Patents by Inventor Amos Cruz

Amos Cruz 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).

  • Publication number: 20040193117
    Abstract: A medical instrument for engaging tissue includes a flexible shaft, a tissue piercing coil at a distal portion of the shaft, and a tissue stabilizer positioned over the shaft and biased in a distal direction such that as the tissue piercing coil enters tissue, the tissue stabilizer is urged against a surface of the tissue. A medical instrument for reconfiguring tissue includes a flexible shaft defining a lumen housing actuating controls, and a distal actuating assembly with a sealing portion configured to substantially seal the shaft lumen from contact with bodily fluids. A cartridge assembly includes first and second members configured for releasable attachment to a medical instrument, and a holder configured to receive the first and second members and to be released from the first and second members upon action of the first and second members attaching to the medical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: ndo Surgical, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation
    Inventors: Michael D. Laufer, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Amos Cruz, Jonathan O'Keefe, Richard Andrews, Ram Chuttani, Vincent A. Piucci, Michael Barenboym, Neal H. Marshall, Randal B. Chinnock
  • Publication number: 20040193194
    Abstract: A medical instrument for engaging tissue includes a flexible shaft, a tissue piercing coil at a distal portion of the shaft, and a tissue stabilizer positioned over the shaft and biased in a distal direction such that as the tissue piercing coil enters tissue, the tissue stabilizer is urged against a surface of the tissue. A medical instrument for reconfiguring tissue includes a flexible shaft defining a lumen housing actuating controls, and a distal actuating assembly with a sealing portion configured to substantially seal the shaft lumen from contact with bodily fluids. A cartridge assembly includes first and second members configured for releasable attachment to a medical instrument, and a holder configured to receive the first and second members and to be released from the first and second members upon action of the first and second members attaching to the medical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: ndo Surgical, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation
    Inventors: Michael D. Laufer, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Amos Cruz, Jonathan O'Keefe, Richard Andrews, Ram Chuttani, Vincent A. Piucci, Michael Barenboym, Neal H. Marshall, Randal B. Chinnock
  • Publication number: 20030055442
    Abstract: A method includes advancing an apparatus having an elongated member transorally into the stomach. The apparatus includes a distal end effector having first and second members configured to engage tissue. The first and second members are movable relatively toward one another generally in a first plane. The method includes moving the distal end effector relative to the elongated member in the first plane such that the distal end effector is retroflexed out of alignment with the elongated member to position the first and second members for engagement with the tissue. At least one of the first and second members carries a fixation device for fixing engaged portions of tissue together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Michael D. Laufer, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Amos Cruz, Jonathan O'Keefe, Richard Andrews, Ram Chuttani, Vincent A. Piucci, Michael Barenboym, Neal H. Marshall, Randal B. Chinnock
  • Publication number: 20020040226
    Abstract: A medical instrument for engaging tissue includes a flexible shaft, a tissue piercing coil at a distal portion of the shaft, and a tissue stabilizer positioned over the shaft and biased in a distal direction such that as the tissue piercing coil enters tissue, the tissue stabilizer is urged against a surface of the tissue. A medical instrument for reconfiguring tissue includes a flexible shaft defining a lumen housing actuating controls, and a distal actuating assembly with a sealing portion configured to substantially seal the shaft lumen from contact with bodily fluids. A cartridge assembly includes first and second members configured for releasable attachment to a medical instrument, and a holder configured to receive the first and second members and to be released from the first and second members upon action of the first and second members attaching to the medical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: Michael D. Laufer, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Amos Cruz, Jonathan O'keefe, Richard Andrews, Ram Chuttani, Vincent A. Puicci, Michael Barenboym, Neal H. Marshall, Randall B. Chinnock