Patents by Inventor Andrew Duncan Pidgeon

Andrew Duncan Pidgeon 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).

  • MASTER CONTROLLER DEVICE FOR MEDICAL OR SURGICAL TELEOPERATION
    Publication number: 20240350214
    Abstract: A master controller device includes a control gripper to control at least the open/close degree of freedom of a slave surgical instrument. The control gripper has a first interface portion and a second interface portion for the fingers of a user, wherein the first interface portion is opposite to the second interface portion. Each interface portion includes a cavity thereof formed by a respective conically-developing surface. The controller device can further include a handle which forms the handle of the master controller device, wherein the handle has a body which forms at least one seat with a surface thereof to rest on the back of a user's hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Federico MONTAGNANI, Nicola PINESCHI, Massimiliano SIMI, Alexander Richard JOSEPH, Andrew Duncan PIDGEON, Samuel John DOYLE, Benjamin David HOPKINS, Niven CURTIS-WOODCOCK, Christopher Edward HARM, Alexander John MARET
  • MASTER CONTROLLER DEVICE COMPRISING A WEARABLE PORTION FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL AND MICROSURGICAL TELEOPERATION, AND RELATED SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240277439
    Abstract: An unconstrained master controller device for a robotic system for medical or surgical teleoperation includes at least one wearable portion having a pair of wearable elements for the fingers of a surgeon and a control gripper for controlling at least one degree of freedom of a slave surgical instrument associable with the master controller device. The master controller device includes at least one internal degree of freedom of orientation which allows reorienting at least one wearable element of the pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Federico MONTAGNANI, Nicola PINESCHI, Emanuele RUFFALDI, Andrea PRATESI, Massimiliano SIMI, Alexander Richard JOSEPH, Andrew Duncan PIDGEON, Samuel John DOYLE, Benjamin David HOPKINS, Niven CURTIS-WOODCOCK, Shadi BAVAR
  • Carrying bag
    Patent number: 10188479
    Abstract: A carrying case (500) and handle (504) for accommodating a portable topical negative pressure therapy apparatus (200) comprising a device (202) and a waste canister (204) separable therefrom, the waste canister having an aspiration conduit (274) emerging therefrom is described, the carrying bag comprising an apparatus receiving pouch (502), said pouch having opening and closing means (522, 524) at a lower portion thereof and said handle (504) being directly attached to said apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLC
    Inventors: Andrew Duncan Pidgeon, Richard Mann
  • CARRYING BAG
    Publication number: 20170156810
    Abstract: A carrying case (500) and handle (504) for accommodating a portable topical negative pressure therapy apparatus (200) comprising a device (202) and a waste canister (204) separable therefrom, the waste canister having an aspiration conduit (274) emerging therefrom is described, the carrying bag comprising an apparatus receiving pouch (502), said pouch having opening and closing means (522, 524) at a lower portion thereof and said handle (504) being directly attached to said apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Duncan Pidgeon, Richard Mann
  • Topical negative pressure system with status indication
    Patent number: 8294586
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for indicating a status of at least one operating parameter associated with a topical negative pressure (TNP) system. The method includes the steps of generating illumination from at least one LED, the illumination having at least one characteristic corresponding to a status of at least one operating parameter associated with the TNP system and being visible to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew Duncan Pidgeon, Richard Mann, Max William Middleton
  • TOPICAL NEGATIVE PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH STATUS INDICATION
    Publication number: 20100207768
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for indicating a status of at least one operating parameter associated with a topical negative pressure (TNP) system. The method includes the steps of generating illumination from at least one LED, the illumination having at least one characteristic corresponding to a status of at least one operating parameter associated with the TNP system and being visible to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: SMITH & NEPHEW PLC
    Inventors: Andrew Duncan Pidgeon, Richard Mann, Max William Middleton
  • Double flap bag
    Patent number: D617094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLC
    Inventors: Andrew Duncan Pidgeon, Richard Mann