Patents by Inventor Jeffrey J. Ward

Jeffrey J. Ward 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).

  • Publication number: 20240108372
    Abstract: A surgical device comprising: a closure assembly including: (a) a latch unit comprising: (A) a hook latch, having a home position, (B) a forward bias constraint, (C) a rearward bias constraint, and (D) a bias member extending between the forward bias constraint and the rearward bias constraint so that the bias member has a pre-load when the hook latch is in the home position; (b) a movement unit including a bar that is movable relative to the latch unit so that the bar is movable in a prescribed motion into contact with the latch unit to create a locked state; and wherein the bar moves into contact with the hook latch driving the hook latch in a first direction, away relative to the home position, and then the hook latch is moved by the bar in a second direction relative to the home position, and a loading of the bias member is increased from the pre-load when the hook latch is moved in either the first direction away from the home position or the second direction away from the home position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Eric J. Boone, Christian J. Fiksen, Zane R. Ward, Hanam S. Pham, Jeffrey Nelson
  • Patent number: 11911058
    Abstract: Surgical forceps can include a drive pin an outer tube, a first jaw, a second jaw, and an inner tube. The outer tube can define a longitudinal axis. The first jaw can be pivotably connected to the outer tube. The first jaw can include a pair of flanges located at a proximal portion of the first jaw, where each flange can include a track receiving the drive pin. The inner tube can be located within the outer tube and can extend along the longitudinal axis. The inner tube can include a pair of arms extending from a distal portion of the inner tube. The drive pin can be securable to the pair of arms. The inner tube can be translatable within the outer tube to drive the drive pin along the tracks to move the second jaw between open and closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Hanam Pham, John Mensch, Zane R. Ward, Theodore C. Blus, Jeffrey D. Holton, Thomas J. Holman
  • Publication number: 20140143401
    Abstract: The disclosed implementations include a hardware appliance and method of using that appliance that may be configured to be coupled with commodity server nodes to provide a fault tolerant and available private cloud. The implementations can use a host for software containers and a switch to communicate with external networks and cloud nodes. Thus, this cloud controller appliance can provide a system to deploy a private cloud within an enterprise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Nebula, Inc.
    Inventors: Devin C. Carlen, Mark Anthony Gius, Joseph F. Heck, Tres L. Henry, Chris C. Kemp, Jon E. Mittelhauser, Michael Alexander Szilagyi, Jeffrey J. Ward