Patents by Inventor Alexander Lauderbaugh

Alexander Lauderbaugh 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESTRICTING MOVEMENT OF A CANNULA DURING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE
    Publication number: 20130197534
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a body portion having a sidewall with one or more threads and defining a lumen. The apparatus includes a brace portion having a sidewall that defines a lumen that is fluidically coupled to the lumen of the body portion. The sidewall of the brace portion has one or more threads that are configured to matingly couple to the threads of the body portion. The brace portion has a contact surface configured to contact a bodily tissue of a patient when a cannula is disposed within the lumen of the body portion and the lumen of the brace portion. The brace portion and the body portion are collectively configured to maintain a position of the cannula within a body of the patient relative to the bodily tissue when the cannula is disposed within the lumen of the brace portion and the lumen of the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Crosstrees Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Lauderbaugh, Robert M. Scribner, Dan R. Hollowell, Richard W. Layne, Robert T. Scribner