Patents by Inventor Andrew P. TURNER

Andrew P. TURNER 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).

  • Multi-function mounting interface for an image-guided robotic system and quick release interventional toolset
    Patent number: 10512511
    Abstract: Tool mount adaptors for interfacing a medical instrument with a medical insertion device are provided. The tool mount adaptor includes a collar for holding a medical instrument wherein the tool mount adaptor is releasably attachable to the medical insertion device. Cannula holder assemblies for a medical insertion device are also provided. The cannula holder assembly includes: (a) a cannula track; and (b) a cannula carriage slideably mounted on the cannula track comprising a cannula holder mount and a demobilizer. Medical insertion devices comprising the tool mount adaptors and/or cannula holder assemblies are also provided together with methods of using the medical insertion devices in diagnostic and/or therapeutic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: CENTRE FOR SURGICAL INVENTION AND INNOVATION
    Inventors: Mehran Anvari, Peter D. Bevan, Steve Fisher, Andrew P. Turner, Tej Sachdev, Timothy Scott Fielding, Kathryn Chan
  • MULTI-FUNCTION MOUNTING INTERFACE FOR AN IMAGE-GUIDED ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND QUICK RELEASE INTERVENTIONAL TOOLSET
    Publication number: 20160157941
    Abstract: Tool mount adaptors for interfacing a medical instrument with a medical insertion device are provided. The tool mount adaptor includes a collar for holding a medical instrument wherein the tool mount adaptor is releasably attachable to the medical insertion device. Cannula holder assemblies for a medical insertion device are also provided. The cannula holder assembly includes: (a) a cannula track; and (b) a cannula carriage slideably mounted on the cannula track comprising a cannula holder mount and a demobilizer. Medical insertion devices comprising the tool mount adaptors and/or cannula holder assemblies are also provided together with methods of using the medical insertion devices in diagnostic and/or therapeutic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Mehran ANVARI, Peter D. BEVAN, Steve FISHER, Andrew P. TURNER, Tej SACHDEV, Timothy Scott FIELDING, Kathryn CHAN