Patents by Inventor Mikhail Soutorine
Mikhail Soutorine 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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Publication number: 20240000297Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to propulsion tube units and propulsion devices for progressing instruments along passages, and associated methods of use. For example, the instruments may include, tools, sensors, probes and/or monitoring equipment for medical use (such as endoscopy) or industrial use (such as mining). In some embodiments, the propulsion device may comprise an elongate tube defining a channel configured to accommodate a liquid and a pressure actuator in communication with the channel. The pressure actuator may be configured to selectively adjust a pressure of the liquid in the channel to alternatingly: reduce the pressure to induce cavitation and form gas bubbles in the liquid; and increase the pressure to collapse some or all of the gas bubbles back into the liquid, thereby accelerating at least part of the liquid towards the first end of the tube and transferring momentum to the tube to progress the tube along the passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Anthony Switzer, Mikhail Soutorine
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Publication number: 20220265297Abstract: A device for performing a cosmetic or medical procedure and methods of operating such a device are usable for treating fibrous adhesions, such as those implicated in the formation of cosmetic or medical conditions including but not limited to cellulite. Embodiments of the disclosure have been particularly developed for targeting and disrupting fibrous adhesions to restore or improve normal physiological tissue function and/or aesthetic appearance. In at least one embodiment, the device comprises an elongate body and one or more user controllable breaking means. Each breaking means is actuatable to move between a retracted position in which the breaking means is in a collapsed configuration and an operative position in which the breaking means is in an expanded configuration suitable to break a strand of fibrous material or fibrous connective tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Victor Suturin, Mikhail Soutorine
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Patent number: 11259822Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a device for retrieving a body from within a tubular structure, the device having a proximal end and a distal end and comprising: a device body at the proximal end; a conduit extending away from the device body to the distal end and sized to be receivable in the tubular structure; at least one actuator operably associated with the device body; a first strand extending at least in part through the conduit; a second strand extending at least in part through the conduit; wherein the first and second strands are affixed at the distal end of the device, and wherein the second strand is wound around the first strand along at least a distal length of the first strand; wherein the at least one actuator is operable to cause the second strand to adopt an expanded state in which the second strand defines a trawl volume to catch the body for retrieval of the body from the tubular structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignees: GLOBETEK 2000 PTY LTD, The Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of The Higher Professional Education “National University of Science and Technology ‘MISIS’”Inventors: Mikhail Soutorine, Artem Nikolaevich Chernov-Haraev, Sergei Dmitrievich Prokoshkin, Elena Prokopievna Ryklina, Irina Yurievna Khmelevskaya, Andrey Victorovich Korotitskiy, Rouslan Valereevich Ipatkin
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Patent number: 11246596Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a clip comprising: a base portion; first and second opposed arms coupled to the base portion; and first and second opposed jaws coupled to the respective first and second arms, the first and second opposed jaws each having an inwardly extending portion that extends towards the base portion; wherein at least the base portion is formed of a shape memory alloy tending to force the first and second arms toward each other when a temperature of the base portion meets or exceeds a transformation temperature of the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignees: GLOBETEK 2000 PTY LTD, The Federal State Autonomous Educational institution of The Higher Professional Education “National University of Science and Technology ‘MISIS’ ”Inventors: Mikhail Soutorine, Artem Nikolaevich Chernov-Haraev, Sergei Dmitrievich Prokoshkin, Elena Prokopievna Ryklina, Irina Yurievna Khmelevskaya, Andrey Victorovich Korotitskiy, Rouslan Valereevich Ipatkin
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Publication number: 20200297197Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to propulsion tube units and propulsion devices for progressing instruments along passages, and associated methods of use. For example, the instruments may include, tools, sensors, probes and/or monitoring equipment for medical use (such as endoscopy) or industrial use (such as mining). In some embodiments, the propulsion device may comprise an elongate tube defining a channel configured to accommodate a liquid and a pressure actuator in communication with the channel. The pressure actuator may be configured to selectively adjust a pressure of the liquid in the channel to alternatingly: reduce the pressure to induce cavitation and form gas bubbles in the liquid; and increase the pressure to collapse some or all of the gas bubbles back into the liquid, thereby accelerating at least part of the liquid towards the first end of the tube and transferring momentum to the tube to progress the tube along the passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2018Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Anthony Switzer, Mikhail Soutorine
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Patent number: 10772487Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an apparatus comprising an elongate flexible tube sized to be received within a tract and having a proximal end and a distal end; a drive mechanism coupled to the proximal end of the tube; and a liquid column extending from the proximal end to the distal end; wherein the drive mechanism is configured to cause movement of the liquid column within the tube to impart forward momentum to the tube and thereby promote advancement of at least the distal end of the tube within the tract when at least the distal end is received within a part of the tract.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Endogene LimitedInventor: Mikhail Soutorine
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Publication number: 20180344321Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a clip comprising: a base portion; first and second opposed arms coupled to the base portion; and first and second opposed jaws coupled to the respective first and second arms, the first and second opposed jaws each having an inwardly extending portion that extends towards the base portion; wherein at least the base portion is formed of a shape memory alloy tending to force the first and second arms toward each other when a temperature of the base portion meets or exceeds a transformation temperature of the base portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicants: Globetek 2000 Pty Ltd, The Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of the Higher Professional Education "Inventors: Mikhail Soutorine, Artem Nikolaevich Chernov-Haraev, Sergei Dmitrievich Prokoshkin, Elena Prokopievna Ryklina, Irina Yurievna Khmelevskaya, Andrey Victorovich Korotitskiy, Rouslan Valereevich Ipatkin
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Patent number: 10064623Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a clip comprising: a base portion; first and second opposed arms coupled to the base portion; and first and second opposed jaws coupled to the respective first and second arms, the first and second opposed jaws each having an inwardly extending portion that extends towards the base portion; wherein at least the base portion is formed of a shape memory alloy tending to force the first and second arms toward each other when a temperature of the base portion meets or exceeds a transformation temperature of the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignees: Globetek 2000 Pty Ltd, The Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of the Higher Professional Education “National University of Science and Technology”Inventors: Mikhail Soutorine, Artem Nikolaevich Chemov-Haraev, Sergei Dimitrievich Prokoshin, Elena Prokopievna Ryklina, Irina Yurievna Khmelvskaya, Andrey Victorovich Korotitskiy, Rouslan Valereevich Ipatkin
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Publication number: 20170112367Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an apparatus comprising an elongate flexible tube sized to be received within a tract and having a proximal end and a distal end; a drive mechanism coupled to the proximal end of the tube; and a liquid column extending from the proximal end to the distal end; wherein the drive mechanism is configured to cause movement of the liquid column within the tube to impart forward momentum to the tube and thereby promote advancement of at least the distal end of the tube within the tract when at least the distal end is received within a part of the tract.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2017Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventor: Mikhail Soutorine
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Patent number: 9566415Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an apparatus comprising an elongate flexible tube sized to be received within a tract and having a proximal end and a distal end; a drive mechanism coupled to the proximal end of the tube; and a liquid column extending from the proximal end to the distal end; wherein the drive mechanism is configured to cause movement of the liquid column within the tube to impart forward momentum to the tube and thereby promote advancement of at least the distal end of the tube within the tract when at least the distal end is received within a part of the tract.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Endogene LimitedInventor: Mikhail Soutorine
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Patent number: 9066719Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a device for delivering shape-memory staples. The device comprises a grippable portion comprising a first actuator; and a delivery portion coupled to the grippable portion. The delivery portion comprises retention walls for retaining the staples within the delivery portion in an elastically deformed configuration and release apertures for releasing the staples to adopt a deployed configuration based on their shape memory. The delivery portion is configured to cause one end of each staple to protrude from the delivery portion in response to actuation of the first actuator. In some embodiments a striking mechanism is coupled to the grippable portion and configured to communicate a striking blow to the delivery portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: ENDOGENE LIMITEDInventors: Mikhail Soutorine, Artem Nicolaevich Chernov-Haraev
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Patent number: 9022272Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of chambers for receiving an associated plurality of staples, each formed with a shape memory that allows the staple to adopt a straightened configuration, when placed in a stapler, and a deployed configuration for suturing when released from the stapler; and a sleeve moveable relative to the chambers between a first position, in which the staples are trapped by the sleeve within the chambers in the straightened configuration, and a second position, whereby the staples are freed to adopt the deployed configuration, wherein the sleeve is adapted to move between the first and second positions by rotating relative to the chambers.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2014Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Endogene LimitedInventors: Mikhail Soutorine, Artem N Chernov-Haraev
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Publication number: 20140239039Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of chambers for receiving an associated plurality of staples, each formed with a shape memory that allows the staple to adopt a straightened configuration, when placed in a stapler, and a deployed configuration for suturing when released from the stapler; and a sleeve moveable relative to the chambers between a first position, in which the staples are trapped by the sleeve within the chambers in the straightened configuration, and a second position, whereby the staples are freed to adopt the deployed configuration, wherein the sleeve is adapted to move between the first and second positions by rotating relative to the chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: ENDOGENE LIMITEDInventors: Mikhail SOUTORINE, Artem N. CHERNOV-HARAEV
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Patent number: 8752750Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of chambers for receiving an associated plurality of staples, each formed with a shape memory that allows the staple to adopt a straightened configuration, when placed in a stapler, and a deployed configuration for suturing when released from the stapler; and a sleeve moveable relative to the chambers between a first position, in which the staples are trapped by the sleeve within the chambers in the straightened configuration, and a second position, whereby the staples are freed to adopt the deployed configuration, wherein the sleeve is adapted to move between the first and second positions by rotating relative to the chambers.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Endogene LimitedInventors: Mikhail Soutorine, Artem N Chernov-Haraev
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Publication number: 20140066948Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a device for retrieving a body from within a tubular structure, the device having a proximal end and a distal end and comprising: a device body at the proximal end; a conduit extending away from the device body to the distal end and sized to be receivable in the tubular structure; at least one actuator operably associated with the device body; a first strand extending at least in part through the conduit; a second strand extending at least in part through the conduit; wherein the first and second strands are affixed at the distal end of the device, and wherein the second strand is wound around the first strand along at least a distal length of the first strand; wherein the at least one actuator is operable to cause the second strand to adopt an expanded state in which the second strand defines a trawl volume to catch the body for retrieval of the body from the tubular structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: Globetek 2000 Pty Ltd.Inventors: Mikhail Soutorine, Artem Nikolaevich Chernov-Haraev, Sergel Dmitrievich Prokoshkin, Elana Prokopievna Ryklina, Irina Yurievna Khmelevskaya, Andrey Victorovich Korotitskiy
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Publication number: 20140058411Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a clip comprising: a base portion; first and second opposed arms coupled to the base portion; and first and second opposed jaws coupled to the respective first and second arms, the first and second opposed jaws each having an inwardly extending portion that extends towards the base portion; wherein at least the base portion is formed of a shape memory alloy tending to force the first and second arms toward each other when a temperature of the base portion meets or exceeds a transformation temperature of the base portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2011Publication date: February 27, 2014Inventors: Mikhail Soutorine, Artem Nikolaevich Chemov-Haraev, Sergei Dimitrievich Prokoshin, Elena Prokopievna Ryklina, Irina Yuriena Khmelvskaya, Andrey Victorovich Korotitskiy
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Publication number: 20120211545Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of chambers for receiving an associated plurality of staples, each formed with a shape memory that allows the staple to adopt a straightened configuration, when placed in a stapler, and a deployed configuration for suturing when released from the stapler; and a sleeve moveable relative to the chambers between a first position, in which the staples are trapped by the sleeve within the chambers in the straightened configuration, and a second position, whereby the staples are freed to adopt the deployed configuration, wherein the sleeve is adapted to move between the first and second positions by rotating relative to the chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: ENDOGENE PTY LTDInventors: Mikhail SOUTORINE, Artem N. CHERNOV-HARAEV
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Patent number: 8220689Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of chambers for receiving an associated plurality of staples, each formed with a shape memory that allows the staple to adopt a straightened configuration, when placed in a stapler, and a deployed configuration for suturing when released from the stapler; and a sleeve moveable relative to the chambers between a first position, in which the staples are trapped by the sleeve within the chambers in the straightened configuration, and a second position, whereby the staples are freed to adopt the deployed configuration, wherein the sleeve is adapted to move between the first and second positions by rotating relative to the chambers.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Endogene Pty LtdInventors: Mikhail Soutorine, Artem N Chernov-Haraev
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Publication number: 20120061449Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a device for delivering shape-memory staples. The device comprises a grippable portion comprising a first actuator; and a delivery portion coupled to the grippable portion. The delivery portion comprises retention walls for retaining the staples within the delivery portion in an elastically deformed configuration and release apertures for releasing the staples to adopt a deployed configuration based on their shape memory. The delivery portion is configured to cause one end of each staple to protrude from the delivery portion in response to actuation of the first actuator. In some embodiments a striking mechanism is coupled to the grippable portion and configured to communicate a striking blow to the delivery portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: ENDOGENE PTY LTD.Inventors: Mikhail Soutorine, Artem Nicolaevich Chernov-Haraev
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Publication number: 20110270037Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an apparatus comprising an elongate flexible tube sized to be received within a tract and having a proximal end and a distal end; a drive mechanism coupled to the proximal end of the tube; and a liquid column extending from the proximal end to the distal end; wherein the drive mechanism is configured to cause movement of the liquid column within the tube to impart forward momentum to the tube and thereby promote advancement of at least the distal end of the tube within the tract when at least the distal end is received within a part of the tract.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: Endogene Pty Ltd.Inventor: Mikhail Soutorine