Patents by Inventor Brian M. Yoder

Brian M. Yoder 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).

  • Electrical cautery device
    Patent number: 8202269
    Abstract: An electrical surgical cautery device for delivering thermal energy to cauterize and provide hemostasis to a bleeding tissue comprises an electrically powered flexible thermal delivery element having a substantially planar resistive coil embedded in a thermally conductive material. The thermally conductive material comprises a tissue contact surface and a non-tissue contact surface. A power source is connected to the resistive coil of the thermal delivery element and provides an electrical current to heat the thermal delivery element being pressed against the tissue. A method for providing hemostasis to a bleeding tissue surface comprises providing and pressing an electrical cautery device having a thermal delivery element, against the hemorrhaging tissue at a predetermined temperature for an interval sufficient to cauterize the tissue and provide hemostasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of The Universtiy of Michigan
    Inventors: J. Stuart Wolf, Jr., Brian M. Yoder, Matthew J. Huddleston, Adam Landis
  • Electrical cautery device
    Publication number: 20080294161
    Abstract: An electrical surgical cautery device for delivering thermal energy to cauterize and provide hemostasis to a bleeding tissue comprises an electrically powered flexible thermal delivery element having a substantially planar resistive coil embedded in a thermally conductive material. The thermally conductive material comprises a tissue contact surface and a non-tissue contact surface. A power source is connected to the resistive coil of the thermal delivery element and provides an electrical current to heat the thermal delivery element being pressed against the tissue. A method for providing hemostasis to a bleeding tissue surface comprises providing and pressing an electrical cautery device having a thermal delivery element, against the hemorrhaging tissue at a predetermined temperature for an interval sufficient to cauterize the tissue and provide hemostasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Stuart Wolf, JR., Brian M. Yoder, Matthew J. Huddleston, Adam Landis