Patents by Inventor Cynthia Ann Ranallo

Cynthia Ann Ranallo 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).

  • RETRIEVAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120046667
    Abstract: An endoscopic device for retrieving an object from within a human body is disclosed. The device includes a support assembly, a transmitting assembly, a wire, and a net element. The support assembly has a base and a tubular member. The transmitting assembly includes a handle and a motion transmitting link fixed to the handle and extending through at least a portion of the tubular member. The wire defines a loop portion and two leg portions. A proximal end of each leg portion is secured to the link by a first connection and the two leg portions are secured to each other by at least a second connection distal from the first connection. The net element has a distally protruding portion secured to the loop portion and a proximally protruding portion secured relative to the leg portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: US ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Terra Cherry, Aaron Boyce, Christopher J. Kaye, Cynthia Ann Ranallo, Alex Uspenski
  • Retrieval device
    Patent number: 8016838
    Abstract: An endoscopic device for retrieving an object from within a human body is disclosed. The device includes a support assembly, a transmitting assembly, a wire, and a net element. The support assembly has a base and a tubular member. The transmitting assembly includes a handle and a motion transmitting link fixed to the handle and extending through at least a portion of the tubular member. The wire defines a loop portion and two leg portions. A proximal end of each leg portion is secured to the link by a first connection and the two leg portions are secured to each other by at least a second connection distal from the first connection. The net element has a distal portion secured to the loop portion and a proximal portion secured relative to the leg portions. The loop portion is movable between an expanded position and a collapsed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: U.S. Endoscopy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Kaye, Cynthia Ann Ranallo, Alex Uspenski, Aaron Boyce, Terra Cherry
  • RETRIEVAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080306336
    Abstract: An endoscopic device for retrieving an object from within a human body is disclosed. The device includes a support assembly, a transmitting assembly, a wire, and a net element. The support assembly has a base and a tubular member. The transmitting assembly includes a handle and a motion transmitting link fixed to the handle and extending through at least a portion of the tubular member. The wire defines a loop portion and two leg portions. A proximal end of each leg portion is secured to the link by a first connection and the two leg portions are secured to each other by at least a second connection distal from the first connection. The net element has a distal portion secured to the loop portion and a proximal portion secured relative to the leg portions. The loop portion is movable between an expanded position and a collapsed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: US ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Kaye, Cynthia Ann Ranallo, Alex Uspenski, Aaron Boyce