Patents by Inventor Aleksandra Levshina

Aleksandra Levshina has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Portable endoscope
    Patent number: 9055863
    Abstract: Provided herein are water-tight, portable endoscopes that include the light and power source incorporated into a sealed compartment (also referred to herein as sealed canister) within the endoscope handle. The description also features water-tight, endoscope handles that include the light and power source incorporated into a sealed canister within the handle. In some embodiments, the sealed compartment contains all of the electronic components of the endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Optim, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Krupa, William F. Laflash, Thomas V. Root, Aleksandra A. Levshina
  • Endoscope with internal light source and power supply
    Patent number: 8152715
    Abstract: The present invention provides an endoscope with a watertight and air-tight endoscope handle that in preferred embodiments contains in its interior a solid-state light source and a gas permeable and liquid impermeable sealed compartment holding a battery and an electronic circuit, where the sealed compartment is preferably transverse to the long axis of the endoscope handle, and, in certain embodiments, at least partially surrounded by a movable structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Optim, Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas V. Root, Robb M. Gavalis, Robert J. Krupa, Anthony J. Parillo, William F. Laflash, Aleksandra Levshina
  • ENDOSCOPE WITH INTERNAL LIGHT SOURCE AND POWER SUPPLY
    Publication number: 20090076328
    Abstract: The present invention provides an endoscope with a watertight and air-tight endoscope handle that in preferred embodiments contains in its interior a solid-state light source and a gas permeable and liquid impermeable sealed compartment holding a battery and an electronic circuit, where the sealed compartment is preferably transverse to the long axis of the endoscope handle, and, in certain embodiments, at least partially surrounded by a movable structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas V. ROOT, Robb M. GAVALIS, Robert J. KRUPA, Anthony J. PARILLO, William F. LAFLASH, Aleksandra LEVSHINA
  • ENDOSCOPE WITH DETACHABLE ELONGATION PORTION
    Publication number: 20080214896
    Abstract: Endoscopes comprising a handle and a detachable elongation portion housing a light source for illuminating the distal end of the elongation portion are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Robert J. Krupa, Thomas V. Root, William F. Laflash, Anthony J. Parillo, Aleksandra A. Levshina
  • Portable endoscope
    Publication number: 20080114207
    Abstract: Provided herein are water-tight, portable endoscopes that include the light and power source incorporated into a sealed compartment (also referred to herein as sealed canister) within the endoscope handle. The description also features water-tight, endoscope handles that include the light and power source incorporated into a sealed canister within the handle. In some embodiments, the sealed compartment contains all of the electronic components of the endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Robert J. Krupa, William F. Laflash, Thomas V. Root, Aleksandra A. Levshina
  • Control handle for an endoscopic device
    Patent number: D581052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Optim, Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas V. Root, Robb M. Gavalis, Robert J. Krupa, Anthony J. Parillo, William F. LaFlash, Aleksandra Levshina