Patents by Inventor Patrick Diesfeld

Patrick Diesfeld 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).

  • Patent number: 8961548
    Abstract: A safety-stop trochar device and system for use with a trochar and surgical accessory devices. The device and system has a base into which an insert seats over which a cap secures to the base and also secures a previously inserted trochar or drainage device or smoke evacuator or surgical accessory such as an obturator and illumination device. Flexible extension wings on the base have distal suture apertures or an adhesive on the bottom of the base, or both, for securing the base to a patient. U-shaped extensions on the cap facilitate cap placement or removal onto or from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Laprostop, LLC
    Inventors: John Buser, Patrick Diesfeld
  • Publication number: 20100063529
    Abstract: A safety-stop device for use with a trochar which is adjustably attachable to the trochar tube to prevent inadvertent cuts being made to a patient. The safety-stop device has retention component for retaining it onto the trochar tube; a registration component for registering a pre-determined insertion point of the trochar; a stop component for preventing additional insertion of the trochar after the pre-determined insertion point has been attained; and a plurality wings with apertures on the base for securely suturing the safety-stop device to a patient by suturing through the apertures and into the patient. The base and wings are made of any thermoplastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: John P. BUSER, Patrick Diesfeld
  • Publication number: 20090030443
    Abstract: A safety-stop trochar device and system for use with a trochar and surgical accessory devices. The device and system has a base into which an insert seats over which a cap secures to the base and also secures a previously inserted trochar or drainage device or smoke evacuator or surgical accessory such as an obturator and illumination device. Flexible extension wings on the base have distal suture apertures or an adhesive on the bottom of the base, or both, for securing the base to a patient. U-shaped extensions on the cap facilitate cap placement or removal onto or from the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: John BUSER, Patrick Diesfeld
  • Publication number: 20060293702
    Abstract: A safety-stop device for use with a trochar which is adjustably attachable to the trochar tube to prevent inadvertent cuts being made to a patient. The safety-stop device has retention component for retaining it onto the trochar tube; a registration component for registering a pre-determined insertion point of the trochar; a stop component for preventing additional insertion of the trochar after the pre-determined insertion point has been attained; and a plurality wings with apertures on the base for securely suturing the safety-stop to a patient by suturing through the apertures and into the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: John Buser, Patrick Diesfeld
  • Publication number: 20060276818
    Abstract: A safety-stop device for use with a trochar which is adjustably attachable to the trochar tube to prevent inadvertent cuts being made to a patient. The safety-stop device has retention component for retaining it onto the trochar tube; a registration component for registering a pre-determined insertion point of the trochar; and a stop component for preventing additional insertion of the trochar after the pre-determined insertion point has been attained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: John Buser, Patrick Diesfeld