Patents by Inventor Hock Lim Tan

Hock Lim Tan 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).

  • Trocar sleeve
    Patent number: 10603073
    Abstract: A trocar sleeve for minimally invasive surgery, having a first sleeve part, which has essentially the shape of a straight tubular piece with a longitudinal axis, and having a second sleeve part, which at least partly surrounds the first sleeve part in close contiguity and is movable during use with respect to the first sleeve part. The mobility of the second sleeve part in relation to the first sleeve part consists essentially only in rotatability of the second sleeve part around the first sleeve part, and in addition the first sleeve part and the second sleeve part each comprise on their distal axial ends a flange part that extends radially outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees from the respective sleeve part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hock Lim Tan, Martin Oberlaender, Alexander Fuchs
  • TROCAR SLEEVE
    Publication number: 20130030457
    Abstract: A trocar sleeve for minimally invasive surgery, having a first sleeve part, which has essentially the shape of a straight tubular piece with a longitudinal axis, and having a second sleeve part, which at least partly surrounds the first sleeve part in close contiguity and is movable during use with respect to the first sleeve part. The mobility of the second sleeve part in relation to the first sleeve part consists essentially only in rotatability of the second sleeve part around the first sleeve part, and in addition the first sleeve part and the second sleeve part each comprise on their distal axial ends a flange part that extends radially outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees from the respective sleeve part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Hock Lim Tan, Martin Oberlaender, Alexander Fuchs
  • Forceps insert for laparoscopic procedures
    Patent number: D761961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hock Lim Tan, Sven Schneider