Patents by Inventor Kenneth R. Cook

Kenneth R. Cook 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).

  • Laterally-emitting laser medical device
    Patent number: 5833683
    Abstract: A laser medical device for delivering energy to tissue to be treated. The device includes a laser energy transmitting conduit having a longitudinal axis, and has a proximal end for connection to a source of laser energy and a distal end from which laser energy transmitted by the conduit is emitted. A laser energy redirecting member is located adjacent the distal end of the conduit for redirecting the laser energy in a lateral direction with respect to the axis of the conduit, and a tissue contact member is provided adjacent the laser energy redirecting member. The tissue contact member has a transverse cross section of preselected shape and a longitudinal axis generally transverse to the axis of the conduit. The tissue contact member further has an input surface for receiving laser energy redirected by the laser energy redirecting member and transmitting the laser energy received from the laser energy redirecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Surgical Laser Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry A. Fuller, Mark DeStefano, Sean M. O'Connor, Kenneth R. Cook