Patents by Inventor Allan Salas

Allan Salas 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).

  • Surgical clip applicator and apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 10758243
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for delivering a surgical clip to a patient during a minimally invasive surgical procedure are disclosed herein. An exemplary apparatus for isolating an atrial appendage of a patient includes a surgical clip that locks onto the atrial appendage of the patient, and a surgical clip applicator that releasably engages the surgical clip. The surgical clip can include a top portion and a bottom portion. The surgical clip applicator can include a first flexible flap and a second flexible flap. The first and second flexible flaps can be sufficiently rigid to prevent the surgical clip from falling off of the surgical clip applicator when the surgical clip is engaged to the surgical applicator and the surgical clip applicator is in a relaxed state, and sufficiently flexible to facilitate separation of the surgical clip from the surgical clip applicator when the surgical clip is locked onto the atrial appendage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventor: Allan Salas
  • SURGICAL CLIP APPLICATOR AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150190137
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for delivering a surgical clip to a patient during a minimally invasive surgical procedure are disclosed herein. An exemplary apparatus for isolating an atrial appendage of a patient includes a surgical clip that locks onto the atrial appendage of the patient, and a surgical clip applicator that releasably engages the surgical clip. The surgical clip can include a top portion and a bottom portion. The surgical clip applicator can include a first flexible flap and a second flexible flap. The first and second flexible flaps can be sufficiently rigid to prevent the surgical clip from falling off of the surgical clip applicator when the surgical clip is engaged to the surgical applicator and the surgical clip applicator is in a relaxed state, and sufficiently flexible to facilitate separation of the surgical clip from the surgical clip applicator when the surgical clip is locked onto the atrial appendage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventor: Allan Salas
  • Surgical clip applicator and apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 8945151
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for delivering a surgical clip to a patient during a minimally invasive surgical procedure are disclosed herein. An exemplary apparatus for isolating an atrial appendage of a patient includes a surgical clip that locks onto the atrial appendage of the patient, and a surgical clip applicator that releasably engages the surgical clip. The surgical clip can include a top portion and a bottom portion. The surgical clip applicator can include a first flexible flap and a second flexible flap. The first and second flexible flaps can be sufficiently rigid to prevent the surgical clip from falling off of the surgical clip applicator when the surgical clip is engaged to the surgical applicator and the surgical clip applicator is in a relaxed state, and sufficiently flexible to facilitate separation of the surgical clip from the surgical clip applicator when the surgical clip is locked onto the atrial appendage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventor: Allan Salas
  • Clamp based lesion formation apparatus with variable spacing structures
    Patent number: 7862561
    Abstract: Apparatus including includes first and second energy transmission surfaces with a predetermined spacing and a device that allows the spacing to increase when the energy transmission surfaces are brought into contact with a tissue structure that is thicker than the predetermined spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Swanson, Allan Salas
  • Surgical clip applicator and apparatus including the same
    Publication number: 20070016228
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for delivering a surgical clip to a patient during a minimally invasive surgical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Allan Salas
  • Clamp based lesion formation apparatus with variable spacing structures
    Publication number: 20060155274
    Abstract: Apparatus including includes first and second energy transmission surfaces with a predetermined spacing and a device that allows the spacing to increase when the energy transmission surfaces are brought into contact with a tissue structure that is thicker than the predetermined spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: David Swanson, Allan Salas