Patents by Inventor Jeffrey J. Sandhaus

Jeffrey J. Sandhaus 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).

  • Apparatus for effecting occlusion of target vessels or tissue
    Patent number: 5067958
    Abstract: Apparatus for implanting closable locking clips to effect the percutaneous occlusion of target vessels or tissue is disclosed, including a pair of pivotable jaws defining a clip retaining cavity, a clip moving slide for sliding a locking clip from a retracted position remote from the clip retaining cavity to an actuated position with the clip retaining cavity, and a camming surface operatively disposed within the clip retaining cavity so that upon slidable movement of the locking clip from the retracted position to the actuated position the camming surface causes at least partial closure of the locking clip therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Assignee: The Population Counsil, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Sandhaus
  • Apparatus for effecting occlusion of the vas deferens
    Patent number: 4967949
    Abstract: Apparatus for implanting closable locking clips to effect the percutaneous occlusion of target vessels is disclosed, including a pair of pivotable jaws defining a clip retaining cavity, a clip moving slide for sliding a locking clip from a retracted position remote from the clip retaining cavity to an actuated position with the clip retaining cavity, and a camming surface operatively disposed within the clip retaining cavity so that upon slidable movement of the locking clip from the retracted position to the actuated position the camming surface causes at least partial closure of the locking clip therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Vastech Medical Products Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Sandhaus
  • Temperature-regulating surgical drape
    Patent number: 4807644
    Abstract: Temperature regulating surgical drapes are disclosed for use in conducting surgical procedures including a drape body with an opening adapted to expose only the specific body portion during surgery and including heat generating or cooling elements affixed to the drape at a localized position surrounding the opening to maintain that body portion at a specified temperature during surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Vastech Medical Products Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Sandhaus