Patents by Inventor Steven G. Miller
Steven G. Miller 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: 11751942Abstract: The invention provides a cartridge assembly to couple a tissue treatment device with an electrosurgical unit, with the cartridge assembly operable with a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus of the electrosurgical unit. The invention also provides an electrosurgical unit comprising a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus operable with the cartridge assembly and a system thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Medtronic Advanced Energy LLCInventors: Roger D. Greeley, Brian M. Conley, David J. Flanagan, Aaron J. Gifford, Steven G. Miller, Blaine T. Murakami, Thomas P. Robinson
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Patent number: 11419661Abstract: A cartridge assembly to couple an electrosurgical device to treat tissue with an electro surgical unit includes a cartridge member to operate with a power delivery apparatus of the electro surgical unit and a fluid delivery apparatus of the electro surgical unit. An electrosurgical unit includes a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus arranged to operate with a cartridge member to be located in a cartridge receptacle of the electrosurgical unit. An electrosurgical device includes a first electrode spaced alongside the second electrode, with each electrode having a blade shaped member. Each blade shaped member has opposing sides bounded by edges, with the edges having a medial edge and a lateral edge. At least one fluid outlet is adjacent each blade shaped member, and each fluid outlet is in fluid communication with a fluid passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Medtronic Advanced Energy, LLCInventors: Eliot F. Bloom, Brian M. Conley, Jonathan J. Barry, Roger D. Greeley, Steven G. Miller, Chad M. Greenlaw
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Publication number: 20180250062Abstract: A cartridge assembly to couple an electrosurgical device to treat tissue with an electro surgical unit includes a cartridge member to operate with a power delivery apparatus of the electro surgical unit and a fluid delivery apparatus of the electro surgical unit. An electrosurgical unit includes a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus arranged to operate with a cartridge member to be located in a cartridge receptacle of the electrosurgical unit. An electrosurgical device includes a first electrode spaced alongside the second electrode, with each electrode having a blade shaped member. Each blade shaped member has opposing sides bounded by edges, with the edges having a medial edge and a lateral edge. At least one fluid outlet is adjacent each blade shaped member, and each fluid outlet is in fluid communication with a fluid passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Eliot F. BLOOM, Brian M. CONLEY, Jonathan J. BARRY, Roger D. GREELEY, Steven G. MILLER, Chad M. GREENLAW
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Patent number: 9943356Abstract: An electrosurgical device includes a first electrode spaced alongside a second electrode. The device can be operated as either a bipolar device or a monopolar device and includes a switch to inhibit capacitive coupling to one of the electrodes when the other electrode is used in monopolar fashion.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLCInventors: Eliot F. Bloom, Brian M. Conley, Jonathan J. Barry, Roger D. Greeley, Steven G. Miller, Chad M. Greenlaw
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Patent number: 9345541Abstract: The invention provides a cartridge assembly to couple a tissue treatment device with an electrosurgical unit, with the cartridge assembly operable with a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus of the electrosurgical unit. The invention also provides an electrosurgical unit comprising a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus operable with the cartridge assembly and a system thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLCInventors: Roger D. Greeley, Brian M. Conley, David J. Flanagan, Aaron J. Gifford, Steven G. Miller, Blaine T. Murakami, Thomas P. Robinson
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Patent number: 9333027Abstract: A method of producing an electrosurgical device is disclosed. Opposing longitudinal clamshells are formed, and each clamshell includes a face having a generally planar major portion. Longitudinal grooves are formed in a clamshell, and an electrical conductor in a disposed in a groove. The faces are aligned to form an electrical passage including the electrical conductor in the groove and a spaced-apart fluid passage with another groove. The clamshells are welded together to form a shaft member such that the electrical passage and the fluid passage are fluid tight along a major longitudinal portion of the shaft. Electrodes are attached to the distal end of the shaft and are in electrical communication with the electrical conductor.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLCInventors: Eliot F. Bloom, Lorenzo C. Vaccarella, Chad M. Greenlaw, Roger D. Greeley, Steven G. Miller
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Publication number: 20150238256Abstract: The invention provides a cartridge assembly to couple a tissue treatment device with an electrosurgical unit, with the cartridge assembly operable with a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus of the electrosurgical unit. The invention also provides an electrosurgical unit comprising a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus operable with the cartridge assembly and a system thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLCInventors: Roger D. Greeley, Brian M. Conley, David J. Flanagan, Aaron J. Gifford, Steven G. Miller, Blaine T. Murakami, Thomas P. Robinson
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Publication number: 20150157386Abstract: A cartridge assembly to couple an electrosurgical device to treat tissue with an electro surgical unit includes a cartridge member to operate with a power delivery apparatus of the electro surgical unit and a fluid delivery apparatus of the electro surgical unit. An electrosurgical unit includes a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus arranged to operate with a cartridge member to be located in a cartridge receptacle of the electrosurgical unit. An electrosurgical device includes a first electrode spaced alongside the second electrode, with each electrode having a blade shaped member. Each blade shaped member has opposing sides bounded by edges, with the edges having a medial edge and a lateral edge. At least one fluid outlet is adjacent each blade shaped member, and each fluid outlet is in fluid communication with a fluid passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Eliot F. BLOOM, Brian M. CONLEY, Jonathan J. BARRY, Roger D. GREELEY, Steven G. MILLER, Chad M. GREENLAW
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Patent number: 9050113Abstract: A cartridge assembly to couple an electrosurgical device to treat tissue with an electrosurgical unit includes a cartridge member to operate with a power delivery apparatus of the electrosurgical unit and a fluid delivery apparatus of the electrosurgical unit. An electrosurgical unit includes a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus arranged to operate with a cartridge member to be located in a cartridge receptacle of the electrosurgical unit. An electrosurgical device includes a first electrode spaced alongside the second electrode, with each electrode having a blade shaped member. Each blade shaped member has opposing sides bounded by edges, with the edges having a medial edge and a lateral edge. At least one fluid outlet is adjacent each blade shaped member, and each fluid outlet is in fluid communication with a fluid passage.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLCInventors: Eliot F. Bloom, Brian M. Conley, Jonathan J. Barry, Roger D. Greeley, Steven G. Miller, Chad M. Greenlaw
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Patent number: 8882756Abstract: The invention provides a bipolar electrosurgical device to treat tissue in a presence of radio frequency energy and a fluid provided from the device. In one embodiment, the device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode at the end of a malleable shaft assembly to be hand shapeable by a user of the device, and at least one fluid outlet. The malleable shaft assembly comprises a first shaft and a second shaft, a length of the first shaft and a length of the second shaft in an outer member comprising a polymer, and at least a portion of the first shaft and at least a portion of the second shaft being malleable.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2008Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Medtronic Advanced Energy LLCInventors: Roger D. Greeley, Steven G. Miller, Vaclav O. Podany, Brian M. Conley, Chad M. Greenlaw
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Publication number: 20140026395Abstract: A method of producing an electrosurgical device is disclosed. Opposing longitudinal clamshells are formed, and each clamshell includes a face having a generally planar major portion. Longitudinal grooves are formed in a clamshell, and an electrical conductor in a disposed in a groove. The faces are aligned to form an electrical passage including the electrical conductor in the groove and a spaced-apart fluid passage with another groove. The clamshells are welded together to form a shaft member such that the electrical passage and the fluid passage are fluid tight along a major longitudinal portion of the shaft. Electrodes are attached to the distal end of the shaft and are in electrical communication with the electrical conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLCInventors: Eliot F. Bloom, Lorenzo C. Vaccarella, Chad M. Greenlaw, Roger D. Greeley, Steven G. Miller
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Patent number: 8396819Abstract: A service architected logistics solution generates a user interface to a computing system unique for a given user among a multiplicity of users. The interface includes a plurality of services and access to data sources automatically determined from the user's identity. In various aspects, the technique includes not only the interface, but also a computer-implemented method, a program storage medium encoded with instruction that perform such a method when executed, and a computing apparatus programmed to perform such a method.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorpInventors: Steven G. Miller, Lance W. Wilborn, Dennis Wood
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Publication number: 20110295249Abstract: This invention provides a fluid-assisted electrosurgical device to treat tissue in a presence of radio frequency energy and a fluid provided from the device. The device comprises a handle, a rigid shaft member distal to the handle, and at least one electrode distal to the shaft member. The shaft member comprises a shaft member first body and a shaft member second body joined together along a length of the shaft member. The shaft member further comprises a plurality of longitudinally oriented shaft member passages, with each of the passages having a length defined by the shaft member first body and the shaft member second body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: SALIENT SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Eliot F. BLOOM, Lorenzo C. VACCARELLA, Chad M. GREENLAW, Roger D. GREELEY, Steven G. MILLER
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Publication number: 20110178515Abstract: A cartridge assembly to couple an electrosurgical device to treat tissue with an electrosurgical unit includes a cartridge member to operate with a power delivery apparatus of the electrosurgical unit and a fluid delivery apparatus of the electrosurgical unit. An electrosurgical unit includes a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus arranged to operate with a cartridge member to be located in a cartridge receptacle of the electrosurgical unit. An electrosurgical device includes a first electrode spaced alongside the second electrode, with each electrode having a blade shaped member. Each blade shaped member has opposing sides bounded by edges, with the edges having a medial edge and a lateral edge. At least one fluid outlet is adjacent each blade shaped member, and each fluid outlet is in fluid communication with a fluid passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Eliot F. BLOOM, Brian M. CONLEY, Jonathan J. BARRY, Roger D. GREELEY, Steven G. MILLER, Chad M. GREENLAW
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Publication number: 20110125146Abstract: The invention provides a cartridge assembly to couple a tissue treatment device with an electrosurgical unit, with the cartridge assembly operable with a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus of the electrosurgical unit. The invention also provides an electrosurgical unit comprising a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus operable with the cartridge assembly and a system thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: SALIENT SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Roger D. GREELEY, Brian M. CONLEY, David J. FLANAGAN, Aaron J. GIFFORD, Steven G. MILLER, Blaine T. MURAKAMI, Thomas P. ROBINSON
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Publication number: 20100082519Abstract: A service architected logistics solution generates a user interface to a computing system unique for a given user among a multiplicity of users. The interface includes a plurality of services and access to data sources automatically determined from the user's identity. In various aspects, the technique includes not only the interface, but also a computer-implemented method, a program storage medium encoded with instruction that perform such a method when executed, and a computing apparatus programmed to perform such a method.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Inventors: Steven G. Miller, Lance W. Wilborn, Dennis Wood
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Publication number: 20090222001Abstract: The invention provides a bipolar electrosurgical device to treat tissue in a presence of radio frequency energy and a fluid provided from the device. In one embodiment, the device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode at the end of a malleable shaft assembly to be hand shapeable by a user of the device, and at least one fluid outlet. The malleable shaft assembly comprises a first shaft and a second shaft, a length of the first shaft and a length of the second shaft in an outer member comprising a polymer, and at least a portion of the first shaft and at least a portion of the second shaft being malleable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2008Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: Salient Surgical Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Roger D. Greeley, Steven G. Miller, Vaclav O. Podany, Brian M. Conley, Chad M. Greenlaw
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Patent number: 5288879Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a process for preparing tetrabromophthalic anhydride whereby there is a substantial recovery of reactants such as halogen and SO.sub.3 from a vent stream exiting the reaction vessel. The improvement comprises contacting the vent stream with a fluid having a first oleum concentration and recovering a halogen stream and a second stream, having a second oleum concentration wherein the second oleum concentration is greater than the first oleum concentration.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1992Date of Patent: February 22, 1994Assignee: Ethyl CorporationInventors: Scott A. Bottelberghe, Bonnie G. McKinnie, Steven G. Miller, David E. Raposa
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Patent number: 5038904Abstract: A friction clutch primarily useful on a motorcycle utilizes a variable pressure plate system. The variable pressure plate system comprises a stationary pressure plate and a movable pressure plate which are mounted on the clutch to be in operable association with the clutch's drive plates and driven plates. The two pressure plates together form a chamber to hold a pressurized gas. The pressurized gas is capable of evenly exerting a force on the movable pressure plate which in turn evenly contacts the plates to engage the system. The movable pressure plate responds to a release mechanism to move it out of engagement with the drive and driven plates.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1989Date of Patent: August 13, 1991Assignee: JMW, Inc.Inventor: Steven G. Miller