Patents by Inventor Cinish P. Varghese
Cinish P. Varghese 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: 10517588Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus includes an anvil half-section and a cartridge-receiving half-section including an elongated channel member having a pair of opposed openings defined through sidewalls thereof. A disposable assembly including a single use loading unit and a single use firing unit is configured to be releasably supported within the cartridge-receiving half-section. The disposable assembly includes a stationary housing for supporting the firing unit which includes a distal extension for supporting the single use loading unit. The stationary housing includes a pair of flared tabs configured to be releasably received within the openings of the cartridge-receiving half-section to releasably engage the disposable assembly within the cartridge-receiving half-section.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Arvind Kumar Gupta, Nikhil R. Katre, Kiran Garikipati, Sekar Perumal, Rajesh T. Shelke, Cinish P. Varghese, Richard Roland Bueno
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Patent number: 10376264Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus for applying fasteners to body tissue including a cartridge receiving half-section defining an elongated channel member configured to releasably receive a stationary housing of a firing assembly. The stationary housing is dimensioned to releasably receive a single use loading unit therein, and includes a lockout structure that prevents insertion of the stationary housing into the cartridge receiving half-section if the single use loading unit is not mounted in the stationary housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Harshottam Singh Dhakad, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Nikhil R. Katre, Kiran Garikipati, Cinish P. Varghese, Arvind Kumar Gupta, Vinayan Vivekanandan
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Patent number: 10123797Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus for applying fasteners to body tissue. The apparatus includes a cartridge receiving half-section defining an elongated channel member configured to releasably receive a stationary housing of a firing assembly. The stationary housing is dimensioned to releasably receive a single use loading unit therein, and includes a lockout structure that prevents insertion of the single use loading unit into the stationary housing after the stationary housing is mounted to the cartridge receiving half-section.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Nikhil R. Katre, Cinish P. Varghese, Arvind Kumar Gupta, Salman Kapadia, Sandeep H. Ambardekar
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Publication number: 20170325811Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus includes an anvil half-section and a cartridge-receiving half-section including an elongated channel member having a pair of opposed openings defined through sidewalls thereof. A disposable assembly including a single use loading unit and a single use firing unit is configured to be releasably supported within the cartridge-receiving half-section. The disposable assembly includes a stationary housing for supporting the firing unit which includes a distal extension for supporting the single use loading unit. The stationary housing includes a pair of flared tabs configured to be releasably received within the openings of the cartridge-receiving half-section to releasably engage the disposable assembly within the cartridge-receiving half-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Arvind Kumar Gupta, Nikhil R. Katre, Kiran Garikipati, Sekar Perumal, Rajesh T. Shelke, Cinish P. Varghese, Richard Roland Bueno
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Patent number: 9724095Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus includes an anvil half-section and a cartridge-receiving half-section including an elongated channel member having a pair of opposed openings defined through sidewalls thereof. A disposable assembly including a single use loading unit and a single use firing unit is configured to be releasably supported within the cartridge-receiving half-section. The disposable assembly includes a stationary housing for supporting the firing unit which includes a distal extension for supporting the single use loading unit. The stationary housing includes a pair of flared tabs configured to be releasably received within the openings of the cartridge-receiving half-section to releasably engage the disposable assembly within the cartridge-receiving half-section.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Arvind Kumar Gupta, Nikhik R. Katre, Kiran Garilkipati, Sekar Perumal, Rajesh T. Shelke, Cinish P. Varghese, Richard Roland Bueno
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Publication number: 20170079652Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus for applying fasteners to body tissue including a cartridge receiving half-section defining an elongated channel member configured to releasably receive a stationary housing of a firing assembly. The stationary housing is dimensioned to releasably receive a single use loading unit therein, and includes a lockout structure that prevents insertion of the stationary housing into the cartridge receiving half-section if the single use loading unit is not mounted in the stationary housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Harshottam Singh Dhakad, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Nikhil R. Katre, Kiran Garikipati, Cinish P. Varghese, Arvind Kumar Gupta, Vinayan Vivekanandan
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Patent number: 9539007Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus for applying fasteners to body tissue including a cartridge receiving half-section defining an elongated channel member configured to releasably receive a stationary housing of a firing assembly. The stationary housing is dimensioned to releasably receive a single use loading unit therein, and includes a lockout structure that prevents insertion of the stationary housing into the cartridge receiving half-section if the single use loading unit is not mounted in the stationary housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Harshottam Singh Dhakad, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Nikhil R. Katre, Kiran Garikipati, Cinish P. Varghese, Arvind Kumar Gupta, Vinayan Vivekanandan
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Publication number: 20150327855Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus for applying fasteners to body tissue. The apparatus includes a cartridge receiving half-section defining an elongated channel member configured to releasably receive a stationary housing of a firing assembly. The stationary housing is dimensioned to releasably receive a single use loading unit therein, and includes a lockout structure that prevents insertion of the single use loading unit into the stationary housing after the stationary housing is mounted to the cartridge receiving half-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Nikhil R. Katre, Cinish P. Varghese, Arvind Kumar Gupta, Salman Kapadia, Sandeep H. Ambardekar
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Patent number: 9155537Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus for applying fasteners to body tissue. The apparatus includes a cartridge receiving half-section defining an elongated channel member configured to releasably receive a stationary housing of a firing assembly. The stationary housing is dimensioned to releasably receive a single use loading unit therein, and includes a lockout structure that prevents insertion of the single use loading unit into the stationary housing after the stationary housing is mounted to the cartridge receiving half-section.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Nikhil R. Katre, Cinish P. Varghese, Arvind Kumar Gupta, Salman Kapadia, Sandeep H. Ambardekar
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Publication number: 20150245839Abstract: Provided herein is a two-part coupling assembly for re-connecting a first hollow body part to a second body part and an instrument (90) and method for emplacement. The coupling assembly comprises coupling parts (2, 52) having securement elements (20, 70) that are actuated by separate deployment mechanisms of the instrument and attach to the first and second body parts. The first and second coupling parts having interconnecting elements (48, 62) that couple the two-part assembly together and re-connect the first and second body parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Anthony J. Wirtel, III, Rahul S. Nair, Cinish P. Varghese, Rajesh Tulsiram Shelke, Sandeep Ambardekar, Siddhi Shivkumar, Mangesh Patankar, Nikhil Ramchandra Katre, Dinesh A. Diwakar, Jithin Ambujan, Rajkumar V. Shelke, Divya Chetan Shenoy, Athar Anwar Solkar, Arvind Kumar Gupta, Mohammad Afroz Alam, Debasish Pradhan, Salman Kapadia
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Publication number: 20130037594Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus for applying fasteners to body tissue including a cartridge receiving half-section defining an elongated channel member configured to releasably receive a stationary housing of a firing assembly. The stationary housing is dimensioned to releasably receive a single use loading unit therein, and includes a lockout structure that prevents insertion of the stationary housing into the cartridge receiving half-section if the single use loading unit is not mounted in the stationary housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventors: Harshottam Singh Dhakad, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Nikhil R. Katre, Kiran Garikipati, Cinish P. Varghese, Arvind Kumar Gupta, Vinayan Vivekanandan
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Publication number: 20130037595Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus includes an anvil half-section and a cartridge-receiving half-section including an elongated channel member having a pair of opposed openings defined through sidewalls thereof. A disposable assembly including a single use loading unit and a single use firing unit is configured to be releasably supported within the cartridge-receiving half-section. The disposable assembly includes a stationary housing for supporting the firing unit which includes a distal extension for supporting the single use loading unit. The stationary housing includes a pair of flared tabs configured to be releasably received within the openings of the cartridge-receiving half-section to releasably engage the disposable assembly within the cartridge-receiving half-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventors: Arvind Kumar Gupta, Nikhil R. Katre, Kiran Garikipati, Sekar Perumal, Rajesh T. Shelke, Cinish P. Varghese, Richard Roland Bueno
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Publication number: 20130037597Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus for applying fasteners to body tissue. The apparatus includes a cartridge receiving half-section defining an elongated channel member configured to releasably receive a stationary housing of a firing assembly. The stationary housing is dimensioned to releasably receive a single use loading unit therein, and includes a lockout structure that prevents insertion of the single use loading unit into the stationary housing after the stationary housing is mounted to the cartridge receiving half-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventors: Nikhil R. Katre, Cinish P. Varghese, Arvind Kumar Gupta, Salman Kapadia, Sandeep H. Ambardekar