Patents by Inventor Ilia Timonin

Ilia Timonin 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).

  • SUTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220387039
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for driving a needle to facilitate suturing, such as may be performed in a surgical anastomosis procedure. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a frame. First and second rollers are rotatably mounted parallel with each other in the frame and are configured to engage therebetween a shaft of a needle formed in a helical shape. The first and second rollers are configured to counter-rotate. The needle is revolvable eccentrically around the first roller responsive to counter-rotation of the first and second rollers. A drive mechanism is secured to the frame and is configured to move the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Adam Smith, Clifton A. Alferness, Gina M. Muia-Longman, David R. Seward, Chenhao Fu, Ilia Timonin, Blake Stancik, Amanda Kay Woodcock, David A. Desmarais, Donald C. Baumgarten, Paul T. Hinrichs, Thomas H. Ruscher
  • Suturing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 11439397
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for driving a needle to facilitate suturing, such as may be performed in a surgical anastomosis procedure. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a frame. First and second rollers are rotatably mounted parallel with each other in the frame and are configured to engage therebetween a shaft of a needle formed in a helical shape. The first and second rollers are configured to counter-rotate. The needle is revolvable eccentrically around the first roller responsive to counter-rotation of the first and second rollers. A drive mechanism is secured to the frame and is configured to move the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Lee Smith, Clifton A. Alferness, Gina M. Muia-Longman, David R. Seward, Chenhao Fu, Ilia Timonin, Blake R. Stancik, Amanda Kay Woodcock, David A. Desmarais, Donald C. Baumgarten, Paul T. Hinrichs, Thomas H. Ruscher
  • SUTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200305876
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for driving a needle to facilitate suturing, such as may be performed in a surgical anastomosis procedure. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a frame. First and second rollers are rotatably mounted parallel with each other in the frame and are configured to engage therebetween a shaft of a needle formed in a helical shape. The first and second rollers are configured to counter-rotate. The needle is revolvable eccentrically around the first roller responsive to counter-rotation of the first and second rollers. A drive mechanism is secured to the frame and is configured to move the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Spiration, Inc., d/b/a Olympus Respiratory America
    Inventors: Adam Lee Smith, Clifton A. Alferness, Gina M. Muia-Longman, David R. Seward, Chenhao Fu, Ilia Timonin, Blake R. Stancik, Amanda Kay Woodcock, David A. Desmarais, Donald C. Baumgarten, Paul T. Hinrichs, Thomas H. Ruscher