Patents by Inventor Ivo Brosens

Ivo Brosens 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).

  • Medical instrument system for piercing through tissue
    Patent number: 6293952
    Abstract: A medical instrument comprising a Veress needle, a dilating obturator, and a cannula. The Veress needle has a tubular safety obturator with an opening in its front section at a needle tip of the Veress needle. A guide with a guide slot can be positioned in a patient's vagina against the posterior fornix of the vagina to guide the Veress needle through the vaginal and peritoneal walls. A guide wire may be passed through the Veress needle and through the hole in the peritoneum wall formed by the Veress needle to guide the dilating obturator through the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Circon Corporation
    Inventors: Ivo Brosens, Stefan Gordts, Rudi Campo, Richard P. Muller, Frank D'Amelio, Raymond Ainger, III, Gregory S. Konstorum, Michael H. Redler
  • Medical instrument system for piercing through tissue
    Patent number: 6156006
    Abstract: A medical instrument comprising a Veress needle, a dilating obturator, and a cannula. The Veress needle has a tubular safety obturator with an opening in its front section at a needle tip of the Veress needle. A guide with a guide slot can be positioned in a patient's vagina against the posterior fornix of the vagina to guide the Veress needle through the vaginal and peritoneal walls. A guide wire may be passed through the Veress needle and through the hole in the peritoneum wall formed by the Veress needle to guide the dilating obturator through the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Circon Corporation
    Inventors: Ivo Brosens, Stefan Gordts, Rudi Campo, Richard P. Muller, Frank D'Amelio, Raymond Ainger, III, Gregory S. Konstorum, Michael H. Redler