Patents by Inventor Arnold Ferlin

Arnold Ferlin 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: 20150080920
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system for preparing an opening created on an organic wall, comprising: —a supporting body defining a longitudinal axis and having a proximal portion and a distal portion adapted for insertion through the opening; —external clamping elements deployable in an outwardly flaring arrangement relative to the supporting body and able to cover portions of an annular surface of said wall; and—biasing elements arranged to tighten and juxtapose said external clamping elements on said body in order to progressively deform said annular surface so as to shape on said wall a tubular portion extending along the longitudinal axis and form an anchoring clamp consisting of said external clamping elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Arnold Ferlin, Claude Carozzo
  • Publication number: 20150032133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for performing an anastomosis between an organic wall having an opening and an organic hollow tube, comprising: a body inserted inside the tube and through the opening; external clamping elements defining with said body a tubular portion on the wall and forming an anchoring clamp; a device for connecting said tube and said tubular portion, comprising: suture elements connecting the external clamping elements to the body and each having a first end connected to a tightening device and a second end adapted for being retained on an external clamping element; and a suturing device adapted for moving the second end of the suture elements between a retracted configuration where it is located inside the tube, and an anchored configuration where it is retained on an external clamping element after passing through the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Arnold Ferlin, Claude Carozzo