Patents Assigned to KVI LLC
  • Patent number: 12312553
    Abstract: Electrosurgical lubricants, sterilized kits including the lubricants, methods for using the lubricants, and methods for preparing sterilized kits having the lubricants therein. Electrosurgical devices utilize a high frequency electrical current to cut and to coagulate tissue during surgery. A problem of the electrosurgical devices is that the heat thereof causes tissue, such as that of a human being, to remain on the device and is generally difficult to remove, even with repeated washings. The electrosurgical lubricants have been found to considerably reduce the amount of eschar that builds up on electrosurgical devices, decrease the tendency of electrodes to stick to tissues at the surgical site, and prevent damage to the surface of the electrosurgical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: KVI LLC
    Inventors: Jessica Sue Haney Boester Linder, Zachary Lincoln Strittmatter
  • Patent number: 11440867
    Abstract: A medical lubricant may comprise a base oil. The medical lubricant can be used on a surgical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: KVI LLC
    Inventors: Alan Thomas Barker, Thomas P. Clement
  • Patent number: 11198831
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to a lubricant. The lubricant includes a first non-amphiphilic triglyceride. The lubricant further includes a second non-amphiphilic triglyceride. The second non-amphiphilic triglyceride is different from the first non-amphiphilic triglyceride. The lubricant further includes a non-amphiphilic glycol ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: KVI LLC
    Inventors: Alan Thomas Barker, Thomas P. Clement, Lorena E. Terhune, Teresa English
  • Patent number: 10940244
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for injecting a saline solution into an open cavity of a patient's body, and, alternatively, vacuuming fluids from the open cavity during laparoscopic surgery that provides constant feed and amplified pressure to provide a steady fluid output, in a disposable, single use handheld surgical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: KVI LLC
    Inventors: Thomas P. Clement, S. Stone Linton
  • Patent number: 10463814
    Abstract: A medical apparatus which comprises a sharpened outer cannula and a blunt inner cannula slidingly disposed within the outer cannula is configured to allow one-hand operation by user to operate the medical apparatus. The apparatus also contains a visual position indication system adapted to indicate the position of the inner cannula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KVI LLC
    Inventors: Thomas P. Clement, S. Stone Linton