Patents by Inventor Daniel A. Schulz-Jander
Daniel A. Schulz-Jander 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: 11596403Abstract: Surgical stapling devices have a surgical buttress attached to an anvil jaw member, a cartridge jaw member, or both. The surgical buttress possesses a therapeutic layer of a therapeutic agent in a pattern thereon. The pattern may reflect various concentrations of a therapeutic agent, different therapeutic agents, or both.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Sulaiman Hussaini, Gerald N. Hodgkinson, Daniel A. Schulz-Jander, Dwight G. Bronson
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Patent number: 11571498Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medical devices, and methods for producing and using the devices. In embodiments, the medical device may be a buttress including a porous substrate possessing a therapeutic layer of a chemotherapeutic agent and optional excipient(s) thereon. By varying the form of chemotherapeutic agents and excipients, the medical devices may be used to treat both the area to which the medical device is attached as well as tissue at a distance therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Terry Morgan, Beth Sersen, Daniel Schulz-Jander, Joseph Traina, Brian Graham, Carol Sullivan, Gerald Hodgkinson
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Patent number: 11376008Abstract: A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge assembly, an anvil assembly operatively associated with the staple cartridge assembly, and a surgical buttress releasably coupled to the staple cartridge assembly or the anvil assembly. The staple cartridge assembly includes a tissue facing surface having staple retaining slots defined therein, each staple retaining slot housing a staple therein, and a circular knife disposed radially inwardly of the tissue facing surface. The anvil assembly includes an anvil member including a tissue facing surface and an anvil shaft extending from the anvil member. The surgical buttress has a circular configuration defining a central aperture therethrough. The surgical buttress includes an inner concentric portion having a therapeutic coating disposed thereon and an outer concentric portion free of the therapeutic coating.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Gerald N. Hodgkinson, Michael A. Soltz, Emily E. Jacobs, Sulaiman Hussaini, Daniel A. Schulz-Jander
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Publication number: 20210085831Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medical devices, and methods for producing and using the devices. In embodiments, the medical device may be a buttress including a porous substrate possessing a therapeutic layer of a chemotherapeutic agent and optional excipient(s) thereon. By varying the form of chemotherapeutic agents and excipients, the medical devices may be used to treat both the area to which the medical device is attached as well as tissue at a distance therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Terry Morgan, Beth Sersen, Daniel Schulz-Jander, Joseph Traina, Brian Graham, Carol Sullivan, Gerald Hodgkinson
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Patent number: 10874768Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medical devices, and methods for producing and using the devices. In embodiments, the medical device may be a buttress including a porous substrate possessing a therapeutic layer of a chemotherapeutic agent and optional excipient(s) thereon. By varying the form of chemotherapeutic agents and excipients, the medical devices may be used to treat both the area to which the medical device is attached as well as tissue at a distance therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Terry Morgan, Beth Sersen, Daniel Schulz-Jander, Joseph Traina, Brian Graham, Carol Sullivan, Gerald Hodgkinson
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Publication number: 20200397443Abstract: A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge assembly, an anvil assembly operatively associated with the staple cartridge assembly, and a surgical buttress releasably coupled to the staple cartridge assembly or the anvil assembly. The staple cartridge assembly includes a tissue facing surface having staple retaining slots defined therein, each staple retaining slot housing a staple therein, and a circular knife disposed radially inwardly of the tissue facing surface. The anvil assembly includes an anvil member including a tissue facing surface and an anvil shaft extending from the anvil member. The surgical buttress has a circular configuration defining a central aperture therethrough. The surgical buttress includes an inner concentric portion having a therapeutic coating disposed thereon and an outer concentric portion free of the therapeutic coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Gerald N. Hodgkinson, Michael A. Soltz, Emily E. Jacobs, Sulaiman Hussaini, Daniel A. Schulz-Jander
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Publication number: 20200352570Abstract: Surgical stapling devices have a surgical buttress attached to an anvil jaw member, a cartridge jaw member, or both. The surgical buttress possesses a therapeutic layer of a therapeutic agent in a pattern thereon. The pattern may reflect various concentrations of a therapeutic agent, different therapeutic agents, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Sulaiman Hussaini, Gerald N. Hodgkinson, Daniel A. Schulz-Jander, Dwight G. Bronson
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Publication number: 20200352565Abstract: Surgical stapling devices have a first buttress attached to an anvil jaw member and a second buttress attached to a cartridge jaw member. In use, the first buttress and the second buttress sandwich tissue being stapled by the surgical stapling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventor: Daniel A. Schulz-Jander
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Patent number: 10806459Abstract: A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge assembly, an anvil assembly operatively associated with the staple cartridge assembly, and a surgical buttress releasably coupled to the staple cartridge assembly or the anvil assembly. The staple cartridge assembly includes a tissue facing surface having staple retaining slots defined therein, each staple retaining slot housing a staple therein, and a circular knife disposed radially inwardly of the tissue facing surface. The anvil assembly includes an anvil member including a tissue facing surface and an anvil shaft extending from the anvil member. The surgical buttress has a circular configuration defining a central aperture therethrough. The surgical buttress includes an inner concentric portion having a therapeutic coating disposed thereon and an outer concentric portion free of the therapeutic coating.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Gerald Hodgkinson, Michael Soltz, Emily Jacobs, Sulaiman Hussaini, Daniel Schulz-Jander
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Publication number: 20200085440Abstract: A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge assembly, an anvil assembly operatively associated with the staple cartridge assembly, and a surgical buttress releasably coupled to the staple cartridge assembly or the anvil assembly. The staple cartridge assembly includes a tissue facing surface having staple retaining slots defined therein, each staple retaining slot housing a staple therein, and a circular knife disposed radially inwardly of the tissue facing surface. The anvil assembly includes an anvil member including a tissue facing surface and an anvil shaft extending from the anvil member. The surgical buttress has a circular configuration defining a central aperture therethrough. The surgical buttress includes an inner concentric portion having a therapeutic coating disposed thereon and an outer concentric portion free of the therapeutic coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Gerald Hodgkinson, Michael Soltz, Emily Jacobs, Sulaiman Hussaini, Daniel Schulz-Jander
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Publication number: 20190021730Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medical devices, and methods for producing and using the devices. In embodiments, the medical device may be a buttress including an elongate rectangular body having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and opposing lateral sides running along the elongate rectangular body from the proximal portion to the distal portion. The substrate possesses a therapeutic layer of a therapeutic agent along at least one of its lateral sides. Methods and systems for producing such devices are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Gerald Hodgkinson, Michael Soltz, Emily Jacobs, Daniel Schulz-Jander, Sulaiman Hussaini
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Publication number: 20180207321Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medical devices, and methods for producing and using the devices. In embodiments, the medical device may be a buttress including a porous substrate possessing a therapeutic layer of a chemotherapeutic agent and optional excipient(s) thereon. By varying the form of chemotherapeutic agents and excipients, the medical devices may be used to treat both the area to which the medical device is attached as well as tissue at a distance therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Terry Morgan, Beth Sersen, Daniel Schulz-Jander, Joseph Traina, Brian Graham, Carol Sullivan, Gerald Hodgkinson