Patents by Inventor Clinton D. Torgerson

Clinton D. Torgerson 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).

  • SURGICAL NEEDLE DRIVER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140084522
    Abstract: A surgical needle driver including a pair of jaws. The pair of jaws includes an upper jaw and a lower jaw, where the lower jaw has an outer surface facing an outer surface of the upper jaw. The outer surface of each jaw each has a plurality of polygonal pyramidal teeth configured to engage a surgical needle. Each of the plurality of polygonal pyramidal teeth has more than four exposed faces. A method of manufacturing the needle driver or components of the needle driver includes a powder injection molding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Greene Manufacturing Technologies, LLC, dba Britt Manufacturing
    Inventor: Clinton D. Torgerson
  • SURGICAL NEEDLE DRIVER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110224718
    Abstract: A surgical needle driver including a pair of jaws. The pair of jaws includes an upper jaw and a lower jaw, where the lower jaw has an outer surface facing an outer surface of the upper jaw. The outer surface of each jaw each has a plurality of polygonal pyramidal teeth configured to engage a surgical needle. Each of the plurality of polygonal pyramidal teeth has more than four exposed faces. A method of manufacturing the needle driver or components of the needle driver includes a powder injection molding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventor: Clinton D. Torgerson