Patents Examined by Song Dang
  • Patent number: 10130382
    Abstract: A powered surgical handpiece includes a housing comprising a motor, and a surgical tool removably coupled to the housing and configured to be driven by the motor. The surgical tool includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The handpiece includes an antenna for wirelessly transmitting RF energy, and a coupler that is electrically isolated from the antenna and the RFID tag and that is configured to guide the transmitted RF energy to the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel Gladstone
  • Patent number: 8926654
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for sealing a puncture in a wall of a lumen of a body including the steps of deploying a deployment member of a sealing device through an elastic membrane adjacent the wall of the lumen and the puncture, wherein the sealing device includes a sealing element; positioning the sealing element adjacent the wall of the lumen; retracting the deployment member relative to the sealing element to stretch the membrane away from the wall of the lumen; retracting the deployment member relative to the sealing element to allow the elastic nature of the membrane to force the sealing element against the puncture; and retracting the device from the puncture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventors: Richard S. Ginn, Thomas J. Palermo