Patents by Inventor Aayush Malla
Aayush Malla 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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Publication number: 20240058077Abstract: Disclosed is a system to engage one or more tools. In the system a drive shaft and collet may be assembled to engage and disengage, selectively, a plurality of tools. Further, a tracking device may be used to track a location of at least a portion of the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Milton F. Barnes, Thomas M. Meese, Michael Vu, Vikram A. Garadi, Zachary S. Heiliger, Aayush Malla
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Patent number: 11819289Abstract: Disclosed is a system to engage one or more tools. In the system a drive shaft and collet may be assembled to engage and disengage, selectively, a plurality of tools. Further, a tracking device may be used to track a location of at least a portion of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.Inventors: Milton F. Barnes, Thomas M. Meese, Michael Vu, Vikram A. Garadi, Zachary S. Heiliger, Aayush Malla
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Publication number: 20230346421Abstract: A surgical cutting device includes a handle, a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle, a cutting tool extending through the shaft assembly, and a retractable shield. The retractable shield and/or the cutting tool is movable relative to the other between a retracted position, wherein a distal tip of the cutting tool extends through and distally beyond a ring (or other opening) of the retractable shield, and one or more extended positions, wherein the ring (or other portion) of the retractable shield extends distally beyond the distal tip of the cutting tool. In aspects, a sensor is disposed on a distal face of the retractable shield. In aspects, a surgical system including the surgical cutting device includes control circuitry configured to receive sensed data from the sensor and to provide an output based thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Michael Vu, Aayush Malla, Milton F. Barnes, John W. Kulas, Sophie A. Pervere
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Publication number: 20220125447Abstract: A drill assembly including a cutting tool slidably movable along a longitudinal axis of the drill assembly and drivable to cut an object. In an active configuration, a pressure loaded drive control assembly transfers energy from a motor to the cutting tool to drive the cutting tool. In an inactive configuration, the pressure loaded drive control assembly prevents energy transfer from the motor to the cutting tool. A biasing member of the pressure loaded drive control assembly is configured to bias the pressure loaded drive control assembly in the inactive configuration. Depressing the cutting tool against the object moves the cutting tool along the longitudinal axis and moves the pressure loaded drive control assembly to the active configuration. The biasing member returns the pressure loaded drive control assembly to the inactive configuration when the cutting tool is no longer depressed against the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Michael Vu, Milton F. Barnes, Seralaathan Hariharesan, Aayush Malla
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Publication number: 20200337785Abstract: Disclosed is a system to engage one or more tools. In the system a drive shaft and collet may be assembled to engage and disengage, selectively, a plurality of tools. Further, a tracking device may be used to track a location of at least a portion of the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Milton F. Barnes, Thomas M. Meese, Michael Vu, Vikram A. Garadi, Zachary S. HEILIGER, Aayush Malla
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Patent number: 10709508Abstract: Disclosed is a system to engage one or more tools. In the system a drive shaft and collet may be assembled to engage and disengage, selectively, a plurality of tools. Further, a tracking device may be used to track a location of at least a portion of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Medtronics PS Medical, Inc.Inventors: Milton F. Barnes, Thomas M. Meese, Michael Vu, Vikram A. Garadi, Zachary S. Heiliger, Aayush Malla
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Publication number: 20180028266Abstract: Disclosed is a system to engage one or more tools. In the system a drive shaft and collet may be assembled to engage and disengage, selectively, a plurality of tools. Further, a tracking device may be used to track a location of at least a portion of the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Milton F. Barnes, Thomas M. Meese, Michael Vu, Vikram A. Garadi, Zachary S. Heiliger, Aayush Malla
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Patent number: 9113945Abstract: A surgical tissue cutting instrument comprises a tubular outer member, an inner member rotatably disposed within the outer member and having a cutting element, a handpiece, and an irrigation system. The irrigation system includes an irrigation channel composed of a first irrigation passage within the handpiece and a second irrigation passage within the thickness of the annular wall of the outer member, and a sleeve disposed over a front end of the handpiece and over the outer member adjacent an outlet opening of the second irrigation passage. The sleeve allows communication through the outlet opening of the second irrigation passage and an inlet port of the first passage. The inlet port is connectible with a source of irrigation fluid.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Aayush Malla, Charles Stanislaus, Joshua David Rubin, William C. Brunnett
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Publication number: 20140107688Abstract: A surgical tissue cutting instrument comprises a tubular outer member, an inner member rotatably disposed within the outer member and having a cutting element, a handpiece, and an irrigation system. The irrigation system includes an irrigation channel composed of a first irrigation passage within the handpiece and a second irrigation passage within the thickness of the annular wall of the outer member, and a sleeve disposed over a front end of the handpiece and over the outer member adjacent an outlet opening of the second irrigation passage. The sleeve allows communication through the outlet opening of the second irrigation passage and an inlet port of the first passage. The inlet port is connectible with a source of irrigation fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Medtronic Xomed, IncInventors: Aayush Malla, Charles Stanislaus, Joshua David Rubin, William Brunett
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Patent number: 8608766Abstract: A surgical tissue cutting instrument comprises a tubular outer member, an inner member rotatably disposed within the outer member and having a cutting element, a handpiece, and an irrigation system. The irrigation system includes an irrigation channel composed of a first irrigation passage within the handpiece and a second irrigation passage within the thickness of the annular wall of the outer member, and a sleeve disposed over a front end of the handpiece and over the outer member adjacent an outlet opening of the second irrigation passage. The sleeve allows communication through the outlet opening of the second irrigation passage and an inlet port of the first passage. The inlet port is connectable with a source of irrigation fluid.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Aayush Malla, Charles Stanislaus, Joshua David Rubin, William C. Brunnett
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Patent number: 8273097Abstract: A surgical tissue cutting instrument having an irrigation system comprises an elongate tubular outer member having a proximal end, a distal end and an opening at the distal end, an elongate inner member rotatably disposed within the outer member and having a proximal end, a distal end and a cutting element at the distal end exposed from the opening, a handpiece mounted to the proximal ends of the outer and inner members, and an irrigation system comprising an irrigation channel composed of a first irrigation passage within the handpiece and a second irrigation passage within the thickness of the annular wall of the outer member, and a sleeve having a rearward end disposed over a front end of the handpiece and a forward end disposed over the outer member adjacent an outlet opening of the second irrigation passage near the distal end of the outer member.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Aayush Malla, Charles Stanislaus, Joshua David Rubin, William C. Brunnett
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Publication number: 20110270293Abstract: A surgical tissue cutting instrument having an irrigation system comprises an elongate tubular outer member having a proximal end, a distal end and an opening at the distal end, an elongate inner member rotatably disposed within the outer member and having a proximal end, a distal end and a cutting element at the distal end exposed from the opening, a handpiece mounted to the proximal ends of the outer and inner members, and an irrigation system comprising an irrigation channel composed of a first irrigation passage within the handpiece and a second irrigation passage within the thickness of the annular wall of the outer member, and a sleeve having a rearward end disposed over a front end of the handpiece and a forward end disposed over the outer member adjacent an outlet opening of the second irrigation passage near the distal end of the outer member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Aayush Malla, Charles Stanislaus, Joshua David Rubin, William C. Brunnett
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Patent number: 7822215Abstract: A hearing-aid device and a method for transmitting sound through bone conduction are disclosed. The hearing-aid device comprises a piezoelectric-type actuator, housing and connector. The piezoelectric actuator is preferably a circular flextensional-type actuator mounted along its peripheral edge in a specifically designed circular structure of the housing. During operation, the bone-conduction transducer is placed against the mastoid area behind the ear of the patient. When the device is energized with an alternating electrical voltage, it flexes back and forth like a circular membrane sustained along its periphery and thus, vibrates as a consequence of the inverse piezoelectric effect. Due to the specific and unique designs proposed, these vibrations are directly transferred through the human skin to the bone structure (the skull) and provide a means for the sound to be transmitted for patients with hearing malfunctions.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2006Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Face International CorpInventors: Alfredo Vazquez Carazo, Aayush Malla
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Publication number: 20070041595Abstract: A hearing-aid device and a method for transmitting sound through bone conduction are disclosed. The hearing-aid device comprises a piezoelectric-type actuator, housing and connector. The piezoelectric actuator is preferably a circular flextensional-type actuator mounted along its peripheral edge in a specifically designed circular structure of the housing. During operation, the bone-conduction transducer is placed against the mastoid area behind the ear of the patient. When the device is energized with an alternating electrical voltage, it flexes back and forth like a circular membrane sustained along its periphery and thus, vibrates as a consequence of the inverse piezoelectric effect. Due to the specific and unique designs proposed, these vibrations are directly transferred trough the human skin to the bone structure (the skull) and provide a means for the sound to be transmitted for patients with hearing malfunctions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2006Publication date: February 22, 2007Inventors: Alfredo Carazo, Aayush Malla