Patents by Inventor Bruce E. Zaborowski

Bruce E. Zaborowski 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).

  • Articulating laparoscopic device and method for delivery of medical fluid
    Patent number: 7955315
    Abstract: A laparoscopic medical fluid delivery device includes a catheter having an articulating tip formed with shape memory properties and thus having a pre-shaped curvature. A tubular member is reciprocatingly slidable axially on the catheter to selectively cover and uncover portions of the articulating tip to thereby selectively vary the degree of curvature of the articulating tip. An actuator operatively linked to the tubular member selectively moves the tubular member reciprocatingly on the catheter. The pre-shaped articulating tip of the catheter is constrained by the tubular member from articulating to the pre-shaped curvature when the tubular member covers the articulating tip, and bends to a selected degree of curvature when the articulating tip is at least partially uncovered by the tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Feinberg, Jessica Liberatore, Richard Kocharian, Bruce E. Zaborowski
  • Articulating laparoscopic device and method for delivery of medical fluid
    Publication number: 20080097391
    Abstract: A laparoscopic medical fluid delivery device includes a catheter having an articulating tip formed with shape memory properties and thus having a pre-shaped curvature. A tubular member is reciprocatingly slidable axially on the catheter to selectively cover and uncover portions of the articulating tip to thereby selectively vary the degree of curvature of the articulating tip. An actuator operatively linked to the tubular member selectively moves the tubular member reciprocatingly on the catheter. The pre-shaped articulating tip of the catheter is constrained by the tubular member from articulating to the pre-shaped curvature when the tubular member covers the articulating tip, and bends to a selected degree of curvature when the articulating tip is at least partially uncovered by the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Marc Feinberg, Jessica Liberatore, Richard Kocharian, Bruce E. Zaborowski