Patents by Inventor Cara Shapiro

Cara Shapiro 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).

  • Trocar simulation
    Patent number: 11877813
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for supporting an elongate shaft on a surgical tool during robotic surgery. For example, a tool holder is provided with an elongate carrier arm configured to couple to a distal end of a surgical robotic arm. The tool holder has a housing that is removably mounted on the carrier arm and that is configured to be positioned adjacent to a tissue surface without extending into tissue. The tool holder thus simulates a trocar. The housing has an opening formed therethrough for receiving an elongate shaft of a surgical tool, and the opening has an inner diameter that is configured to dynamically adjust in size to adapt to and resist movement of elongate shafts of varying diameters inserted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Katherine J. Schmid, Eric W. Thompson, Cara Shapiro
  • Electrically-powered surgical systems for cutting and welding solid organs
    Patent number: 10898219
    Abstract: Surgical systems and methods are provided for controlling actuation and movement of various surgical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Cortney E. Henderson, Jason L. Harris, David C. Yates, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cara Shapiro, Kevin D. Felder, Joshua Dean Young
  • Trocar Simulation
    Publication number: 20200146760
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for supporting an elongate shaft on a surgical tool during robotic surgery. For example, a tool holder is provided with an elongate carrier arm configured to couple to a distal end of a surgical robotic arm. The tool holder has a housing that is removably mounted on the carrier arm and that is configured to be positioned adjacent to a tissue surface without extending into tissue. The tool holder thus simulates a trocar. The housing has an opening formed therethrough for receiving an elongate shaft of a surgical tool, and the opening has an inner diameter that is configured to dynamically adjust in size to adapt to and resist movement of elongate shafts of varying diameters inserted therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Katherine J. Schmid, Eric W. Thompson, Cara Shapiro
  • Trocar Simulation
    Patent number: 10568706
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for supporting an elongate shaft on a surgical tool during robotic surgery. For example, a tool holder is provided with an elongate carrier arm configured to couple to a distal end of a surgical robotic arm. The tool holder has a housing that is removably mounted on the carrier arm and that is configured to be positioned adjacent to a tissue surface without extending into tissue. The tool holder thus simulates a trocar. The housing has an opening formed therethrough for receiving an elongate shaft of a surgical tool, and the opening has an inner diameter that is configured to dynamically adjust in size to adapt to and resist movement of elongate shafts of varying diameters inserted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Katherine J. Schmid, Eric W. Thompson, Cara Shapiro
  • ELECTRICALLY-POWERED SURGICAL SYSTEMS FOR CUTTING AND WELDING SOLID ORGANS
    Publication number: 20190059931
    Abstract: Surgical systems and methods are provided for controlling actuation and movement of various surgical devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Cortney E. Henderson, Jason L. Harris, David C. Yates, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cara Shapiro, Kevin D. Felder, Joshua Dean Young
  • Trocar Simulation
    Publication number: 20180168743
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for supporting an elongate shaft on a surgical tool during robotic surgery. For example, a tool holder is provided with an elongate carrier arm configured to couple to a distal end of a surgical robotic arm. The tool holder has a housing that is removably mounted on the carrier arm and that is configured to be positioned adjacent to a tissue surface without extending into tissue. The tool holder thus simulates a trocar. The housing has an opening formed therethrough for receiving an elongate shaft of a surgical tool, and the opening has an inner diameter that is configured to dynamically adjust in size to adapt to and resist movement of elongate shafts of varying diameters inserted therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Katherine J. Schmid, Eric W. Thompson, Cara Shapiro