Patents by Inventor Ghassan Sakakine
Ghassan Sakakine 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).
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Publication number: 20230329692Abstract: The lighted surgical access system is provided that includes a circumferential retractor/protector and a light emitter system attached thereto. The circumferential retractor/protector retracts and protects a patient's body opening while the light emitter system illuminates the internal surgical site, body cavity or body opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Serene Wachli, Joel Velasco, Khodr Saleh, Alex Diehl, Jonathan Rothschild, Andrew Nguyen, Ghassan Sakakine, Patrick Elliott, Scott V. Taylor, Steven Kessler, Deryk Perez, Luis Salazar, Alexis Penaloza, Ralph Sias, Tina Talwar, Cory Hague, Boun Pravong, Kennii Pravongviengkham, Suraj Sharma
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Patent number: 11510695Abstract: A tissue retractor comprising an outer ring, an inner ring, and a flexible, metal sheath extending therebetween is described. Embodiments of the inner ring comprise a flat or wedge-shaped conformation useful for insertion between muscle layers. Other embodiments of the inner ring include variable diameter inner rings, where the diameter can be adjusted as required and optionally locked into place, and reshapeable inner rings that permit a user to conform the inner ring to the anatomy of the patient when placing the inner ring.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: Jeremy J. Albrecht, Eric Nguyen, Matthew M. Becerra, Gary M. Johnson, John R. Brustad, Ghassan Sakakine
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Publication number: 20220323106Abstract: A tissue retractor comprising an outer ring, an inner ring, and a flexible, metal sheath extending therebetween is described. Embodiments of the inner ring comprise a flat or wedge-shaped conformation useful for insertion between muscle layers. Other embodiments of the inner ring include variable diameter inner rings, where the diameter can be adjusted as required and optionally locked into place, and reshapeable inner rings that permit a user to conform the inner ring to the anatomy of the patient when placing the inner ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Jeremy J. Albrecht, Eric Nguyen, Matthew M. Becerra, Gary M. Johnson, John R. Brustad, Ghassan Sakakine
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Publication number: 20220211362Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems provide a surgical access device comprising an internal retractor device integrated with or coupled to a body wall or wound retractor. The wound retractor retracts an opening in a body wall into a body cavity, while the internal retractor permits a user to control the positions of internal structures within the body cavity, thereby permitting a user to define a surgical field. Embodiments of the internal retractor are adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Charles C. Hart, Gary M. Johnson, Eric Nguyen, Edward D. Pingleton, Kennii Pravongviengkham, Ghassan Sakakine, Serene Wachli, John R. Brustad, Olivia Tran
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Patent number: 11278271Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems provide a surgical access device comprising an internal retractor device integrated with or coupled to a body wall or wound retractor. The wound retractor retracts an opening in a body wall into a body cavity, while the internal retractor permits a user to control the positions of internal structures within the body cavity, thereby permitting a user to define a surgical field. Embodiments of the internal retractor are adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: Charles C. Hart, Gary M. Johnson, Eric Nguyen, Edward D. Pingleton, Kennii Pravongviengkham, Ghassan Sakakine, Serene Wachli, John R. Brustad, Olivia Tran
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Publication number: 20210321991Abstract: The disclosed technology described pertain to collection swabs that are designed to capture and retain specimen, tissue, or fluids from a patient. The collection swabs are generally inserted into a desired location, such as a nasal cavity. During the process of insertion, a user maneuvers the collection swab and in the process dislodges and collects various specimen, tissue, or fluids from the patient. The collection swab utilizes specially designed distal or tip portions and/or sleeves or cages in order to capture and retain the specimen, tissue, and fluids. The various designs associated with the distal or tip portion and the sleeve or cages affect not only how much specimen, tissue, or fluids can be collected but also how much of the specimen, tissue, or fluids can be retained after the collection swab is removed from the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Patrick Elliott, Thomas D. Wachli, Ghassan Sakakine, Dillon Davies, Christopher Nguyen, Chase Kingsbury, Stephen Gyugyi, Mark Leroux, Matias Araya, Thomas M.B. Roberts
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Patent number: 10765832Abstract: The invention primarily is directed to a medical tubing adapted for insertion into a body tissue or cavity and method of manufacturing different variations of the tubing along a length of the tubing. The tubing comprises a plurality of individual, discrete, generally ring-shaped elements arranged in series and fused or bonded together forming a continuous tubular structure. The ring-shaped elements may include a combination of flexible and rigid ring-shaped elements assembled along different portions or sections of the tubular structure. In another aspect of the invention, the medical tubing may further comprise a secondary lumen and a pull wire to control the tubular structure. In another aspect of the invention, the ring-shaped elements may vary in diameter and/or composition in different portions or sections of the tubular structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: John R. Brustad, Said S. Hilal, Nabil Hilal, Charles C. Hart, Gary M. Johnson, Serene Wachli, Ghassan Sakakine, Donald L. Gadberry, Edward D. Pingleton, Matthew N. Petrime, Payam Adlparvar, Carl B. Hadley, Kenneth K. Vu
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Publication number: 20200085467Abstract: A tissue retractor comprising an outer ring, an inner ring, and a flexible, metal sheath extending therebetween is described. Embodiments of the inner ring comprise a flat or wedge-shaped conformation useful for insertion between muscle layers. Other embodiments of the inner ring include variable diameter inner rings, where the diameter can be adjusted as required and optionally locked into place, and reshapeable inner rings that permit a user to conform the inner ring to the anatomy of the patient when placing the inner ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Jeremy J. Albrecht, Eric Nguyen, Matthew M. Becerra, Gary M. Johnson, John R. Brustad, Ghassan Sakakine
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Publication number: 20200015803Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems provide a surgical access device comprising an internal retractor device integrated with or coupled to a body wall or wound retractor. The wound retractor retracts an opening in a body wall into a body cavity, while the internal retractor permits a user to control the positions of internal structures within the body cavity, thereby permitting a user to define a surgical field. Embodiments of the internal retractor are adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Charles C. Hart, Gary M. Johnson, Eric Nguyen, Edward D. Pingleton, Kennii Pravongviengkham, Ghassan Sakakine, Serene Wachli, John R. Brustad, Olivia Tran
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Patent number: 10507017Abstract: An incrementally adjustable wound retractor (500), having a first ring (504) with a diameter greater than the desired diameter of the wound incision, a flexible second ring (502), having a lumen and a diameter greater than the desired diameter of the wound incision, and a flexible sleeve (506), disposed in a generally cylindrical form between the first and second rings (502, 504), where the second ring may be rolled over itself to provide a sleeve with a radical retraction force sufficient to stretch the incision to the desired diameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: Eric Nguyen, Donald L. Gadberry, Gary M. Johnson, Charles C. Hart, John R. Brustad, Robert R. Bowes, Jeremy J. Albrecht, Ghassan Sakakine, Henry Kahle
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Patent number: 10456125Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems provide a surgical access device comprising an internal retractor device integrated with or coupled to a body wall or wound retractor. The wound retractor retracts an opening in a body wall into a body cavity, while the internal retractor permits a user to control the positions of internal structures within the body cavity, thereby permitting a user to define a surgical field. Embodiments of the internal retractor are adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: Charles C. Hart, Gary M. Johnson, Eric Nguyen, Edward D. Pingleton, Kennii Pravongviengkham, Ghassan Sakakine, Serene Wachli, John R. Brustad, Olivia Tran
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Publication number: 20180221623Abstract: The invention primarily is directed to a medical tubing adapted for insertion into a body tissue or cavity and method of manufacturing different variations of the tubing along a length of the tubing. The tubing comprises a plurality of individual, discrete, generally ring-shaped elements arranged in series and fused or bonded together forming a continuous tubular structure. The ring-shaped elements may include a combination of flexible and rigid ring-shaped elements assembled along different portions or sections of the tubular structure. In another aspect of the invention, the medical tubing may further comprise a secondary lumen and a pull wire to control the tubular structure. In another aspect of the invention, the ring-shaped elements may vary in diameter and/or composition in different portions or sections of the tubular structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: John R. Brustad, Said S. Hilal, Nabil Hilal, Charles C. Hart, Gary M. Johnson, Serene Wachli, Ghassan Sakakine, Donald L. Gadberry, Edward D. Pingleton, Matthew N. Petrime, Payam Adlparvar, Carl B. Hadley, Kenneth K. Vu
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Patent number: 9987460Abstract: The invention primarily is directed to a medical tubing adapted for insertion into a body tissue or cavity and method of manufacturing different variations of the tubing along a length of the tubing. The tubing comprises a plurality of individual, discrete, generally ring-shaped elements arranged in series and fused or bonded together forming a continuous tubular structure. The ring-shaped elements may include a combination of flexible and rigid ring-shaped elements assembled along different portions or sections of the tubular structure. In another aspect of the invention, the medical tubing may further comprise a secondary lumen and a pull wire to control the tubular structure. In another aspect of the invention, the ring-shaped elements may vary in diameter and/or composition in different portions or sections of the tubular structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: John R. Brustad, Said S. Hilal, Nabil Hilal, Charles C. Hart, Gary M. Johnson, Serene Wachli, Ghassan Sakakine, Donald L. Gadberry, Edward D. Pingleton, Matthew N. Petrime, Payam Adlparvar, Carl B. Hadley, Kenneth K. Vu
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Publication number: 20180103943Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems provide a surgical access device comprising an internal retractor device integrated with or coupled to a body wall or wound retractor. The wound retractor retracts an opening in a body wall into a body cavity, while the internal retractor permits a user to control the positions of internal structures within the body cavity, thereby permitting a user to define a surgical field. Embodiments of the internal retractor are adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Charles C. Hart, Gary M. Johnson, Eric Nguyen, Edward D. Pingleton, Kennii Pravongviengkham, Ghassan Sakakine, Serene Wachli, John R. Brustad, Olivia Tran
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Patent number: 9867604Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems provide a surgical access device comprising an internal retractor device integrated with or coupled to a body wall or wound retractor. The wound retractor retracts an opening in a body wall into a body cavity, while the internal retractor permits a user to control the positions of internal structures within the body cavity, thereby permitting a user to define a surgical field. Embodiments of the internal retractor are adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: Charles C. Hart, Gary M. Johnson, Eric Nguyen, Edward D. Pingleton, Kenni Pravongviengkham, Ghassan Sakakine, Serene Wachli, John R. Brustad, Olivia Tran
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Publication number: 20170319234Abstract: A tissue retractor comprising an outer ring, an inner ring, and a flexible, metal sheath extending therebetween is described. Embodiments of the inner ring comprise a flat or wedge-shaped conformation useful for insertion between muscle layers. Other embodiments of the inner ring include variable diameter inner rings, where the diameter can be adjusted as required and optionally locked into place, and reshapeable inner rings that permit a user to conform the inner ring to the anatomy of the patient when placing the inner ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Jeremy J. Albrecht, Eric Nguyen, Matthew M. Becerra, Gary M. Johnson, John R. Brustad, Ghassan Sakakine
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Patent number: 9743954Abstract: A tissue retractor comprising an outer ring, an inner ring, and a flexible, metal sheath extending therebetween is described. Embodiments of the outer ring comprise an outer ring rotatable around an annular axis thereof, thereby rolling the sheath therearound when retracting an incision or opening in a body wall. Embodiments of the sheath comprise a plurality of linked loops, a plurality of loops joined by a wire extending through adjacent loops, a braided wire, and a plurality of chains. Also described are kits comprising outer rings, inner rings, and sheaths, some or all of varying dimensions, which may be selected and assembled by the user for their intended use. Some or all of the kit components may be resterilized for reuse.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: Jeremey J. Albrecht, Eric Nguyen, Matthew M. Becerra, Gary M. Johnson, John R. Brustad, Ghassan Sakakine
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Patent number: 9717522Abstract: A surgical access system comprises a wound retractor comprising an outer anchor, an inner anchor, and a flexible, tubular sheath extending therebetween. Embodiments of the outer anchor comprise an outer ring rotatable around an annular axis thereof, thereby rolling the sheath therearound when retracting an incision or opening in a body wall. The sheath comprises a plurality of fibers or strands that improve the abrasion and puncture resistance thereof. Consequently, the surgical access system is useful in procedures in which damage to the sheath is likely, for example, orthopedic hip replacement, and spinal procedures. In some embodiments, the sheath tapers from the outer ring to the inner ring.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: Jeremy J. Albrecht, Eric Nguyen, Matthew M. Becerra, Gary M. Johnson, John R. Brustad, Ghassan Sakakine
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Publication number: 20170095244Abstract: An incrementally adjustable wound retractor (500), having a first ring (504) with a diameter greater than the desired diameter of the wound incision, a flexible second ring (502), having a lumen and a diameter greater than the desired diameter of the wound incision, and a flexible sleeve (506), disposed in a generally cylindrical form between the first and second rings (502, 504), where the second ring may be rolled over itself to provide a sleeve with a radical retraction force sufficient to stretch the incision to the desired diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Eric Nguyen, Donald L. Gadberry, Gary M. Johnson, Charles C. Hart, John R. Brustad, Robert R. Bowes, Jeremy J. Albrecht, Ghassan Sakakine, Henry Kahle
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Patent number: 9561024Abstract: An incrementally adjustable wound retractor (500), having a first ring (504) with a diameter greater than the desired diameter of the wound incision, a flexible second ring (502), having a lumen and a diameter greater than the desired diameter of the wound incision, and a flexible sleeve (506), disposed in a generally cylindrical form between the first and second rings (502, 504), where the second ring may be rolled over itself to provide a sleeve with a radical retraction force sufficient to stretch the incision to the desired diameter.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: Eric Nguyen, Donald L. Gadberry, Gary M. Johnson, Charles C. Hart, John R. Brustad, Robert R. Bowes, Jeremy J. Albrecht, Ghassan Sakakine, Henry Kahle