgical manipulator
includes an arm with a plurality of links and joints, wherein an angle between adjacent links …

Robotic system and method for removing a volume of material from a patient

DG Bowling, JM Stuart, JA Culp… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
Surgical systems and methods for generating a tool path. A manipulator is configured to
support and move a surgical instrument. Controller (s) obtain data that defines a volume of …

Method for binding site identification by molecular dynamics simulation (silcs: site identification by ligand competitive saturation)

AD MacKerell, O Guvench - US Patent App. 13/265,568, 2012 - Google Patents
The invention describes an explicit solvent all-atom molecular dynamics methodology
(SILCS: Site Identification by Ligand Competitive Saturation) that uses small aliphatic and …