Patents by Inventor Jaime Salvador Vargas

Jaime Salvador Vargas 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).

  • Shape-transferring cannula system and method of use
    Patent number: 8298161
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel shape-transferring cannula system, which provides access to tortuous and unsupported paths. The shape-transferring cannula system and method enables exploration of hollow body structures, and creates a custom-contoured access port for insertion and removal of, for example, diagnostic, surgical, or interventional instruments to and from a site within the body to which the physician does not have line-of-sight access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Jaime Salvador Vargas
  • Shape-transferring cannula system and method of use
    Publication number: 20040054322
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel shape-transferring cannula system, which provides access to tortuous and unsupported paths. The shape-transferring cannula system and method enables exploration of hollow body structures, and creates a custom-contoured access port for insertion and removal of, for example, diagnostic, surgical, or interventional instruments to and from a site within the body to which the physician does not have line-of-sight access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventor: Jaime Salvador Vargas