Patents by Inventor James Stephen Scott
James Stephen Scott 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).
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Patent number: 9549727Abstract: An apparatus including a flexible length of cord and three tissue connectors positioned at the opposite ends of the cord and at an intermediate position of the cord is designed to be laparoscopically inserted through the abdominal wall and into the abdominal cavity, and used to move a first internal organ to a position away from a second internal organ where the apparatus holds the first internal organ in the position without further manual input, thereby providing surgical access to the second internal organ.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Freehold Surgical, Inc.Inventor: James Stephen Scott
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Publication number: 20160345950Abstract: An intra-abdominally adjustable organ positioning system. The system includes a cord for lifting an organ, such as the liver, during endoscopic surgery, tissue connectors, and an adjustable locking mechanism which allows tightening and loosening of the cord.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: Freehold Surgical, Inc.Inventor: James Stephen Scott
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Publication number: 20150141745Abstract: An apparatus including a flexible length of cord and three tissue connectors positioned at the opposite ends of the cord and at an intermediate position of the cord is designed to be laparoscopically inserted through the abdominal wall and into the abdominal cavity, and used to move a first internal organ to a position away from a second internal organ where the apparatus holds the first internal organ in the position without further manual input, thereby providing surgical access to the second internal organ.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: FREEHOLD SURGICAL, INC.Inventor: James Stephen Scott
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Patent number: 6840951Abstract: A flexible, fluid-tight envelope provides access for a hand and surgical instruments through a body tissue incision while maintaining insufflation pressure or a pneumoperitoneum within the body. The envelope is transparent and has an interior volume with opposite proximal and distal ends. A first opening in the envelope at the proximal end adjoins the incision in the body tissue and is secured and sealed to the body tissue. The second opening at the envelope distal end is provided with a closure member that seals closed the second opening on itself or around the forearm of a surgeon or a surgical instrument inserted into the interior volume of the envelope.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2001Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignee: Etheicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Roger A. de la Torre, James Stephen Scott, George D. Hermann, Thomas A. Howell, James E. Jervis, Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Roderick A. Young
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Publication number: 20020038077Abstract: A flexible, fluid-tight envelope provides access for a hand and surgical instruments through a body tissue incision while maintaining insufflation pressure or a pneumoperitoneum within the body. The envelope is transparent and has an interior volume with opposite proximal and distal ends. A first opening in the envelope at the proximal end adjoins the incision in the body tissue and is secured and sealed to the body tissue. The second opening at the envelope distal end is provided with a closure member that seals closed the second opening on itself or around the forearm of a surgeon or a surgical instrument inserted into the interior volume of the envelope.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2001Publication date: March 28, 2002Applicant: General Surgical Innovations, Inc., California corporationInventors: Roger A. de la Torre, James Stephen Scott, George D. Hermann, Thomas A. Howell, James E. Jervis, Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Roderick A. Young
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Patent number: 6319246Abstract: A flexible, fluid-tight envelope provides access for a hand and surgical instruments through a body tissue incision while maintaining insufflation pressure or a pneumoperitoneum within the body. The envelope is transparent and has an interior volume with opposite proximal and distal ends. A first opening in the envelope at the proximal end adjoins the incision in the body tissue and is secured and sealed to the body tissue. The second opening at the envelope distal end is provided with a closure member that seals closed the second opening on itself or around the forearm of a surgeon or a surgical instrument inserted into the interior volume of the envelope.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1999Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: General Surgical Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Roger A. de la Torre, James Stephen Scott, George D. Hermann, Thomas A. Howell, James E. Jervis, Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Roderick A. Young
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Patent number: 6315770Abstract: A flexible, fluid-tight envelope provides access for a hand and surgical instruments through a body tissue incision while maintaining insufflation pressure or a pneumoperitoneum within the body. The envelope is transparent and has an interior volume with opposite proximal and distal ends. A first opening in the envelope at the proximal end adjoins the incision in the body tissue and is secured and sealed to the body tissue. The second opening at the envelope distal end is provided with a closure member that seals closed the second opening on itself or around the forearm of a surgeon or a surgical instrument inserted into the interior volume of the envelope. An access port is provided at the first opening in the envelope. The access port comprises a housing containing a valve element that is selectively opened and closed to provide access to the tissue incision while maintaining insufflation pressure in the body cavity.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1999Date of Patent: November 13, 2001Assignee: General Surgical Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Roger A. de la Torre, James Stephen Scott, Janine C. Robinson
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Patent number: 6024736Abstract: A flexible, fluid-tight envelope provides access for a hand and surgical instruments through a body tissue incision while maintaining insufflation pressure or a pneumoperitoneum within the body. The envelope is transparent and has an interior volume with opposite proximal and distal ends. A first opening in the envelope at the proximal end adjoins the incision in the body tissue and is secured and sealed to the body tissue. The second opening at the envelope distal end is provided with a closure member that seals closed the second opening on itself or around the forearm of a surgeon or a surgical instrument inserted into the interior volume of the envelope.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1997Date of Patent: February 15, 2000Assignee: General Surgical Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Roger A. de la Torre, James Stephen Scott, George D. Hermann, Thomas A. Howell, James E. Jervis, Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Roderick A. Young
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Patent number: 5957913Abstract: A flexible, fluid-tight envelope provides access for a hand and surgical instruments through a body tissue incision while maintaining insufflation pressure or a pneumoperitoneum within the body. The envelope is transparent and has an interior volume with opposite proximal and distal ends. A first opening in the envelope at the proximal end adjoins the incision in the body tissue and is secured and sealed to the body tissue. The second opening at the envelope distal end is provided with a closure member that seals closed the second opening on itself or around the forearm of a surgeon or a surgical instrument inserted into the interior volume of the envelope. An access port is provided at the first opening in the envelope. The access port includes a housing containing a valve element that is selectively opened and closed to provide access to the tissue incision while maintaining insufflation pressure in the body cavity.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1997Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Assignee: General Surgical Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Roger A. de la Torre, James Stephen Scott, Janine C. Robinson
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Patent number: 5755729Abstract: The present invention pertains to a magazine that is loaded with a needle and an attached length of suture pre-tied in a knot on the magazine. The magazine is used in loading the needle onto a surgical instrument and in loading the tied length of suture onto the surgical instrument.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1995Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Assignee: General Surgical Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Roger A. de la Torre, James Stephen Scott, James E. Jervis
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Patent number: 5716368Abstract: A surgical instrument facilitates tying of a knot in a length of suture material at a remote surgical location. The instrument is comprised of an inner rod having a length of suture wrapped over the rod in a particular pattern. A needle may be secured to a free end of the suture and the pattern of wrapping the suture on the rod enables loops of suture to move off the rod end and over the needle to form a knot in the suture. The inner rod is received in an interior bore of an outer rod for manually controlled reciprocating movement therein. The inner rod is manually retracted into the interior bore of the outer rod to cause the outer rod to move the loops of suture off the inner rod end and over the needle in forming a knot in the suture. An extendable filament is contained in the inner rod and has a connector at its distal end for holding the free end of the suture.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: February 10, 1998Assignee: General Surgical Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Roger A. de la Torre, James Stephen Scott, James E. Jerivs, Kenneth H. Mollenauer
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Patent number: 5681331Abstract: A surgical instrument facilitates tying of a knot in a length of suture material at a remote surgical location. The instrument is comprised of a rod having a length of suture wrapped over the rod in a particular pattern. A needle may be secured to a free end of the suture and the pattern of wrapping the suture on the rod enables loops of suture to move off the rod end and over the needle to form a knot in the suture.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1995Date of Patent: October 28, 1997Inventors: Roger A. de la Torre, James Stephen Scott, James E. Jervis, Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Karl Van Dyk, George D. Hermann
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Patent number: 5672168Abstract: A flexible, fluid-tight envelope provides access for a hand and surgical instruments through a body tissue incision while maintaining insufflation pressure or a pneumoperitoneum within the body. The envelope is transparent and has an interior volume with opposite proximal and distal ends. A first opening in the envelope at the proximal end adjoins the incision in the body tissue and is secured and sealed to the body tissue. The second opening at the envelope distal end is provided with a closure member that seals closed the second opening on itself or around the forearm of a surgeon or a surgical instrument inserted into the interior volume of the envelope. An access port is provided at the first opening in the envelope. The access port includes a housing containing a valve element that is selectively opened and closed to provide access to the tissue incision while maintaining insufflation pressure in the body cavity.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1995Date of Patent: September 30, 1997Inventors: Roger A. de la Torre, James Stephen Scott, Janine C. Robinson
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Patent number: 5653705Abstract: A flexible, fluid-tight envelope provides access for a hand and surgical instruments through a body tissue incision while maintaining insufflation pressure or a pneumoperitoneum within the body. The envelope is transparent and has an interior volume with opposite proximal and distal ends. A first opening in the envelope at the proximal end adjoins the incision in the body tissue and is secured and sealed to the body tissue. The second opening at the envelope distal end is provided with a closure member that seals closed the second opening on itself or around the forearm of a surgeon or a surgical instrument inserted into the interior volume of the envelope.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1994Date of Patent: August 5, 1997Assignee: General Surgical Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Roger A. de la Torre, James Stephen Scott, George D. Hermann, Thomas A. Howell, James E. Jervis, Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Roderick A. Young