Patents by Inventor Edwin Warren Blatt

Edwin Warren Blatt 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).

  • Guarded surgical knife handle
    Patent number: 8256330
    Abstract: A guarded surgical knife handle includes a lower handle portion, an upper handle postion, and a button. The lower handle portion includes a blade holder, a proximal pair of lateral shelves, and a distal pair of lateral shelves. The upper handle portion includes a guard portion, a proximal post between the proximal pair of shelves with a first widened post portion wider than the lateral spacing between the shelves, and a distal post between the distal pair of shelves with a second widened post portion wider than the lateral spacing between the shelves. The button has a button waist narrower than the second lateral spacing and a widened button portion below the button waist wider than the second lateral spacing. A bias member connected to the button and at least one of the handle portions provides an upward force on the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gregory Allen Auchter, Randal Lee Berardi, Edwin Warren Blatt, Jeffrey Kirk Landis, David Robert Schiff, Seth McCue GaleWyrick
  • GUARDED SURGICAL KNIFE HANDLE
    Publication number: 20100125290
    Abstract: A guarded surgical knife handle includes a lower handle portion, an upper handle postion, and a button. The lower handle portion includes a blade holder, a proximal pair of lateral shelves, and a distal pair of lateral shelves. The upper handle portion includes a guard portion, a proximal post between the proximal pair of shelves with a first widened post portion wider than the lateral spacing between the shelves, and a distal post between the distal pair of shelves with a second widened post portion wider than the lateral spacing between the shelves. The button has a button waist narrower than the second lateral spacing and a widened button portion below the button waist wider than the second lateral spacing. A bias member connected to the button and at least one of the handle portions provides an upward force on the button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory Allen Auchter, Randal Lee Berardi, Edwin Warren Blatt, Jeffrey Kirk Landis, David Robert Schiff, Seth McCue GaleWyrick