Patents Examined by Tan-Uyen T. Ho
  • Patent number: 12161333
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a wound closure device and a connecting unit, which belongs to the field of medical products, aiming at solving the problems of high cost, long period and difficult mass production of existing wound closure devices manufactured according to the shape and size of a wound. The connecting unit of the present invention is structured as an independent connecting unit which can be mass produced, when a wound with a specific shape and size is to be treated, a wound closure device structure suitable for the wound can be formed simply by selecting corresponding size and number of connecting units, and assembling the same correspondingly, therefore, the present invention can effectively reduce the production cost by means of mass production not depending on specific shape and size of a wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Jinchen Medical & Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Huijin Tong
  • Patent number: 12161544
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of beads and a linking assembly joining the beads together. The beads include a housing defining a first opening, a second opening, and a chamber extending between the first opening and the second opening. A magnet is contained within the housing. The beads and the linking assembly are arranged in an annular arrangement and sized to form a loop around an anatomical structure in a patient. The loop may move between a contracted and expanded configuration. The loop is magnetically biased toward the contracted configuration by a magnetic bias of the beads. The linking assembly includes a first link element having an elongate body extending in the chamber of the first bead and a sealing element attached to the elongate body housed within the first opening of the first bead to thereby form a hermetic seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Kevin M. Fiebig
  • Patent number: 12144509
    Abstract: A pneumatic tourniquet has a constricting device that comprises a rocker, such that when the rocker is angularly displaced by contact with a wounded limb, a clamping force is applied by a rocker surface and a clamping edge onto a sealing element to prevent flow of the pressurized gas from an interposed inflated strap to a free end, causing the strap free end to be considerably thinner than the main strap section. In one embodiment, a gas flow control assembly comprises a casing containing a force transmitting element and a gas cartridge; and a pivotable activation handle, wherein, upon pivoted displacement of the activation handle, pressurized gas is caused to be discharged from the gas cartridge and flow to an interior of the strap. In other embodiments, the pneumatic tourniquet comprises one or more of a flow control unit, a manual pressure release initiator, and a puncture mitigating connection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MAS Med Global Ltd
    Inventors: Tzach-Yitzhak Brikman, Menashe Shaked, Derek Ryden
  • Patent number: 12138000
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a driven portion, a cord-shaped element, and a rotor. To the driven portion, a driving force is transmitted from an external portion. The cord-shaped element transmits a movement of the driven portion. The rotor has a circumferential surface around which the cord-shaped element extending from the driven portion is wound. The circumferential surface includes two or more grooves arranged side by side in a direction of a central axis of the rotor so that the cord-shaped element is windable therearound, and at least one cut-out portion connecting adjacent grooves among the two or more grooves so that the cord-shaped element is placeable through the adjacent grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: RIVERFIELD INC.
    Inventor: Koki Shindo
  • Patent number: 12128199
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for an optimized transseptal procedure that reduces the number of devices that are used in order to minimize procedural time, complexity and cost. The apparatus comprises a hybrid dilator that comprises the combined functionality of a transseptal sheath and dilator assembly. The hybrid dilator comprises: a dilator shaft defining a lumen for receiving a crossing device therethrough, a distal tip having an outer diameter which tapers down to an outer diameter of the crossing device for providing a smooth transition and a hub coupled with a side arm coupled to the dilator shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
    Inventors: Melanie Thompson Smith, Gareth Davies, Linus Hoi Che Leung
  • Patent number: 12109102
    Abstract: An aortic protection device including a mesh lumen shaped and sized to extend along the aorta, from a heart-side of a brachiocephalic artery exit from the aorta to distal of a left subclavian artery exit from the aorta, wherein the mesh lumen is arranged to change a porosity of mesh pores in response to external control. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Inventor: Zeev Brandeis
  • Patent number: 12097657
    Abstract: A three-dimensional structure is formed when layers of a material are deposited onto a substrate and scanned with a high energy beam to at least partially melt each layer of the material. Upon scanning the layers at predetermined locations at least a first segment overlapping a second segment and underlapping a third segment is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas Francis McCarthy, Brock Miller, Robin Stamp, Yuri Zaitsev, Robert W. Klein, Marc Esformes, David Markel, Amit Mistry, Joseph Robinson
  • Patent number: 12082844
    Abstract: The invention relates to a Multipurpose Vaginal Occlusion and Distension Device with Distension Controller, which helps patients with Female Stress Urinary Incontinence and for Fecal Incontinence. It comprises of double layered cylindrical body (101) making inflatable annular space and with closed anterior (103) and posterior (104) wall provided with inflatable tubular silicon ribs (103a, 104a), but the posterior end is provided with gas flow tube (106) connectable to the “Distension control and release mechanism” by which the cylindrical cavity (107), annular space, tubular ribs at both the end can be inflated. But the same device can be used, if the anterior end (301) is opened for collecting menstrual blood during Menstrual Cycle as an alternative to menstrual cups and pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Lalu Joseph
  • Patent number: 12082822
    Abstract: An openable and closable clip for medical use includes a resin clip body, and a fastening ring to be fitted onto the clip body. Clip body includes a pair of opposing arm parts, and connecting part that connects base ends of respective arm parts. Each arm part includes curved part on a base end side, holding part on distal end side, and intermediate part between curved and holding parts. Curved part is curved in arc shape, and intermediate part has a thickness greater than that of curved part. Clip body closes in state where fastening ring is fitted onto clip body on side closer to connecting part than curved part, opens when fastening ring slides onto curved part from connecting part, and closes when fastening ring slides onto intermediate part from curved part. Openable and closable clip can be used in endoscope clip device and opens and closes stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOCHI UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Takayuki Sato
  • Patent number: 12076016
    Abstract: A device and method for closing a wound is provided. The device includes an anchoring pad having a bottom surface and an opposing top surface, such that the bottom surface is configured to adhere to a first side of the wound; a complementary pad having a bottom surface and an opposing top surface, such that the bottom surface is configured to adhere to a second side of the wound; and a pull tab having a bottom surface and an opposing top surface, such that the top surface is configured to adhere to the complementary pad and/or the second side of the wound, and the pull tab is coupled to the complementary pad by at least one connecting strap that is slidably connected to the anchoring pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Sutura Industries LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lebner
  • Patent number: 12064298
    Abstract: A medical device support system including a shaft, extension arm, and floating stop. A guide channel member is fixed to the shaft and includes an elongated cavity that defines first and second contact faces at its opposite ends. A hub of the extension arm is pivotably mounted for a range of at least 360 degrees rotation about a rotation axis of the shaft. The at least 360 degrees rotation range is based on a compound of a first rotation range and a second rotation range. The first rotation range is defined by a fixed stop of the hub configured to move between first and second contact faces of a radially outer portion of the floating stop. The second rotation range is defined by a radially inner portion of the floating stop configured to move between the first and second contact faces of the elongated cavity of the guide channel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: American Sterilizer Company
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Heser, Jerime Josef Pichler
  • Patent number: 12059804
    Abstract: A kinematic mounting key engageable with a kinematic mounting receiver is provided. The kinematic mounting key comprises a base kinematic element, a first protrusion, and a second protrusion. Each of the first protrusion and the second protrusion defines a clearance channel and comprises a kinematic element. The clearance channels and the kinematic elements are configured so that the kinematic mounting key is engageable with the kinematic mounting receiver in a first arrangement at six points of contact and in a second arrangement at six points of contact that are at least partially different from the six points of contact of the first arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventor: Timothy Wade Perez
  • Patent number: 12059195
    Abstract: A robotic surgical instrument includes a housing and a shaft extending distally from the housing and including proximal and distal segments and an articulating portion interconnecting the segments. An end effector assembly is coupled to the distal segment and a plurality of actuation components extends through at least a portion of the shaft to enable selective actuation of the end effector assembly. A seal configuration is operably associated with a proximal body portion of a proximal link of the articulating portion of the shaft to establish seals against an interior annular surface of the shaft, about each actuation component of the plurality of actuation components, and within a distal end portion of the proximal segment of the shaft to inhibit fluid communication proximally into the proximal segment of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Haralambos P. Apostolopoulos, Russell W. Holbrook, Jason G. Weihe, Zachary S. Heiliger, Dylan R. Kingsley
  • Patent number: 12059156
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for treating a vascular malformation. The apparatus includes an orifice section, an intra-vascular-malformation docking section, and a connecting section. The apparatus is configured such that, when unconstrained the orifice section is shaped so as to define an orifice-section curve that winds at least 2.5 turns around an orifice-section central axis at a changing distance from the orifice-section central axis, the intra-vascular-malformation docking section is shaped so as to define a docking-section curve that winds between 0.5 and 2 turns around a docking-section central axis at a changing or constant distance from the docking-section central axis, and the connecting section connects the orifice-section curve with the docking-section curve, and has an average radius of curvature that is different from an average radius of curvature of an outermost loop of the orifice-section curve. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: ENDOSTREAM MEDICAL LTD.
    Inventors: Danel Mayer, Alon May, Yuval Shezifi
  • Patent number: 12048458
    Abstract: A trocar apparatus includes a trocar and a trocar shaft. The trocar has a retractable-type camera section and a seal unit. The seal unit has a dome type seal and a first mount. A step is formed on the proximal side of a puncture member at the distal end of the trocar shaft. A relationship between a puncture member length L1 of the puncture member and an interval L2 in the axial direction of the trocar from the boundary position between a pipe section and a head section to a first mount opening satisfies conditional formula (A) given below: L1>L2??(A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takaharu Fujii, Takashi Saotome
  • Patent number: 12042342
    Abstract: A gyroscopic stabilizer configured to stabilize a surgical instrument relative to a patient includes a frame having a central axis and a hub configured to releasably couple with the surgical instrument. A first gyroscope assembly is coupled with a first frame portion and a second gyroscope assembly is coupled with a second frame portion. Each gyroscope assembly includes a gimbal pivotably coupled with the respective frame portion about a precession axis, a motor, and a rotor rotatably coupled with the motor about a spin axis perpendicular to the respective precession axis. Each gyroscope assembly is operable generate a torque in a torque plane that contains the respective spin axis and the respective precession axis. The torques are configured to resist rotation of the gyroscopic stabilizer relative to the patient about respective device axes that are perpendicular to the central axis and to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Demetrius N. Harris, Mark S. Zeiner, Joseph Isosaki, David C. Perdue, Nicholas M. Morgan, Joshua P. Morgan
  • Patent number: 12023018
    Abstract: An anchoring device including a finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining a finger mounting axis and a work channel axis angled with respect to the finger mounting axis, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining an aperture lying generally in an aperture plane angled with respect to the finger mounting axis and with respect to the work channel axis, an anchor insertion assembly arranged for limited axial displacement along the work channel axis with respect to the aperture so as to intersect the aperture plane and an anchor assembly including at least an anchoring portion and a flexible elongate portion attached thereto, the anchoring portion having a pre-anchoring operative orientation and an anchoring operative orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: FEMSELECT LTD.
    Inventor: Boaz Harari
  • Patent number: 12023034
    Abstract: Devices and methods for treatment of a patient's vasculature are described. Embodiments may include a permeable implant connected to an expandable stent through a plurality of wires. The permeable shell is configured for placement in an aneurysm and the expandable stent is configured for placement in a parent vessel proximal, near, or adjacent the aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: MICROVENTION, INC.
    Inventors: William R. Patterson, Daniel Hoit, Hussain S. Rangwala, Todd Hewitt, Parker Milhous, Hung Tran
  • Patent number: 12011242
    Abstract: Systems and methods for minimally invasive computer-assisted telesurgery are described. For example, this disclosure provides surgical instruments and instrument drive systems for computer-assisted tele-operated surgery that are structured and operated to negate the effects of cable stretch within the surgical instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Charles Abbott, Daniel H. Gomez, Amy Kerdok, Ian E. McDowall, John Ryan Steger
  • Patent number: 12011161
    Abstract: A needle camera adaptor includes a tube-shaped body having a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis, and a lumen that extends along the longitudinal axis. A centrally-located lateral access opening is formed in an outer wall of the tube-shaped body. A needle securing channel is formed in the outer wall and extends between the lateral access opening and the distal end of the tube-shaped body. A curved suture needle is disposed within the needle securing channel. The needle securing channel and the curved suture needle extend along an axis that defines an oblique angle with the longitudinal axis of the needle camera adaptor. A visualization device, facing distally, is positioned within the lumen at the proximal end of the tube-shaped body. The lateral access opening, the needle securing channel, and the curved suture needle are located within a field of view of the visualization device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Souls, Robert Rousseau, Alexander M. Cannara, Noha Elmouelhi, Jared Schneider, Wayne Holloway