Patents by Inventor Glenn J. Jaffe

Glenn J. Jaffe 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).

  • Hand-held surgical instruments with omni-circumferential actuation capabilities
    Patent number: 6482198
    Abstract: Hand-held instruments have an actuator assembly which may be employed to actuate a distally mounted tool by application of radial force about the entirety of the instrument circumference (i.e., is omni-actuatable). Most preferably, the actuator assembly includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart generally L-shaped actuator levers defining respective arcuate bearing surfaces along exterior edge regions thereof, and a retaining ring which circumferentially bounds the actuator levers around the exterior edge regions thereof. The retaining ring most preferably defines an interior stationary arcuate guide surface in conformable mated relationship to the bearing surfaces of said actuator levers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Ronald F. Overaker, Cynthia A. Toth, Brian C. Dodge, Brooks W. McCuen, Glenn J. Jaffe, Eric A. Postal, Sharon Fekrat
  • HAND-HELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OMNI-CIRCUMFERENTIAL ACTUATION CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20020156465
    Abstract: Hand-held instruments have an actuator assembly which may be employed to actuate a distally mounted tool by application of radial force about the entirety of the instrument circumference (i.e., is omni-actuatable). Most preferably, the actuator assembly includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart generally L-shaped actuator levers defining respective arcuate bearing surfaces along exterior edge regions thereof, and a retaining ring which circumferentially bounds the actuator levers around the exterior edge regions thereof. The retaining ring most preferably defines an interior stationary arcuate guide surface in conformable mated relationship to the bearing surfaces of said actuator levers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Ronald F. Overaker, Cynthia A. Toth, Brian C. Dodge, Brooks W. McCuen, Glenn J. Jaffe, Eric A. Postel, Sharon Fekrat