Patents by Inventor Robert H. O'Holla

Robert H. O'Holla 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).

  • Two-piece tissue fastener with ratchet leg staple and sealable latching receiver
    Patent number: 4532926
    Abstract: An absorbable fastener is provided to hold together portions of mammalian tissue and includes a T-shaped fastening member and a receiver adapted to receive the leg of the fastening member. The fastening member leg has a plurality of resilient frustoconical members. One of the frustoconical members cooperates with a retaining ring in a bore of the receiver to effect engagement of the fastening member and receiver. The adjacent frustoconical members sealingly engage the receiver and isolate the retaining ring from the body fluids and tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert H. O'Holla