Patents by Inventor David C. Eastwood Ivanko

David C. Eastwood Ivanko 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).

  • Surgical fastener applying apparatus
    Patent number: 8091754
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to surgical fastener applying apparatus for sequentially applying a plurality of surgical fasteners to body tissue. The surgical fastener applying apparatus includes a replaceable cartridge assembly receivable in a distal end portion of a cartridge receiving half-section, the cartridge assembly including a safety lockout pivotably disposed along the upper surface of the cartridge assembly and movable from an unlocked orientation permitting assembly of an anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving half-section, to a locked orientation preventing assembly of the anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving-half section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: Karl H. Ehrenfels, David C. Eastwood Ivanko, Randolph F. Lehn, Roberto Pedros, Csaba L. Rethy, Frank Viola