Patents by Inventor Colleen Quinn

Colleen Quinn 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).

  • Polyp trap
    Patent number: 8088079
    Abstract: A polyp trap for use in collecting tissue samples. The device includes a collection container and a removable tray. The collection container has an inlet port, a sidewall aperture, and an exit port. The removable tray has a first end and a second end. The tray is sized for movement within the sidewall aperture between an inserted position forming a seal with the collection container and a withdrawn position remote from the collection container. The tray has a perforated bottom surface such that fluids traveling under suction from the inlet port to the outlet port pass through the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: U.S. Endoscopy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Kaye, K. Randall John, Dean J. Secrest, Colleen Quinn
  • Polyp trap
    Publication number: 20070191731
    Abstract: A polyp trap for use in collecting tissue samples. The device includes a collection container and a removable tray. The collection container has an inlet port, a sidewall aperture, and an exit port. The removable tray has a first end and a second end. The tray is sized for movement within the sidewall aperture between an inserted position forming a seal with the collection container and a withdrawn position remote from the collection container. The tray has a perforated bottom surface such that fluids traveling under suction from the inlet port to the outlet port pass through the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Christopher Kaye, K. John, Dean Secrest, Colleen Quinn