Patents by Inventor Charles N. Jacobs

Charles N. Jacobs 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).

  • Automated tissue sampling device
    Patent number: 5993399
    Abstract: An automated tissue sampling device is disclosed which permits its needles to be cocked either simultaneously or sequentially and can be cocked with only one hand. The cocking mechanism is arranged so as to virtually eliminate the possibility that the needles will be cocked in the wrong sequence. The physician can readily confirm, either visually or tactilely, whether the device is uncocked, half cocked, or fully cocked. The disclosed tissue sampling device also comprises two different trigger buttons, one adjacent the front end of the device and the other at the rear, and manipulating either of the two trigger buttons will actuate the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrell A. Pruitt, David C. Field, Charles N. Jacobs
  • Automated tissue sampling device
    Patent number: 5842999
    Abstract: An automated tissue sampling device is disclosed which permits its needles to be cocked either simultaneously or sequentially and can be cocked with only one hand. The cocking mechanism is arranged so as to virtually eliminate the possibility that the needles will be cocked in the wrong sequence. The physician can readily confirm, either visually or tactilely, whether the device is uncocked, half cocked, or fully cocked. The disclosed tissue sampling device also comprises two different trigger buttons, one adjacent the front end of the device and the other at the rear, and manipulating either of the two trigger buttons will actuate the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrell A. Pruitt, David C. Field, Charles N. Jacobs