Patents by Inventor Emily E. Jacobs

Emily E. Jacobs 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 MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20230263525
    Abstract: Surgical stapling devices have a surgical buttress attached to an anvil jaw member, a cartridge jaw member, or both. In use, the surgical buttress reinforces a staple line formed upon application of staples from the surgical stapling device and minimizes leaks which may exude from the staple line and/or tissue being stapled by the surgical stapling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Mingfei Chen, Rhonda L. Staneart, Emily E. Jacobs, Gerald N. Hodgkinson, Brian C. Graham, Monideepa Chatterjee
  • Drug patterned reinforcement material for circular anastomosis
    Patent number: 11376008
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Gerald N. Hodgkinson, Michael A. Soltz, Emily E. Jacobs, Sulaiman Hussaini, Daniel A. Schulz-Jander
  • DRUG PATTERNED REINFORCEMENT MATERIAL FOR CIRCULAR ANASTOMOSIS
    Publication number: 20200397443
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Gerald N. Hodgkinson, Michael A. Soltz, Emily E. Jacobs, Sulaiman Hussaini, Daniel A. Schulz-Jander