Patents by Inventor Ion Tsinteris

Ion Tsinteris 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).

  • Reciprocating serrated blade for precision dissection
    Patent number: 12611220
    Abstract: A medical device includes a shaft having a distal end, a proximal end, and a shaft body extending between the distal end and the proximal end, the shaft body having a longitudinal axis; a first blade fixedly coupled to the distal end of the shaft, wherein the first blade has a first rectilinear planar surface; a second blade in contact with the first blade, wherein the second blade has a second rectilinear planar surface, and wherein the second blade is configured to move in a reciprocating manner in opposite directions that are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft body; and a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft; wherein the shaft, the first blade, and the second blade are sized for insertion into a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Ion Tsinteris, Taylor Zahn
  • SURGICAL DEVICE FOR PERFORMING COLPOTOMY ON PATIENT
    Publication number: 20230200816
    Abstract: A colpotomy device includes a shaft assembly having a hollow outer shaft and an inner shaft disposed within, and rotatable and translatable relative to, the outer shaft, a handle assembly operably coupled to a proximal end of the shaft assembly, and configured to selectively rotate the inner shaft relative to the outer shaft, a colpotomy cup assembly including an outer cup and an inner cup disposed within the outer cup, wherein the inner cup is fixedly coupled to a distal end of the inner shaft, and the outer cup is fixedly coupled to a distal end of the outer shaft, and a cutting element coupled to the inner cup, such that the inner shaft the shaft assembly, inner cup, and cutting element rotate together relative to the outer shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Ion Tsinteris, Marco Bedoya, Samantha Rogers, Catherine Withers
  • RECIPROCATING SERRATED BLADE FOR PRECISION DISSECTION
    Publication number: 20220211403
    Abstract: A medical device includes a shaft having a distal end, a proximal end, and a shaft body extending between the distal end and the proximal end, the shaft body having a longitudinal axis; a first blade fixedly coupled to the distal end of the shaft, wherein the first blade has a first rectilinear planar surface; a second blade in contact with the first blade, wherein the second blade has a second rectilinear planar surface, and wherein the second blade is configured to move in a reciprocating manner in opposite directions that are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft body; and a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft; wherein the shaft, the first blade, and the second blade are sized for insertion into a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Ion Tsinteris, Taylor Zahn