Patents by Inventor Egbert Ratering

Egbert Ratering 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).

  • Patent number: 11744576
    Abstract: A knot placement device allows a physician to apply a knot for securing two or more suture ends extending from an incision in a vessel or organ of a patient relative to each other in order to seal an opening in the vessel or organ. The knot placement device has a handle and an elongate shaft and a push rod slidably inserted in said shaft. A knot is disposed in the distal end of the shaft. An actuator on the handle may be depressed to distally advance said push rod relative to said shaft and thereby distally advance said knot. The knot may include a knot body having an inner cavity and a plug sized to fit securely within the inner cavity. In use, the plug may be inserted into the inner cavity of the knot body to fixedly hold two or more suture ends between the knot body and the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony A. Nobles, Steven E. Decker, Egbert Ratering
  • Publication number: 20210045735
    Abstract: A knot placement device allows a physician to apply a knot for securing two or more suture ends extending from an incision in a vessel or organ of a patient relative to each other in order to seal an opening in the vessel or organ. The knot placement device has a handle and an elongate shaft and a push rod slidably inserted in said shaft. A knot is disposed in the distal end of the shaft. An actuator on the handle may be depressed to distally advance said push rod relative to said shaft and thereby distally advance said knot. The knot may include a knot body having an inner cavity and a plug sized to fit securely within the inner cavity. In use, the plug may be inserted into the inner cavity of the knot body to fixedly hold two or more suture ends between the knot body and the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Anthony A. Nobles, Steven E. Decker, Egbert Ratering
  • Patent number: 10758223
    Abstract: A knot placement device allows a physician to apply a knot for securing two or more suture ends extending from an incision in a vessel or organ of a patient relative to each other in order to seal an opening in the vessel or organ. The knot placement device has a handle and an elongate shaft and a push rod slidably inserted in said shaft. A knot is disposed in the distal end of the shaft. An actuator on the handle may be depressed to distally advance said push rod relative to said shaft and thereby distally advance said knot. The knot may include a knot body having an inner cavity and a plug sized to fit securely within the inner cavity. In use, the plug may be inserted into the inner cavity of the knot body to fixedly hold two or more suture ends between the knot body and the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Scarab Technology Services, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony A. Nobles, Steven E. Decker, Egbert Ratering
  • Publication number: 20170319199
    Abstract: A knot placement device allows a physician to apply a knot for securing two or more suture ends extending from an incision in a vessel or organ of a patient relative to each other in order to seal an opening in the vessel or organ. The knot placement device has a handle and an elongate shaft and a push rod slidably inserted in said shaft. A knot is disposed in the distal end of the shaft. An actuator on the handle may be depressed to distally advance said push rod relative to said shaft and thereby distally advance said knot. The knot may include a knot body having an inner cavity and a plug sized to fit securely within the inner cavity. In use, the plug may be inserted into the inner cavity of the knot body to fixedly hold two or more suture ends between the knot body and the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Anthony A. Nobles, Steven E. Decker, Egbert Ratering
  • Patent number: 9642616
    Abstract: A knot placement device allows a physician to apply a knot for securing two or more suture ends extending from an incision in a vessel or organ of a patient relative to each other in order to seal an opening in the vessel or organ. The knot placement device has a handle and an elongate shaft and a push rod slidably inserted in said shaft. A knot is disposed in the distal end of the shaft. An actuator on the handle may be depressed to distally advance said push rod relative to said shaft and thereby distally advance said knot. The knot may include a knot body having an inner cavity and a plug sized to fit securely within the inner cavity. In use, the plug may be inserted into the inner cavity of the knot body to fixedly hold two or more suture ends between the knot body and the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Nobles Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony A. Nobles, Steven E. Decker, Egbert Ratering
  • Publication number: 20130261645
    Abstract: A knot placement device allows a physician to apply a knot for securing two or more suture ends extending from an incision in a vessel or organ of a patient relative to each other in order to seal an opening in the vessel or organ. The knot placement device has a handle and an elongate shaft and a push rod slidably inserted in said shaft. A knot is disposed in the distal end of the shaft. An actuator on the handle may be depressed to distally advance said push rod relative to said shaft and thereby distally advance said knot. The knot may include a knot body having an inner cavity and a plug sized to fit securely within the inner cavity. In use, the plug may be inserted into the inner cavity of the knot body to fixedly hold two or more suture ends between the knot body and the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Nobles Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony A. Nobles, Steven E. Decker, Egbert Ratering
  • Patent number: 8469975
    Abstract: A knot placement device allows a physician to apply a knot for securing two or more suture ends extending from an incision in a vessel or organ of a patient relative to each other in order to seal an opening in the vessel or organ. The knot placement device has a handle, an elongate shaft, and a push rod slidably inserted in the shaft. A knot is disposed in the distal end of the shaft. An actuator on the handle may be depressed to distally advance the push rod relative to the shaft, thereby distally advancing the knot. The knot may include a knot body having an inner cavity and a plug sized to fit securely within the inner cavity. In use, the plug may be inserted into the inner cavity of the knot body to fixedly hold two or more suture ends between the knot body and the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Nobles Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony A. Nobles, Steven E. Decker, Egbert Ratering
  • Publication number: 20120316582
    Abstract: A knot placement device allows a physician to apply a knot for securing two or more suture ends extending from an incision in a vessel or organ of a patient relative to each other in order to seal an opening in the vessel or organ. The knot placement device has a handle and an elongate shaft and a push rod slidably inserted in said shaft. A knot is disposed in the distal end of the shaft. An actuator on the handle may be depressed to distally advance said push rod relative to said shaft and thereby distally advance said knot. The knot may include a knot body having an inner cavity and a plug sized to fit securely within the inner cavity. In use, the plug may be inserted into the inner cavity of the knot body to fixedly hold two or more suture ends between the knot body and the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Nobles Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony A. Nobles, Steven E. Decker, Egbert Ratering
  • Patent number: 8197497
    Abstract: A knot placement device allows a physician to apply a knot for securing two or more suture ends extending from an incision in a vessel or organ of a patient relative to each other in order to seal an opening in the vessel or organ. The knot placement device has a handle and an elongate shaft and a push rod slidably inserted in said shaft. A knot is disposed in the distal end of the shaft. An actuator on the handle may be depressed to distally advance said push rod relative to said shaft and thereby distally advance said knot. The knot may include a knot body having an inner cavity and a plug sized to fit securely within the inner cavity. In use, the plug may be inserted into the inner cavity of the knot body to fixedly hold two or more suture ends between the knot body and the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony A. Nobles, Steven E. Decker, Egbert Ratering
  • Publication number: 20070010829
    Abstract: A knot placement device allows a physician to apply a knot for securing two or more suture ends extending from an incision in a vessel or organ of a patient relative to each other in order to seal an opening in the vessel or organ. The knot placement device has a handle and an elongate shaft and a push rod slidably inserted in said shaft. A knot is disposed in the distal end of the shaft. An actuator on the handle may be depressed to distally advance said push rod relative to said shaft and thereby distally advance said knot. The knot may include a knot body having an inner cavity and a plug sized to fit securely within the inner cavity. In use, the plug may be inserted into the inner cavity of the knot body to fixedly hold two or more suture ends between the knot body and the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Anthony Nobles, Steven Decker, Egbert Ratering