Patents by Inventor Glenn H. Stahl

Glenn H. Stahl 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).

  • Placement devices that enable patients to accurately position medical patches at target locations and methods therefor
    Patent number: 9220885
    Abstract: A placement device for a medical patch includes an alignment guide having a shaft with a first end having a first anatomical alignment marker and a second end having a second anatomical alignment marker, a swinging gate both pivotally and rotationally coupled with the first end of the shaft for selectively pivoting the gate toward and away from the shaft and rotating the gate between opposite sides of the shaft, whereby the gate has first and second major faces and a first opening extending through the gate between the first and second major faces. The placement device includes a spacer for selectively adjusting spacing between the gate and the first end of the shaft, and a flexible diaphragm having a flexible dome disposed within the first gate opening. At least one magnet is located in the center of the flexible dome for holding the medical patch within the flexible dome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen B. Wahlgren, Andrea Slater Tomko, Glenn H. Stahl, Andrew Joseph March, Rochelle Kleinberg, Karin Elise Taylor, Martin J. Nohilly, Michael William Ammerman
  • PLACEMENT DEVICES THAT ENABLE PATIENTS TO ACCURATELY POSITION MEDICAL PATCHES AT TARGET LOCATIONS AND METHODS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20110152987
    Abstract: A placement device for a medical patch includes an alignment guide having a shaft with a first end having a first anatomical alignment marker and a second end having a second anatomical alignment marker, a swinging gate both pivotally and rotationally coupled with the first end of the shaft for selectively pivoting the gate toward and away from the shaft and rotating the gate between opposite sides of the shaft, whereby the gate has first and second major faces and a first opening extending through the gate between the first and second major faces. The placement device includes a spacer for selectively adjusting spacing between the gate and the first end of the shaft, and a flexible diaphragm having a flexible dome disposed within the first gate opening. At least one magnet is located in the center of the flexible dome for holding the medical patch within the flexible dome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen B. Wahlgren, Andrea Slater Tomko, Glenn H. Stahl, Andrew Joseph March, Rochelle Kleinberg, Karin Elise Taylor, Martin J. Nohilly, Michael William Ammerman
  • Endoscopic suction-irrigation instrument for surgery
    Patent number: 6679834
    Abstract: An ergonomically superior endoscopic suction-irrigation instrument for surgery comprises a telescope sheath connected at an adjustable angle, preferably approximately 30°, to a vertically elongated handle having thumb-operated irrigation and suction valves and a hook for supporting the handle from the surgeon's hand when the surgeon's grip on the handle is loosened. The instrument is especially suited for sinus surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Pilling Weck Incorporated
    Inventors: Glenn H. Stahl, Mosaddeq Hossain, Robert Banik, Li Yue, Stephen Wilcox
  • Endoscopic suction-irrigation instrument for surgery
    Publication number: 20020082475
    Abstract: An ergonomically superior endoscopic suction-irrigation instrument for surgery comprises a telescope sheath connected at an adjustable angle, preferably approximately 30°, to a vertically elongated handle having thumb-operated irrigation and suction valves and a hook for supporting the handle from the surgeon's hand when the surgeon's grip on the handle is loosened. The instrument is especially suited for sinus surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Glenn H. Stahl, Mosaddeq Hossain, Robert Banik, Li Yue, Stephen Wilcox