Patents Examined by Jeffrey Hoekstra
  • Patent number: 7278972
    Abstract: A combined bone marrow aspiration and core biopsy device. A large bore cannula includes a coaxial stylet which seals both ends of the cannula, allowing fluid to be aspirated through the space between stylet and cannula. Then, a core sample is taken with the cannula after the stylet is retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: WorldWide Medical Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gary A. Lamoureux, Richard A. Terwilliger
  • Patent number: 7144378
    Abstract: The present invention provides a torquer for maneuvering a medical guidewire during endovascular surgical procedures or the like, which can be easily positioned and re-positioned along the length of the wire. A clamp-like device is formed with a top arm and a bottom arm connected to one another by means of a flap hinge. A horizontal slit is defined within the flap hinge, and a vertical slit is defined on a clamping tongue positioned at the top distal end of the top arm, such that the torquer is placed onto the guidewire and snapped into place with the guidewire penetrating the vertical slit. A wire channel means is further defined between the two arms to hold the guidewire within the torquer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Inventor: Richard J. Arnott