Patents by Inventor Bryan C. Depetrillo

Bryan C. Depetrillo 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).

  • Medical probe device with transparent distal extremity
    Patent number: 6193714
    Abstract: A medical probe device for introduction by way of a natural body opening into a tubular internal anatomical part of the body includes an elongate member having proximal and distal extremities and a passageway extending from the proximal extremity to the distal extremity along a longitudinal axis, a transparent guide piece mounted on the distal extremity of the elongate member, the transparent guide piece having proximal and distal extremities and a bore therein defining a guide piece lumen extending from the proximal extremity of the guide piece distally at least part way to the distal extremity of the guide piece, the guide piece lumen being in communication with the passageway in the elongate member, an optical viewing element movable within the passageway of the elongate member and having a distal extremity movable within the guide piece lumen, a handle mechanism mounted on the proximal extremity of the elongate member, and a further mechanism carried by the handle for mounting the distal extremity of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Vidamed, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. McGaffigan, Jack A. McCullough, Christopher S. Jones, Bryan C. Depetrillo
  • Medical probe device with transparent distal extremity
    Patent number: 5873877
    Abstract: A medical probe device for introduction by way of a natural body opening into a tubular internal anatomical part of the body includes an elongate member having proximal and distal extremities and a passageway extending from the proximal extremity to the distal extremity along a longitudinal axis, a transparent guide piece mounted on the distal extremity of the elongate member, the transparent guide piece having proximal and distal extremities and a bore therein defining a guide piece lumen extending from the proximal extremity of the guide piece distally at least part way to the distal extremity of the guide piece, the guide piece lumen being in communication with the passageway in the elongate member, an optical viewing element movable within the passageway of the elongate member and having a distal extremity movable within the guide piece lumen, a handle mounted on the proximal extremity of the elongate member, the distal extremity of the optical viewing element mounted within the guide piece lumen so that
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Vidamed, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. McGaffigan, Jack A. McCullough, Christopher S. Jones, Bryan C. Depetrillo