Patents by Inventor Andrew Rapoff

Andrew Rapoff 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: 20050101972
    Abstract: A skin graft preparing system includes a surgical device having a housing with a front end defining a forward direction and a rear end defining a rear direction for moving along skin in the forward direction. Cutting structure is moveably coupled to the housing for separating skin from the body where the cutting structure has a cutting portion. The cutting portion cyclically translates in the forward and rear direction without lateral movement. The skin graft preparing system also includes a skin graft preparing device having a base structure, one or more skin feeding structures, one or more skin preparing structures, and one or more skin collecting structures coupled to the base structure. The skin supporting structure from the surgical device provides the skin feeding structure of the skin graft preparing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Nilkanth Bhatavadekar, David Mozingo, Andrew Rapoff