Patents by Inventor Jacqueline Flatow

Jacqueline Flatow 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).

  • System and method for surgical implant placement
    Patent number: 7527588
    Abstract: A system and method for placing surgical implants and having particular application for pelvic floor repair. The system includes an assembly having a guide element with a tissue penetrating tip, a cannula, and a retrieval device having a capture element at its distal end. A channel in the cannula is dimensioned to allow passage therethrough of the guide element, and of the retrieval element when removably coupled with an extension of the surgical implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincenza Zaddem, Mark Howansky, Jessica Liberatore, Gene W. Kammerer, Jacqueline Flatow
  • System and method for surgical implant placement
    Publication number: 20060058575
    Abstract: A system and method for placing surgical implants and having particular application for pelvic floor repair. The system includes an assembly having a guide element with a tissue penetrating tip, a cannula, and a retrieval device having a capture element at its distal end. A channel in the cannula is dimensioned to allow passage therethrough of the guide element, and of the retrieval element when removably coupled with an extension of the surgical implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Vincenza Zaddem, Mark Howansky, Jessica Liberatore, Gene Kammerer, Jacqueline Flatow