Patents by Inventor Albert C. Grosenbeck

Albert C. Grosenbeck 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: 6820400
    Abstract: An apparatus for inserting surgical needles in needle parks. The apparatus has a frame, a needle block slidably mounted to the frame, a shuttle member slidably mounted to the frame, and a pick-up head. The needle block has a plurality of guide members spaced apart to receive at least one surgical needle and at least one needle park. The apparatus is used in a method of automatically loading surgical needles into the needle parks of surgical suture packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantin Ivanov, John Rega, Clifford Dey, Albert C. Grosenbeck, Robert J. Cerwin, Joseph Stanley Siernos
  • Publication number: 20030196416
    Abstract: An apparatus for inserting surgical needles in needle parks. The apparatus has a frame, a needle block slidably mounted to the frame, a shuttle member slidably mounted to the frame, and a pick-up head. The needle block has a plurality of guide members spaced apart to receive at least one surgical needle and at least one needle park. The apparatus is used in a method of automatically loading surgical needles into the needle parks of surgical suture packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Konstantin Ivanov, John Rega, Clifford Dey, Albert C. Grosenbeck, Robert J. Cerwin, Joseph Stanley Siernos