Patents by Inventor Alexander J. Feigl

Alexander J. Feigl 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).

  • Devices and methods for positioning sutures
    Patent number: 10792033
    Abstract: A device that facilitates the placement of one or more needles and their attached sutures in the body of a surgical patient is disclosed. The device contains one or more needle guide channels in which one or more needles may be backloaded. The device also contains one or more lumens extending though the body of the device. One or more sutures may be coupled to the one or more needles, and threaded through the lumen. The one or more needles may then be advanced out of their respective needle guide channels by pulling on one end of one or more sutures. When one end of a suture is pulled, the attached needle is advanced out of the device and will pierce and be positioned in the tissue that is located adjacent to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: A&P FEIGL FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventor: Alexander J. Feigl
  • Devices and Methods for Positioning Sutures
    Publication number: 20180271517
    Abstract: A device that facilitates the placement of one or more needles and their attached sutures in the body of a surgical patient is disclosed. The device contains one or more needle guide channels in which one or more needles may be backloaded. The device also contains one or more lumens extending though the body of the device. One or more sutures may be coupled to the one or more needles, and threaded through the lumen. The one or more needles may then be advanced out of their respective needle guide channels by pulling on one end of one or more sutures. When one end of a suture is pulled, the attached needle is advanced out of the device and will pierce and be positioned in the tissue that is located adjacent to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Alexander J. Feigl
  • Devices and methods for positioning sutures
    Patent number: 9801623
    Abstract: A device that facilitates the placement of one or more needles and their attached sutures in the body of a surgical patient is disclosed. The device contains one or more needle guide channels in which one or more needles may be backloaded. The device also contains one or more lumens extending though the body of the device. One or more sutures may be coupled to the one or more needles, and threaded through the lumen. The one or more needles may then be advanced out of their respective needle guide channels by pulling on one end of one or more sutures. When one end of a suture is pulled, the attached needle is advanced out of the device and will pierce and be positioned in the tissue that is located adjacent to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: A&P Feigl Family Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Alexander J. Feigl
  • Devices and Methods for Positioning Sutures
    Publication number: 20090030433
    Abstract: A device that facilitates the placement of one or more needles and their attached sutures in the body of a surgical patient is disclosed. The device contains one or more needle guide channels in which one or more needles may be backloaded. The device also contains one or more lumens extending though the body of the device. One or more sutures may be coupled to the one or more needles, and threaded through the lumen. The one or more needles may then be advanced out of their respective needle guide channels by pulling on one end of one or more sutures. When one end of a suture is pulled, the attached needle is advanced out of the device and will pierce and be positioned in the tissue that is located adjacent to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: Alexander J. Feigl
  • Devices and methods for positioning sutures
    Patent number: 7402166
    Abstract: A device that facilitates the placement of one or more needles and their attached sutures in the body of a surgical patient is disclosed. The device contains one or more needle guide channels in which one or more needles may be backloaded. The device also contains one or more lumens extending though the body of the device. One or more sutures may be coupled to the one or more needles, and threaded through the lumen. The one or more needles may then be advanced out of their respective needle guide channels by pulling on one end of one or more sutures. When one end of a suture is pulled, the attached needle is advanced out of the device and will pierce and be positioned in the tissue that is located adjacent to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: A&P Feigl Family Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Alexander J. Feigl
  • Devices and methods for positioning sutures
    Publication number: 20030158562
    Abstract: A device that facilitates the placement of one or more needles and their attached sutures in the body of a surgical patient is disclosed. The device contains one or more needle guide channels in which one or more needles may be backloaded. The device also contains one or more lumens extending though the body of the device. One or more sutures may be coupled to the one or more needles, and threaded through the lumen. The one or more needles may then be advanced out of their respective needle guide channels by pulling on one end of one or more sutures. When one end of a suture is pulled, the attached needle is advanced out of the device and will pierce and be positioned in the tissue that is located adjacent to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventor: Alexander J. Feigl