Patents by Inventor Diego Fontayne
Diego Fontayne 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: 9586538Abstract: A license plate holder including a flexible body having a T-shape contour and a single layer of material or multilayer material including a material from the group of rubber, polychloroprene, nitrile, nitrile butadiene rubber, cyanocarbons, styrene butadiene rubber, ethylene propylene rubber and a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Inventor: Diego Fontayne
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Publication number: 20160297379Abstract: A license plate holder including a flexible body having a T-shape contour and a single layer of material or multilayer material including a material from the group of rubber, polychloroprene, nitrile, nitrile butadiene rubber, cyanocarbons, styrene butadiene rubber, ethylene propylene rubber and a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventor: Diego Fontayne
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Patent number: 8480406Abstract: An interface device and method for interfacing instruments to a medical procedure simulation system serve to interface peripherals in the form of mock medical instruments to the medical procedure simulation system computer to enable simulation of medical procedures. The interface device includes a housing having a mock bodily region of interest to facilitate insertion of a mock instrument, such as an endoscope tube, into the interface device. The mock bodily region of interest may be pivotable to simulate various patient orientations. The instrument is engaged by a capture mechanism in order to measure rotational and translational motion of the instrument. An actuator is disposed within the interface device to provide force feedback to the instrument. The measured motion is provided to the computer system to reflect instrument motion on the display during the simulation. Alternatively, the interface device may be configured to accommodate instrument assemblies having a plurality of nested instruments (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2005Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Immersion Medical, Inc.Inventors: David Alexander, J. Michael Brown, Eric Cabahug, Philip J. Churchill, Robert F. Cohen, Richard L. Cunningham, Ben Feldman, Diego Fontayne, Gregory L. Merril, Mario Turchi
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Publication number: 20060046235Abstract: An interface device and method for interfacing instruments to a medical procedure simulation system serve to interface peripherals in the form of mock medical instruments to the medical procedure simulation system computer to enable simulation of medical procedures. The interface device includes a housing having a mock bodily region of interest to facilitate insertion of a mock instrument, such as an endoscope tube, into the interface device. The mock bodily region of interest may be pivotable to simulate various patient orientations. The instrument is engaged by a capture mechanism in order to measure rotational and translational motion of the instrument. An actuator is disposed within the interface device to provide force feedback to the instrument. The measured motion is provided to the computer system to reflect instrument motion on the display during the simulation. Alternatively, the interface device may be configured to accommodate instrument assemblies having a plurality of nested instruments (e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2005Publication date: March 2, 2006Inventors: David Alexander, J. Brown, Eric Cabahug, Philip Churchill, Robert Cohen, Richard Cunningham, Ben Feldman, Diego Fontayne, Gregory Merril, Marlo Turchi
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Publication number: 20060000869Abstract: A system is provided for joining two tubular structures by a surgical stapling procedure. The system includes a series of sizers, a specifically designed graft, a loading unit, a wand, a surgical loop and a stapling instrument. The sizers are for determining the diameter of a target aorta and the availability of a sufficient transected aortic length to perform a stapling procedure. The loading unit holds the graft in position in the body and deploys a circumferential line of staples through the graft and an overlapping end of the aorta. The graft may include a side port by which the loading unit holds the graft during the stapling procedure, and which may be closed once the stapling procedure has been completed. The wand may be used to introduce the loading unit and graft into the body, to position them within the transected aorta, and to hold them in place during the application of the surgical loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Applicant: Datascope Investment Corp.Inventor: Diego Fontayne
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Publication number: 20050283191Abstract: A system is provided for joining two tubular structures by a surgical stapling procedure. The system includes a series of sizers, a specifically designed graft, a loading unit, a wand, a tourniquet, and a stapling instrument. The sizers are for determining the diameter of a target aorta and the availability of a sufficient transected aortic length to perform a stapling procedure. The loading unit holds the graft in position in the body and deploys a circumferential line of staples through the graft and an overlapping end of the aorta. The graft includes a side port by which the loading unit holds the graft during the stapling procedure, and which may be closed once the stapling procedure has been completed. The wand may be used to introduce the loading unit and graft into the body, to position them within the transected aorta, and to hold them in place during the application of the tourniquet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2005Publication date: December 22, 2005Inventors: Diego Fontayne, John Edoga, Thierry Richard
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Patent number: 6929481Abstract: An interface device and method for interfacing instruments to a medical procedure simulation system serve to interface peripherals in the form of mock medical instruments to the medical procedure simulation system computer to enable simulation of medical procedures. The interface device includes a housing having a mock bodily region of interest to facilitate insertion of a mock instrument, such as an endoscope tube, into the interface device. The mock bodily region of interest may be pivotable to simulate various patient orientations. The instrument is engaged by a capture mechanism in order to measure rotational and translational motion of the instrument. An actuator is disposed within the interface device to provide force feedback to the instrument. The measured motion is provided to the computer system to reflect instrument motion on the display during the simulation. Alternatively, the interface device may be configured to accommodate instrument assemblies having a plurality of nested instruments (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1999Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Immersion Medical, Inc.Inventors: David Alexander, J. Michael Brown, Eric Cabahug, Philip J. Churchill, Robert F. Cohen, Richard L. Cunningham, Ben Feldman, Diego Fontayne, Gregory L. Merril, Mario Turchi
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Patent number: 6629960Abstract: A medical instrument includes a needle nozzle that accepts a needle cam. A needle hub assembly includes a needle hub and a needle cannula, and when registration ribs of the needle hub are fitted between respective registration ribs of the needle cam, the needle is thereby fitted onto the medical instrument.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2001Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: Integrated Implant Systems, LL.C.Inventor: Diego Fontayne
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Publication number: 20020007151Abstract: A medical instrument includes a needle nozzle that accepts a needle cam. A needle hub assembly includes a needle hub and a needle cannula, and when registration ribs of the needle hub are fitted between respective registration ribs of the needle cam, the needle is thereby fitted onto the medical instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2001Publication date: January 17, 2002Applicant: INTEGRATED IMPLANT SYSTEMS, L.L.C.Inventor: Diego Fontayne
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Publication number: 20010046454Abstract: A well chamber holder includes a first tube and a second tube. The first tube is capable of being rotated by way of a first knob, and the second tube is capable of being rotated by away of a second knob. The first and second tubes are be positioned such that only one particular seed of a seed cartridge placed within the well chamber holder is tested at any one time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2001Publication date: November 29, 2001Applicant: INTEGRATED IMPLANT SYSTEMS, L.L.C.Inventors: Diego Fontayne, Daniel Ueda
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Patent number: 6119694Abstract: A nasal mask assembly having a nare seal for enclosing the nares of a patient and a pair of lateral support members for engaging the cheekbones of a patient and supporting the nasal mask assembly. An associated headgear assembly constructed of semi-rigid members are selectively interconnected for defining a headgear. The nasal mask assembly is interconnected with depending arms of the headgear assembly by contact connectors enabling the nasal mask to be adjusted linearly and angularly with respect to the headgear assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1997Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: Respironics Georgia, Inc.Inventors: Jose Luis Correa, Diego Fontayne, Karl Dallas Kirk, III, James T. Collins, III
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Patent number: 5791514Abstract: A dispenser having a housing for dispensing candies therefrom and having a rotatable raceway therein with a plurality of turntables disposed within the housing and on the raceway, with each of the turntables including a compartment sized to accommodate a candy to be dispensed, and a drive motor for driving the raceway and coupled to the turntables for rotating the turntables and for revolving the turntables within the housing to transport the candies to a dispensing station.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1996Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: Cap Toys, Inc.Inventors: Karl D. Kirk, III, Paul Mulhauser, Diego Fontayne
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Patent number: 5735012Abstract: A toothbrush is provided having a brushhead, neck and handle. The handle includes a flex zone flanked on one side by the neck on the other by a tail zone of the handle. The neck and tail zone are rigid in contrast to the bendable flex zone. Spring Rate for the neck and tail zone is each greater than that for the flex zone. A relatively hard, unitarily formed backbone traverses neck and handle. An elastomer forms portions of both the flex and tail zones. Elastomer is anchored through at least one channel traversing a beam of the backbone. Ends of the channel are radiused to eliminate structural weakness.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1997Date of Patent: April 7, 1998Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Bert Davis Heinzelman, Donald Richard Lamond, Diego Fontayne
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Patent number: 5603429Abstract: A transportable, hand-held motorized dispenser having an amusement characteristic includes a disc-shaped housing of a top shell and a bottom shell and a motor driven turntable mounted for unidirectional rotation therein. The housing defines a recess for receiving compartments defined by the turntable for transporting objects supplied to the turntable through an entry slot and for dispensing the objects through a dispensing slot in the wall of the housing, one at a time.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1995Date of Patent: February 18, 1997Assignee: Cap Toys, Inc.Inventors: Paul Mulhauser, Karl D. Kirk, III, Diego Fontayne
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Patent number: 5485952Abstract: Surgical apparatus is provided for placing lateral lines of surgical fasteners into body tissue. The apparatus includes an endoscopic body having an elongated proximal portion and an articulating distal portion which moves relative to the proximal portion. A cartridge assembly and an anvil member are detachably mounted adjacent the articulating distal portion which move relative to one another between an open position and a closed position. A camming mechanism is associated with the articulating portion of the apparatus for moving the anvil member relative to the cartridge assembly, and a linkage system is provided for effectuating the articulation of the distal portion of the endoscopic body to increase the range of operability of the apparatus. In addition, a driving mechanism is provided for ejecting the surgical fasteners from the cartridge assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1992Date of Patent: January 23, 1996Assignee: United States Surgical CorporationInventor: Diego Fontayne
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Patent number: 5454824Abstract: A novel surgical instrument suitable for insertion and assembly of surgical fasteners, such as multi-ring compression devices, for circular anastomosis of tubular or hollow organ tissue sections, including a body having means to support and align the rings, means for clamping the rings around the free ends of the tissue sections, means for coring away excess clamped tissue and the centers of the rings, separate means for releasing the clamped rings from the instrument and dwell means to delay releasing the rings until after the coring operation is complete. The dwell means consists of an external cup containing separate and coaxial elements for the coring means and the releasing means which are provided with a series of recesses and a plurality of shifter keys to separate the operation of coring from the separate operation of releasing the assembled multi-ring compression device from the instrument.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 1993Date of Patent: October 3, 1995Assignee: United States Surgical CorporationInventors: Diego Fontayne, John C. Robertson, Timothy O. Van Leeuwen, Thomas A. Pelletier, Stephen W. Gerry
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Patent number: 5376098Abstract: A novel surgical instrument suitable for insertion and assembly of multi-ring compression devices for circular anastomosis of tubular tissue sections including a body having means to support and align the rings, means for clamping the rings around the free ends of the tissue sections, means for coring away excess clamped tissue and the centers of the rings, separate means for releasing the clamped rings from the instrument and dwell means to delay releasing the rings until after the coring operation is complete. The dwell means consists of an external cap containing separate and coaxial elements for the coring means and the releasing means which are provided with a series of recesses and a plurality of shifter keys to separate the operation of coring from the separate operation of releasing the assembled multi-ring compression device from the instrument.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 1992Date of Patent: December 27, 1994Assignee: United States Surgical CorporationInventors: Diego Fontayne, Henry Bolanos, John C. Robertson, Timothy O. Van Leeuwen, Thomas A. Pelletier, Stephen W. Gerry
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Patent number: D382198Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1995Date of Patent: August 12, 1997Assignee: Cap Toys, Inc.Inventors: Paul Mulhauser, Karl D. Kirk, III, Diego Fontayne
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Patent number: D386404Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1996Date of Patent: November 18, 1997Assignee: Cap Toys, Inc.Inventors: Karl D. Kirk, III, Paul Mulhauser, Diego Fontayne
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Patent number: D427635Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1998Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Assignee: HT Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Mario Turchi, Diego Fontayne, Richard Cunningham