Patents by Inventor Christopher Fishbein
Christopher Fishbein 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).
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Patent number: 8864776Abstract: A suture deployment system is disclosed including a surgical needle having a flexible suture fixedly attached thereto and a target suture releasably secured to the flexible suture. A collar is positioned between the flexible suture and the target suture and is fixedly secured to the flexible suture. The target suture is releasably secured to the collar is such that the target suture may detach from the collar once a surgical procedure has been completed. The surgical needle is a double pointed surgical needle specifically configured to be manipulated by a surgical suturing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Michael Bogart, Gregg Krehel, Christopher Fishbein, Russell Pribanic, David Kirsch, Kenneth W. Horton, Jr., Timothy D. Kosa, Nicholas Maiorino, Mark S. Buchter, William R. Bowns
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Publication number: 20100228270Abstract: A suture deployment system is disclosed including a surgical needle having a flexible suture fixedly attached thereto and a target suture releasably secured to the flexible suture. Either the flexible suture or the target suture may be made of a shape memory polymer. A collar is positioned between the flexible suture and the target suture and is fixedly secured to the flexible suture. The target suture is releasably secured to the collar is such that the target suture may detach from the collar once a surgical procedure has been completed. The surgical needle is a double pointed surgical needle specifically configured to be manipulated by a surgical suturing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Inventors: Michael Bogart, Gregg Krehel, Christopher Fishbein, Russell Pribanic, David Kirsch, Kenneth W. Horton, JR., Timothy D. Kosa, Nicholas Maiorino, Mark S. Buchter, Ahmad Robert Hadba, Gerald Hodgkinson, William R. Bowns
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Publication number: 20090259233Abstract: A suture deployment system is disclosed including a surgical needle having a flexible suture fixedly attached thereto and a target suture releasably secured to the flexible suture. A collar is positioned between the flexible suture and the target suture and is fixedly secured to the flexible suture. The target suture is releasably secured to the collar is such that the target suture may detach from the collar once a surgical procedure has been completed. The surgical needle is a double pointed surgical needle specifically configured to be manipulated by a surgical suturing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Michael Bogart, Gregg Krehel, Christopher Fishbein, Russell Pribanic, David Kirsch, Kenneth W. Horton, JR., Timothy D. Kosa, Nicholas Maiorino, Mark S. Buchter
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Publication number: 20080093231Abstract: A suture winding device is provided that includes a holder and a base having a needle holder for receiving a needle with a quantity of attached suture attached therto. A plurality of rods is disposed on the base that may be arranged in one or more arrays. The plurality of rods at contribute to the alignment of a retainer disposed on the base that includes first and second members that may be joined together using pressure and/or heat. Prior to joining the first and second members of the retainer, the base may be rotated to form loops of suture around the arrays of rods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Inventors: Michael Prescott, Christopher Fishbein
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Publication number: 20080017526Abstract: A suture winding device is provided that includes a holder and a base having a needle holder for receiving a needle with a quantity of attached suture attached therto. A plurality of rods is disposed on the base that may be arranged in one or more arrays. The plurality of rods at contribute to the alignment of a retainer disposed on the base that includes first and second members that may be joined together using pressure and/or heat. Prior to joining the first and second members of the retainer, the base may be rotated to form loops of suture around the arrays of rods.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Michael Prescott, Christopher Fishbein
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Patent number: 6945950Abstract: A ureteral stent for assisting movement of urine along a patient's ureter and into the patient's bladder. The stent includes an elongated tubular segment extending toward the bladder from a kidney end region for placement in the renal cavity to a bladder end region. A central lumen connects at least one opening at the first end region to at least one opening in the bladder end region. Thin flexible tail(s) are attached to the bladder end region of the tubular segment at a point outside the bladder so as to receive urine from the opening in the bladder end region and to transport urine from there across the ureter/bladder junction and into the bladder. The tails include an elongated external urine-transport surface configured to transport urine. The transporting surface(s) are configured to extend along at least part of the ureter, across the ureter/bladder junction, and into the bladder.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2003Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc.Inventors: Ralph V. Clayman, Alyssa J. Dassa, Christopher Fishbein, Douglas E. Godshall, Willet F. Whitemore, III
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Patent number: 6849069Abstract: A ureteral stent for assisting movement of urine along a patient's ureter and into the patient's bladder. The stent includes an elongated tubular segment extending toward the bladder from a kidney end region for placement in the renal cavity to a bladder end region. A central lumen connects at least one opening at the first end region to at least one opening in the bladder end region. Thin flexible tail(s) are attached to the bladder end region of the tubular segment at a point outside the bladder so as to receive urine from the opening in the bladder end region of the tubular segment and to transport urine from there across the ureter/bladder junction and into the bladder. The tails include an elongated external urine-transport surface sized and configured to transport urine along the ureter. The urine transporting surface(s) are sized and configured to extend along at least part of the ureter, across the ureter/bladder junction, and from there into the bladder.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1996Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignee: Boston Scientitfic CorporationInventors: Ralph V. Clayman, Alyssa J. Dassa, Christopher Fishbein, Douglas E. Godshall, Willet F. Whitmore, III
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Publication number: 20040092857Abstract: A ureteral stent for assisting movement of urine along a patient's ureter and into the patient's bladder. The stent includes an elongated tubular segment extending toward the bladder from a kidney end region for placement in the renal cavity to a bladder end region. A central lumen connects at least one opening at the first end region to at least one opening in the bladder end region. Thin flexible tail(s) are attached to the bladder end region of the tubular segment at a point outside the bladder so as to receive urine from the opening in the bladder end region of the tubular segment and to transport urine from there across the ureter/bladder junction and into the bladder. The tails include an elongated external urine-transport surface sized and configured to transport urine along the ureter. The urine transporting surface(s) are sized and configured to extend along at least part of the ureter, across the ureter/bladder junction, and from there into the bladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Inventors: Ralph V. Clayman, Alyssa J. Dassa, Christopher Fishbein, Douglas E. Godshall, Willett F. Whitmore
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Patent number: 6656146Abstract: A ureteral stent for assisting movement of urine along a patient's ureter and into the patient's bladder. The stent includes an elongated tubular segment extending toward the bladder from a kidney end region for placement in the renal cavity to a bladder end region. A central lumen connects at least one opening at the first end region to at least one opening in the bladder end region. Thin flexible tail(s) are attached to the bladder end region of the tubular segment at a point outside the bladder so as to receive urine from the opening in the bladder end region of the tubular segment and to transport urine from there across the ureter/bladder junction and into the bladder. The tails include an elongated external urine-transport surface sized and configured to transport urine along the ureter. The urine transporting surface(s) are sized and configured to extend along at least part of the ureter, across the ureter/bladder junction, and from there into the bladder.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1999Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ralph V. Clayman, Alyssa J. Dassa, Christopher Fishbein, Douglas E. Godshall, Willett F. Whitmore, III