Patents by Inventor Vincent R. Bailey

Vincent R. Bailey 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: 11960665
    Abstract: A drape for an input control console of an elongate device may comprise a main drape section configured to fit over the input control console via a main opening at one end of the main drape section. The drape may also comprise a plurality of pockets. Each of the plurality of pockets may include a pocket opening that is attached to a respective secondary opening in the main drape section. Each of the plurality of pockets may be configured to be anchored, at the pocket opening, to a side surface of a respective raised ring or bezel on the input control console using a respective tightening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Bailey, Federico Barbagli, Reuben D. Brewer, Christopher R Carlson, Vincent Duindam, Tania K. Morimoto, Michael D. Paris, Oliver J. Wagner
  • Patent number: 4159790
    Abstract: A dispensing container comprising a compressible bottle having a neck portion, a cap attached to the neck portion, the cap having an inlet extending through the cap, a first one-way valve disposed in the inlet and operable to permit flow of air through the inlet into the bottle, the cap having an outlet extending through the cap, a second one-way valve disposed in the outlet and operable to permit flow of liquid from the bottle through the outlet, the cap having a protrusion extending into the neck portion of the bottle, the outlet extending through the protrusion, a tube connected to the protrusion and extending toward a bottom portion of the bottle, and a flexible bag having a neck portion fixed to the tube, the bag being disposed in the bottle and being adapted to retain the liquid therein, the tube having opening means to facilitate flow of the liquid into the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1979
    Inventor: Vincent R. Bailey