Patents by Inventor Benjamin K. Yaffe

Benjamin K. Yaffe 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: 20110251559
    Abstract: An access device places a medical article within a body space of a patient. The device has a needle section that includes an elongated body and a needle hub. The device further includes a dilator portion that has a dilator and a dilator hub. The dilator is coaxially disposed and slideable over the elongated body of the needle section. The device further includes a sheath section that has a sheath and a sheath hub. The sheath is coaxially disposed and slideable over the dilator. The device further includes a first locking mechanism operably disposed between the needle hub and the dilator hub to inhibit at least unintentional axial movement between the needle section and the dilator portion and a second locking mechanism operably disposed between the dilator hub and the sheath hub to inhibit at least unintentional axial movement between the dilator portion and the sheath section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Access Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Tal, Janelle Anderson, Benjamin K. Yaffe, William J. McCreight, Robert Rabiner
  • Patent number: 7922696
    Abstract: An access device places a medical article within a body space of a patient. The device has a needle section that includes an elongated body and a needle hub. The device further includes a dilator portion that has a dilator and a dilator hub. The dilator is coaxially disposed and slideable over the elongated body of the needle section. The device further includes a sheath section that has a sheath and a sheath hub. The sheath is coaxially disposed and slideable over the dilator. The device further includes a first locking mechanism operably disposed between the needle hub and the dilator hub to inhibit at least unintentional axial movement between the needle section and the dilator portion and a second locking mechanism operably disposed between the dilator hub and the sheath hub to inhibit at least unintentional axial movement between the dilator portion and the sheath section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Access Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Tal, Janelle Anderson, Benjamin K. Yaffe, William J. McCreight, Robert Rabiner
  • Publication number: 20080294111
    Abstract: An access device places a medical article within a body space of a patient. The device has a needle section that includes an elongated body and a needle hub. The device further includes a dilator portion that has a dilator and a dilator hub. The dilator is coaxially disposed and slideable over the elongated body of the needle section. The device further includes a sheath section that has a sheath and a sheath hub. The sheath is coaxially disposed and slideable over the dilator. The device further includes a first locking mechanism operably disposed between the needle hub and the dilator hub to inhibit at least unintentional axial movement between the needle section and the dilator portion and a second locking mechanism operably disposed between the dilator hub and the sheath hub to inhibit at least unintentional axial movement between the dilator portion and the sheath section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Access Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Tal, Janelle Anderson, Benjamin K. Yaffe, William J. McCreight, Robert Rabiner