Patents by Inventor Alison Rogers

Alison Rogers 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).

  • Coaptive tissue fusion method and apparatus with energy derivative precursive energy termination control
    Patent number: 7972334
    Abstract: Biological tissue is sealed or fused to occlude an opening by compressing apposite sidewall portions of the tissue and applying sufficient energy to cause the fibers of the compressed apposed sidewall portions to intertwine and fuse with one another to form a permanent seal. The energy application is controlled by detecting a precursor fusion condition while applying the energy and before sufficient energy has been applied to achieve a permanent seal. The application of energy is terminated in a time-delayed relationship to the detection of the precursor fusion condition. The precursor fusion condition is detected from derivative values of the total accumulated amount of high-frequency energy conducted through the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: ConMed Corporation
    Inventors: Francis T. McGreevy, Katherine R. Pavlovsky, Alison Rogers
  • Coaptive tissue fusion method and apparatus with energy derivative precursive energy termination control
    Publication number: 20090182321
    Abstract: Biological tissue is sealed or fused to occlude an opening by compressing apposite sidewall portions of the tissue and applying sufficient energy to cause the fibers of the compressed apposed sidewall portions to intertwine and fuse with one another to form a permanent seal. The energy application is controlled by detecting a precursor fusion condition while applying the energy and before sufficient energy has been applied to achieve a permanent seal. The application of energy is terminated in a time-delayed relationship to the detection of the precursor fusion condition. The precursor fusion condition is detected from derivative values of the total accumulated amount of high-frequency energy conducted through the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Francis T. McGreevy, Katherine R. Pavlovsky, Alison Rogers
  • Toothbrush cover
    Patent number: D823002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventors: Alison Rogers, Rosaline Scott