Patents by Inventor Ashley Nicolette Hinga (formerly Keffer)

Ashley Nicolette Hinga (formerly Keffer) 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-LUMEN CARDIAC ACCESS
    Publication number: 20240058034
    Abstract: An introducer device includes a proximal hub including a first port and a second port, first and second fluid valves associated with the first port and the second port, respectively, a first elongate lumen projecting distally from the proximal hub, the first elongate lumen being in fluid communication with the first port, and a second elongate lumen projecting distally from the proximal hub, the second elongate lumen being in fluid communication with the second port and fluidly isolated from the first elongate lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Felino V. Cortez, JR., Stephen Cournane, Stephen Epstein, Nancy Ling Chung, Luke Anthony Zanetti, Ashley Nicolette Hinga (formerly Keffer), Wesley Paul Nicholson, Sai Prasad Uppalapati
  • CLOSING TISSUE OPENINGS
    Publication number: 20230210523
    Abstract: A suture system can comprise a first and a second curved double arm needle, and a needle docking device configured to maintain the first and the second curved double arm needles in alignment with and parallel to one another and at predetermined orientations relative to the needle docking device. The system can include a needle manipulating instrument having a distal portion configured to engage the first and the second curved double arm needles while the first and second curved double arm needles are in the needle docking device, and to maintain the needles in predetermined orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Felino V. Cortez, JR., Luke Anthony Zanetti, Sai Prasad Uppalapati, John Richard Carpenter, Stephen Cournane, Stephen Epstein, Ashley Nicolette Hinga (formerly Keffer)