Patents by Inventor Mark Shapeton
Mark Shapeton 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).
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Patent number: 6960200Abstract: A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring any direct contact between the user's hand and the tip. The package includes a housing having a tip cavity shaped to receive the tip and an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable for removable attachment to the tip. A releasable locking mechanism, which is releasable in response to the end of the handle being disposed in the opening for removable attachment to the tip, retains the tip in the tip cavity. The package may be made from a single piece of molded material, such as a clear plastic. The package may also be used with monopolar, diathermized and non-bipolar tips, as well as other sharp tips such as cannulae, pics and blades, that are attachable to the end of a handle.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2002Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Mark Shapeton, Wayne Johnson, Michael J. Crocetta, Jr.
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Publication number: 20030014040Abstract: A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring any direct contact between the user's hand and the tip. The package includes a housing having a tip cavity shaped to receive the tip and an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable for removable attachment to the tip. A releasable locking mechanism, which is releasable in response to the end of the handle being disposed in the opening for removable attachment to the tip, retains the tip in the tip cavity. The package may be made from a single piece of molded material, such as a clear plastic. The package may also be used with monopolar, diathermized and non-bipolar tips, as well as other sharp tips such as cannulae, pics and blades, that are attachable to the end of a handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2002Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventors: Mark Shapeton, Wayne Johnson, Michael J. Crocetta
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Patent number: 6478030Abstract: A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring any direct contact between the user's hand and the tip. The package includes a housing having a tip cavity shaped to receive the tip and an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable for removable attachment to the tip. A releasable locking mechanism, which is releasable in response to the end of the handle being disposed in the opening for removable attachment to the tip, retains the tip in the tip cavity. The package may be made from a single piece of molded material, such as a clear plastic. The package may also be used with monopolar, diathermized and non-bipolar tips, as well as other sharp tips such as cannulae, pics and blades, that are attachable to the end of a handle.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2000Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Mark Shapeton, Wayne Johnson, Michael J. Crocetta, Jr.
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Publication number: 20020104770Abstract: A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring any direct contact between the user's hand and the tip. The package includes a housing having a tip cavity shaped to receive the tip and an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable for removable attachment to the tip. A releasable locking mechanism, which is releasable in response to the end of the handle being disposed in the opening for removable attachment to the tip, retains the tip in the tip cavity. The package may be made from a single piece of molded material, such as a clear plastic. The package may also be used with monopolar, diathermized and non-bipolar tips, as well as other sharp tips such as cannulae, pics and blades, that are attachable to the end of a handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2002Publication date: August 8, 2002Inventors: Mark Shapeton, Wayne Johnson, Michael J. Crocetta
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Patent number: 6358241Abstract: A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring any direct contact between the user's hand and the tip. The package includes a housing having a tip cavity shaped to receive the tip and an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable for removable attachment to the tip. A releasable locking mechanism, which is releasable in response to the end of the handle being disposed in the opening for removable attachment to the tip, retains the tip in the tip cavity. The package may be made from a single piece of molded material, such as a clear plastic. The package may also be used with monopolar, diathermized and non-bipolar tips, as well as other sharp tips such as cannulae, pics and blades, that are attachable to the end of a handle.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2000Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Mark Shapeton, Wayne Johnson, Michael J. Crocetta, Jr.
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Patent number: 6183467Abstract: A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring any direct contact between the user's hand and the tip. The package includes a housing having a tip cavity shaped to receive the tip and an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable for removable attachment to the tip. A releasable locking mechanism, which is releasable in response to the end of the handle being disposed in the opening for removable attachment to the tip, retains the tip in the tip cavity. The package may be made from a single piece of molded material, such as a clear plastic. The package may also be used with monopolar, diathermized and non-bipolar tips, as well as other sharp tips such as cannulae, pics and blades, that are attachable to the end of a handle.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1998Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Mark Shapeton, Wayne Johnson, Michael J. Crocetta, Jr.
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Patent number: 5814043Abstract: A bipolar electrosurgical device includes electrodes that are part of a tip which removable from a handle. The electrodes are configured for connection to electrical contacts when the tip is attached to the handle, and disconnected from the contacts which the tip is detached. The electrodes are mounted on a housing of the tip so that the proximal ends of the electrodes are spaced from each other. The handle has an opening which receives the housing, and a plurality of contacts disposed for connection to the proximal ends of the electrodes when the housing is inserted into the opening. Because the electrodes themselves provide the connection with the electrical components of the handle, there is no need for a separate electrical connector. The tip and the electrodes are economically disposable after, e.g., a single use, while the handle can be reused in multiple surgical procedures with other tips. An inventory of differently-constructed tips (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 1996Date of Patent: September 29, 1998Assignee: Mentor Ophthalmics, Inc.Inventor: Mark Shapeton