Patents by Inventor Charles Stoddard

Charles Stoddard 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).

  • Endoscopic snare with asymmetric corners
    Patent number: 11963672
    Abstract: An endoscopic snare net comprises a net engaging a loop, such as by weaving the loop through a mesh of the net, and a tube having a lumen through which the net and loop may be extended and withdrawn by a control wire. The loop has one or more corners or a collared, free-floating slip tether or both thereof, which prevent the net from sliding free of the loop as the loop is retracted into the lumen of the tube, even if the loop is over-extended beyond the end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Endo-Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruijiao Xu, Charles Stoddard
  • ENDOSCOPIC SNARE WITH ASYMMETRIC CORNERS
    Publication number: 20220401089
    Abstract: An endoscopic snare net comprises a net engaging a loop, such as by weaving the loop through a mesh of the net, and a tube having a lumen through which the net and loop may be extended and withdrawn by a control wire. The loop has one or more corners or a collared, free-floating slip tether or both thereof, which prevent the net from sliding free of the loop as the loop is retracted into the lumen of the tube, even if the loop is over-extended beyond the end of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ruijiao Xu, Charles Stoddard
  • Endoscopic snare net
    Patent number: 11439375
    Abstract: An endoscopic snare net comprises a net engaging a loop, such as by weaving the loop through a mesh of the net, and a tube having a lumen through which the net and loop may be extended and withdrawn by a control wire. The loop has one or more corners or a collared, free-floating slip tether or both thereof, which prevent the net from sliding free of the loop as the loop is retracted into the lumen of the tube, even if the loop is over-extended beyond the end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Endo-Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruijiao Xu, Charles Stoddard
  • ENDOSCOPIC SNARE NET
    Publication number: 20200163660
    Abstract: An endoscopic snare net comprises a net engaging a loop, such as by weaving the loop through a mesh of the net, and a tube having a lumen through which the net and loop may be extended and withdrawn by a control wire. The loop has one or more corners or a collared, free-floating slip tether or both thereof, which prevent the net from sliding free of the loop as the loop is retracted into the lumen of the tube, even if the loop is over-extended beyond the end of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Ruijiao Xu, Charles Stoddard