Patents by Inventor Geoff Hueil

Geoff Hueil 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).

  • Device for attachment of buttress material to a surgical fastening device
    Patent number: 6656193
    Abstract: An assembly for releasably attaching a buttress material onto a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device is disclosed. The assembly has a substantially rigid frame for connecting to a top surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when the assembly is disposed thereon. A buttress material is attached to first and second sides of the frame for abutting against a bottom surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when the assembly is disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Grant, Mark S. Zeiner, Geoff Hueil, Kenneth Wales, Dean L. Garner
  • Device for attachment of buttress material to a surgical fastening device
    Publication number: 20020165563
    Abstract: An assembly for releasably attaching a buttress material onto a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device is disclosed. The assembly has a substantially rigid frame for connecting to a top surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when the assembly is disposed thereon. A buttress material is attached to first and second sides of the frame for abutting against a bottom surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when the assembly is disposed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Richard L. Grant, Mark S. Zeiner, Geoff Hueil, Kenneth Wales, Dean L. Garner