Patents by Inventor David Curtis Ross

David Curtis Ross 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).

  • Power operated rotary knife with disposable blade support assembly
    Patent number: 9089980
    Abstract: A power operated rotary knife having a reusable handle assembly and disposable blade support assembly including a head portion and a blade support portion extending from the head portion, wherein upon completion of a tissue debriding operation on a donor, the used blade support assembly is removed from the handle assembly and disposed of, the handle assembly is autoclaved/sterilized and a new, sterilized blade support assembly is affixed to the handle assembly prior to a subsequent use. The knife includes an attachment assembly to releasably attach the disposable blade support assembly to the handle assembly and a retainer structure positioned in an annular groove formed in a bottom surface of the blade housing portion, the retainer structure bearing against an annular rotary knife blade and the blade housing portion to permanently retain an annular body section of the blade in the annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Bettcher Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Whited, David Curtis Ross, Dennis R. Seguin, Jr., Geoffrey D. Rapp
  • POWER OPERATED ROTARY KNIFE WITH DISPOSABLE BLADE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20140298965
    Abstract: A power operated rotary knife having a reusable handle assembly and disposable blade support assembly including a head portion and a blade support portion extending from the head portion, wherein upon completion of a tissue debriding operation on a donor, the used blade support assembly is removed from the handle assembly and disposed of, the handle assembly is autoclaved/sterilized and a new, sterilized blade support assembly is affixed to the handle assembly prior to a subsequent use. The knife includes an attachment assembly to releasably attach the disposable blade support assembly to the handle assembly and a retainer structure positioned in an annular groove formed in a bottom surface of the blade housing portion, the retainer structure bearing against an annular rotary knife blade and the blade housing portion to permanently retain an annular body section of the blade in the annular groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Whited, David Curtis Ross, Dennis R. Seguin, JR., Geoffrey D. Rapp
  • Power operated rotary knife with disposable blade support assembly
    Patent number: 8756819
    Abstract: A power operated rotary knife having a reusable handle assembly and disposable blade support assembly including a head portion and a blade support portion extending from the head portion, wherein upon completion of a tissue debriding operation on a donor, the used blade support assembly is removed from the handle assembly and disposed of, the handle assembly is autoclaved/sterilized and a new, sterilized blade support assembly is affixed to the handle assembly prior to a subsequent use. The knife includes an attachment assembly to releasably attach the disposable blade support assembly to the handle assembly and a retainer structure positioned in an annular groove formed in a bottom surface of the blade housing portion, the retainer structure bearing against an annular rotary knife blade and the blade housing portion to permanently retain an annular body section of the blade in the annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Bettcher Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Alan Whited, David Curtis Ross, Dennis R. Seguin, Jr., Geoffrey D. Rapp
  • POWER OPERATED ROTARY KNIFE WITH DISPOSABLE BLADE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20110247220
    Abstract: A power operated rotary knife having a reusable handle assembly and disposable blade support assembly including a head portion and a blade support portion extending from the head portion, wherein upon completion of a tissue debriding operation on a donor, the used blade support assembly is removed from the handle assembly and disposed of, the handle assembly is autoclaved/sterilized and a new, sterilized blade support assembly is affixed to the handle assembly prior to a subsequent use. The knife includes an attachment assembly to releasably attach the disposable blade support assembly to the handle assembly and a retainer structure positioned in an annular groove formed in a bottom surface of the blade housing portion, the retainer structure bearing against an annular rotary knife blade and the blade housing portion to permanently retain an annular body section of the blade in the annular groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Bettcher Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Whited, David Curtis Ross, Dennis R. Seguin, JR., Geoffrey D. Rapp