Patents by Inventor Daniel Joel SMITH

Daniel Joel SMITH 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).

  • OBTURATOR FOR CANNULA WITH INTERNAL FEATURES
    Publication number: 20230105857
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an obturator and/or cannula configured for insertion of a trocar assembly into a surgical cavity and allowing insertion of medical instruments into the surgical cavity through the cannula after removal of the obturator. The cannula can include an obturator for use in a trocar assembly. A trocar assembly is disclosed including a cannula having a shaft, optionally with a lumen, and one or more elements protruding outwardly from a surface of the lumen and an obturator. The obturator can comprise a shaft with one or more portions configured to accommodate the one or more elements protruding from the lumen surface when the obturator shaft is located in the lumen of the cannula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Joel SMITH, Donald Roy KURIGER, Scott Hamish FREEBAIRN, James Robert Jarmey GREENFIELD, Monika BAUMANN, Joshua Robert LEE, Stephanie Louise HAZARD, Pavlo KOKHANENKO, Zach Jonathan WARNER, Abigail Sharmini Rajen ARULANDU, Jesus Antonio AMADOR NORIEGA, Simon REVELLY, Benjamin Elliot Hardinge PEGMAN, Charlotte Grace LAUS, Joseph Patrick Walter STREVENS, Lotte Gertrudis Theodora VAN DEN HEUIJ, Eu-Lee TEH, Rory Alexander MONRO, James Michael GILBERT