Patents by Inventor James S. Franklin, SR.

James S. Franklin, SR. 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).

  • Surgical Staplers and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20240108347
    Abstract: Surgical staplers and methods of their use are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical stapler includes a tubular shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a handle extending from the proximal end of the tubular shaft, a head assembly extending from the distal end of the tubular shaft, and an insertion guide configured to extend through the head assembly. The insertion guide includes an expandable member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration and a camera configured to be positioned at least partially within the expandable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: James S. Franklin, SR., Emily Williams, Christian Sorensen, John Tipton, Jason Weiss
  • SURGICAL STAPLERS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20210219978
    Abstract: Surgical staplers and methods of their use are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical stapler includes a tubular shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a handle extending from the proximal end of the tubular shaft, a head assembly extending from the distal end of the tubular shaft, and an insertion guide configured to extend through the head assembly. The insertion guide includes an expandable member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration and a camera configured to be positioned at least partially within the expandable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: James S. Franklin, Sr., Emily Williams, Christian Sorensen, John Tipton, Jason Weis
  • Surgical staplers and related methods
    Patent number: 10595873
    Abstract: Surgical staplers and methods of their use are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical stapler includes a tubular shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a handle extending from the proximal end of the tubular shaft, a head assembly extending from the distal end of the tubular shaft, and an insertion guide configured to extend through the head assembly. The insertion guide includes an expandable member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Franklin Institute of Innovation, LLC
    Inventor: James S. Franklin, Sr.
  • Surgical Staplers and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20190321044
    Abstract: Surgical staplers and methods of their use are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical stapler includes a tubular shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a handle extending from the proximal end of the tubular shaft, a head assembly extending from the distal end of the tubular shaft, and an insertion guide configured to extend through the head assembly. The insertion guide includes an expandable member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: James S. Franklin, SR.