Patents by Inventor David William Skinkle

David William Skinkle 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).

  • Support arm for cardiac surgery
    Patent number: 7182731
    Abstract: A support arm assembly for assisting in the performance of cardiac surgery has an articulated arm movable axially of a support base and rotatable relative to the support base. A distal end of the articulated arm receives a contact member and the contact member is moveable relative to the distal end. A surgeon may configure the support arm assembly to contact a desired portion of a heart and fix the articulated arm, its axial position, its rotated position and the orientation of the contact member with a single control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Genesee Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Hieu Cong Nguyen, John Thomas Matthew Wright, David William Skinkle
  • Support arm for cardiac surgery
    Publication number: 20030158542
    Abstract: A support arm assembly for assisting in the performance of cardiac surgery has an articulated arm movable axially of a support base and rotatable relative to the support base. A distal end of the articulated arm receives a contact member and the contact member is moveable relative to the distal end. A surgeon may configure the support arm assembly to contact a desired portion of a heart and fix the articulated arm, its axial position, its rotated position and the orientation of the contact member with a single control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Genesee BioMedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Hieu Cong Nguyen, John Thomas Matthew Wright, David William Skinkle