Patents by Inventor Colin Langan

Colin Langan 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).

  • Publication number: 20230190323
    Abstract: A cutting assembly for a surgical instrument including an outer hub, an outer tube, a cutting implement, and a drive hub. A retention flange of the drive hub is arranged to retain the cutting shaft within the outer tube. The cutting assembly may include a seal, and the retention flange may contact the seal. An irrigation spacer may provide a stop of distal axial movement of the drive hub or permitting fluid to flow through irrigation passageways. The drive assembly may include an irrigation port and a suction port with a proximal end of the irrigation port may positioned axially distal to a proximal portion of the suction port. The irrigation port may be coupled to a handpiece, and the suction port may be coupled to a back cap. A handpiece may include a saddle region, recesses, and/or an apex region to facilitate ergonomic handling of the surgical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Stryker European Operations Limited
    Inventors: Conor O'Shea, Jonathan Browne, Emma O'carroll, Adrian Paul O'Heney, Colin Langan, Alan Peter Whitford, Damian Michael Curtin
  • Publication number: 20210196865
    Abstract: A device for collecting and processing bone fragments comprises a housing and a filter element disposed in the housing. The filter element at least partially defines a collection chamber for the collection of a composition comprising bone fragments. An inlet cap is releasably coupled to either the housing or to the filter element and configured to receive the composition. The inlet cap includes a body, an inlet port extending from the body and configured to be coupled to a surgical tool, and a spout extending from the body opposite the inlet port. The spout includes an injection port extending into the collection chamber of the filter element. A outlet cap is releasably coupled to the housing and is configured to be coupled to a vacuum source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Stryker European Operations Limited
    Inventors: Patrick Cushen, Colin Langan, Johannes Jacobus Jacobs