Patents by Inventor Matthew W. Becerra

Matthew W. Becerra 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).

  • Instrument seal
    Patent number: 8684975
    Abstract: A surgical access port comprises a valve or instrument seal that separates the instrument contact function from the instrument conforming function. Embodiments of the instrument seal comprise in instrument contact element that extends through an opening in a compression element, thereby defining an instrument orifice that seals with an instrument extending therethrough. Embodiments of the instrument contact element comprise a non-distensible membrane or film, for example, as a tube or cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Applied Medical Resources Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Albrecht, John R. Brustad, Gary M. Johnson, Matthew W. Becerra, Eric Nguyen
  • INSTRUMENT SEAL
    Publication number: 20120172807
    Abstract: A surgical access port comprises a valve or instrument seal that separates the instrument contact function from the instrument conforming function. Embodiments of the instrument seal comprise in instrument contact element that extends through an opening in a compression element, thereby defining an instrument orifice that seals with an instrument extending therethrough. Embodiments of the instrument contact element comprise a non-distensible membrane or film, for example, as a tube or cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Applied Medical Resources Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Albrecht, John R. Brustad, Gary M. Johnson, Matthew W. Becerra, Eric Nguyen
  • Instrument seal
    Patent number: 8152773
    Abstract: A surgical access port comprises a valve or instrument seal that separates the instrument contact function from the instrument conforming function. Embodiments of the instrument seal comprise in instrument contact element that extends through an opening in a compression element, thereby defining an instrument orifice that seals with an instrument extending therethrough. Embodiments of the instrument contact element comprise a non-distensible membrane or film, for example, as a tube or cylinder. Some embodiments of the instrument contact element have an hourglass configuration with a first end proximal of the opening of the compression element and a second end distal of the opening of the compression element. Other embodiments of the instrument contact element “wrap around” the opening in the compression element, with the first end and the second end secured to the same side of the opening, for example, proximal of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Applied Medical Resources Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Albrecht, John R. Brustad, Gary M. Johnson, Matthew W. Becerra, Eric Nguyen
  • INSTRUMENT SEAL
    Publication number: 20090234293
    Abstract: A surgical access port comprises a valve or instrument seal that separates the instrument contact function from the instrument conforming function. Embodiments of the instrument seal comprise in instrument contact element that extends through an opening in a compression element, thereby defining an instrument orifice that seals with an instrument extending therethrough. Embodiments of the instrument contact element comprise a non-distensible membrane or film, for example, as a tube or cylinder. Some embodiments of the instrument contact element have an hourglass configuration with a first end proximal of the opening of the compression element and a second end distal of the opening of the compression element. Other embodiments of the instrument contact element “wrap around” the opening in the compression element, with the first end and the second end secured to the same side of the opening, for example, proximal of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Applied Medical Resources Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Albrecht, John R. Brustad, Gary M. Johnson, Matthew W. Becerra, Eric Nguyen