Patents by Inventor Jeremy G. Fidock

Jeremy G. Fidock 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: 20230071383
    Abstract: A continuous strip of staples for use with a surgical stapling device includes an elongated stock of corrugated paper defining a plurality of channels therein. An inner facing side of each channel is configured to support a row of staples thereon and extending therealong and is configured to be slidingly received in a corresponding plurality of slots defined within a cartridge assembly of a stapling device for loading the staples therein. A plurality of indexing apertures is defined in the elongated stock and extends therealong. The plurality of indexing apertures is adapted to engage a staple deformation element of the cartridge assembly during retraction thereof to automatically reload one or more new rows of staples after actuation of the stapling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph T. Eisinger, Jeremy G. Fidock, Peter T. Collings, Asa G. DeBlois, Matthew T. Coralli, Stephanie Logan
  • Publication number: 20220401103
    Abstract: A surgical occluding device includes a body portion configured to radially surround a tissue lumen. The body portion includes a plurality of segments and a plurality of folds. Each fold of the plurality of folds is defined between adjacent segments of the plurality of segments. Half of the folds of the plurality of folds define acute angles, and half of the folds of the plurality of folds define obtuse angles. The body portion is movable from a first orientation where the acute angle defines a first acute angle, to a second orientation where the acute angle defines a second, smaller acute angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick D. Mozdzierz, Jeremy G. Fidock, Mallory A. Pille, Olesea Diaz-Chiosa
  • Patent number: 11497495
    Abstract: A continuous strip of staples for use with a surgical stapling device includes an elongated stock of corrugated paper defining a plurality of channels therein. An inner facing side of each channel is configured to support a row of staples thereon and extending therealong and is configured to be slidingly received in a corresponding plurality of slots defined within a cartridge assembly of a stapling device for loading the staples therein. A plurality of indexing apertures is defined in the elongated stock and extends therealong. The plurality of indexing apertures is adapted to engage a staple deformation element of the cartridge assembly during retraction thereof to automatically reload one or more new rows of staples after actuation of the stapling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Joseph T. Eisinger, Jeremy G. Fidock, Peter T. Collings, Asa G. DeBlois, Matthew T. Coralli, Stephanie Logan
  • Publication number: 20220313249
    Abstract: A continuous strip of staples for use with a surgical stapling device includes an elongated stock of corrugated paper defining a plurality of channels therein. An inner facing side of each channel is configured to support a row of staples thereon and extending therealong and is configured to be slidingly received in a corresponding plurality of slots defined within a cartridge assembly of a stapling device for loading the staples therein. A plurality of indexing apertures is defined in the elongated stock and extends therealong. The plurality of indexing apertures is adapted to engage a staple deformation element of the cartridge assembly during retraction thereof to automatically reload one or more new rows of staples after actuation of the stapling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph T. Eisinger, Jeremy G. Fidock, Peter T. Collings, Asa G. DeBlois, Matthew T. Coralli, Stephanie Logan