Patents by Inventor Christopher DEVLIN
Christopher DEVLIN 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).
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Patent number: 11920915Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for inspection. One embodiment is a method for measuring a hole. The method includes driving a fiber optic probe into the hole, determining a profile by scanning the hole via the fiber optic probe, and determining whether an interface gap exists at the hole based on the profile.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Farahnaz Sisco, Jeffrey Martin Devlin, Nathan Christopher McRae
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Publication number: 20190232297Abstract: The invention features devices, systems, and methods for introducing a sample (e.g., a biological sample, e.g., a blood sample) into a reaction vessel to maximize the effectiveness and/or reproducibility of introducing the sample (e.g., a biological sample, e.g., a blood sample).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Eugenio DAVISO, Christopher DEVLIN, Steven Anthony SCAMPINI
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Patent number: 9642603Abstract: An instrument includes, a lumen, a handpiece affixed to the proximal end of the lumen and including an actuator, a proximal articulable segment, the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment pivotably attached to the distal end of the lumen via a proximal hinge pin extending in a direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the lumen, an actuation cable extending from the actuator through the lumen and into the proximal articulable segment, and a cable router comprising a proximal pulley assembly rotatable about the proximal hinge pin, wherein the cable is wrapped about the proximal pulley assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: MICROLINE SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: Steven B. Woolfson, Sharad H Joshi, Jean-Luc Boulnois, Albert A. LePage, Christopher Devlin
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Publication number: 20160030072Abstract: A removable tip attachable to an instrument handpiece, including a back hub at a proximal end of a tip body and having back hub screw threads configured to threadedly engage outer tube threads of an outer tube of the handpiece, an end effector at a distal end of the tip body, and a yoke at the proximal end of the tip body and having yoke screw threads configured to engage shaft screw threads of an inner shaft of the handpiece, the yoke configured to move within the backhub to actuate the end effector, wherein the yoke screw threads engage with the inner shaft screw threads before the back hub screw threads engage the outer tube threads upon attachment of the tip to the handpiece, and the distance between a proximalmost point of the yoke and a beginning of the back hub screw threads is between 0.533? and 0.608?.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Christopher A. DEVLIN, Russell LAROCHE, Peter ALISKI, Sharad H. JOSHI
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Publication number: 20150018843Abstract: An instrument includes, a lumen, a handpiece affixed to the proximal end of the lumen and including an actuator, a proximal articulable segment, the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment pivotably attached to the distal end of the lumen via a proximal hinge pin extending in a direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the lumen, an actuation cable extending from the actuator through the lumen and into the proximal articulable segment, and a cable router comprising a proximal pulley assembly rotatable about the proximal hinge pin, wherein the cable is wrapped about the proximal pulley assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: MICROLINE SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: Steven B. WOOLFSON, Sharad H. JOSHI, Jean-Luc BOULNOIS, Albert A. LAPAGE, Christopher DEVLIN
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Patent number: 8920309Abstract: An endoscopic video system for visualizing an internal body cavity is provided. The endoscopic video system may include a first instrument and a second instrument. The first instrument may include a light configured to illuminate the cavity, and a first camera configured to capture first images of the illuminated cavity. The second instrument may include a surgical tool configured to perform a surgical procedure, and a second camera configured to capture second images of the illuminated cavity. In addition, the endoscopic video system may further include a video control unit configured to receive the captured first and second images, and a video display configured to display the captured first and second images transmitted from the video control unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Microline Surgical, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Luc Boulnois, Christopher Devlin
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Patent number: 8900267Abstract: An instrument includes, a lumen, a handpiece affixed to the proximal end of the lumen and including an actuator, a proximal articulable segment, the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment pivotably attached to the distal end of the lumen, an actuation cable extending from the actuator through the lumen and into the proximal articulable segment, and a cable router having a proximal knuckle assembly having a proximal segment knuckle affixed to the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment, a lumen knuckle affixed to the distal end of the lumen, and a proximal hinge pin knuckle positioned about the proximal hinge pin, wherein the cable is bent against the proximal segment knuckle, the lumen knuckle and the proximal hinge pin knuckle when the proximal articulable segment is generally parallel with the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2010Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Microline Surgical, Inc.Inventors: Steven B. Woolfson, Sharad Joshi, Jean-Luc Boulnois, Albert A. LePage, Jr., Christopher Devlin
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Publication number: 20130184523Abstract: An instrument tip includes a wire retention chamber extending in a width direction of the tip and open at the sides of a tip, the wire retention chamber configured to removably retain a wire therein, and a wire retention slot extending from the outermost side of the tip to the wire retention chamber and in an oblique direction with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tip, the wire retention slot in open communication with the wire retention chamber, wherein the wire retention chamber has a diameter greater than a diameter of the wire retention slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: MICROLINE SURGICAL, INC.,Inventors: Jean-Luc BOULNOIS, Sharad H. JOSHI, Christopher DEVLIN, Peter ALISKI, Paul David RYLL
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Publication number: 20120035617Abstract: An instrument includes, a lumen, a handpiece affixed to the proximal end of the lumen and including an actuator, a proximal articulable segment, the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment pivotably attached to the distal end of the lumen, an actuation cable extending from the actuator through the lumen and into the proximal articulable segment, and a cable router having a proximal knuckle assembly having a proximal segment knuckle affixed to the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment, a lumen knuckle affixed to the distal end of the lumen, and a proximal hinge pin knuckle positioned about the proximal hinge pin, wherein the cable is bent against the proximal segment knuckle, the lumen knuckle and the proximal hinge pin knuckle when the proximal articulable segment is generally parallel with the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: MICROLINE SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: Sharad JOSHI, Jean-Luc BOULNOIS, Steven B. WOOLFSON, Albert A. LePAGE, JR., Christopher DEVLIN
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Publication number: 20110224485Abstract: An endoscopic video system for visualizing an internal body cavity is provided. The endoscopic video system may include a first instrument and a second instrument. The first instrument may include a light configured to illuminate the cavity, and a first camera configured to capture first images of the illuminated cavity. The second instrument may include a surgical tool configured to perform a surgical procedure, and a second camera configured to capture second images of the illuminated cavity. In addition, the endoscopic video system may further include a video control unit configured to receive the captured first and second images, and a video display configured to display the captured first and second images transmitted from the video control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: MICROLINE SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: Jean-Luc BOULNOIS, Christopher DEVLIN