Patents by Inventor Jessica Liberatore
Jessica Liberatore 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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Publication number: 20230381457Abstract: A lavage catheter for the treatment of a maxillary sinus is described. The catheter comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion comprises an irrigation tip. The irrigation tip has a tip opening through which fluid may be delivered by one handed operation of the catheter. A method for lavaging the maxillary sinus includes inserting the lavage catheter into a patient's anatomy and advancing the irrigation tip into the maxillary sinus using one hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Thomas R. Jenkins, Jessica Liberatore, Sandra W. Ruggles, Jessica K. Chan
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Patent number: 11744994Abstract: A lavage catheter for the treatment of a maxillary sinus is described. The catheter comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion comprises an irrigation tip. The irrigation tip has a tip opening through which fluid may be delivered by one handed operation of the catheter. A method for lavaging the maxillary sinus includes inserting the lavage catheter into a patient's anatomy and advancing the irrigation tip into the maxillary sinus using one hand.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Acclarent, Inc.Inventors: Thomas R. Jenkins, Jessica Liberatore, Sandra W. Ruggles, Jessica K. Chan
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Publication number: 20220401698Abstract: A lavage catheter for the treatment of a maxillary sinus is described. The catheter comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion comprises an irrigation tip. The irrigation tip has a tip opening through which fluid may be delivered by one handed operation of the catheter. A method for lavaging the maxillary sinus includes inserting the lavage catheter into a patient's anatomy and advancing the irrigation tip into the maxillary sinus using one hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Thomas R. Jenkins, Jessica Liberatore, Sandra W. Ruggles, Jessica K. Chan
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Patent number: 11433221Abstract: A lavage catheter for the treatment of a maxillary sinus is described. The catheter comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion comprises an irrigation tip. The irrigation tip has a tip opening through which fluid may be delivered by one handed operation of the catheter. A method for lavaging the maxillary sinus includes inserting the lavage catheter into a patient's anatomy and advancing the irrigation tip into the maxillary sinus using one hand.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Acclarent, Inc.Inventors: Thomas R. Jenkins, Jessica Liberatore, Sandra W. Ruggles, Jessica K. Chan
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Patent number: 11167109Abstract: A lavage catheter for the treatment of a maxillary sinus is described. The catheter comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion comprises an irrigation tip. The irrigation tip has a tip opening through which fluid may be delivered by one handed operation of the catheter. A method for lavaging the maxillary sinus includes inserting the lavage catheter into a patient's anatomy and advancing the irrigation tip into the maxillary sinus using one hand.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Acclarent, Inc.Inventors: Thomas R. Jenkins, Jessica Liberatore, Sandra W. Ruggles, Jessica K. Chan
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Patent number: 11013657Abstract: A garment attachable to an exercise or therapeutic apparatus that is capable of elevating the user slightly above the ground, reducing potential for injury and strain by shifting the user's weight to the frame of the apparatus. The garment is incorporated into the apparatus by comprising panels under the buttocks and around the thighs, providing balance and lifting the user comfortably in conjunction with the frame. A low-friction plate is positioned under the user's feet so that the user can ambulate freely while held in place by the frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Inventors: John Crombie, Jessica Liberatore
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Publication number: 20190350795Abstract: A garment attachable to an exercise or therapeutic apparatus that is capable of elevating the user slightly above the ground, reducing potential for injury and strain by shifting the user's weight to the frame of the apparatus. The garment is incorporated into the apparatus by comprising panels under the buttocks and around the thighs, providing balance and lifting the user comfortably in conjunction with the frame. A low-friction plate is positioned under the user's feet so that the user can ambulate freely while held in place by the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: John Crombie, Jessica Liberatore
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Patent number: 10398619Abstract: A garment attachable to an exercise or therapeutic apparatus that is capable of elevating the user slightly above the ground, reducing potential for injury and strain by shifting the user's weight to the frame of the apparatus. The garment is incorporated into the apparatus by comprising panels under the buttocks and around the thighs, providing balance and lifting the user comfortably in conjunction with the frame. A low-friction plate is positioned under the user's feet so that the user can ambulate freely while held in place by the frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Inventors: John Crombie, Jessica Liberatore
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Publication number: 20190224452Abstract: A lavage catheter for the treatment of a maxillary sinus is described. The catheter comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion comprises an irrigation tip. The irrigation tip has a tip opening through which fluid may be delivered by one handed operation of the catheter. A method for lavaging the maxillary sinus includes inserting the lavage catheter into a patient's anatomy and advancing the irrigation tip into the maxillary sinus using one hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Thomas R. Jenkins, Jessica Liberatore, Sandra W. Ruggles, Jessica K. Chan
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Publication number: 20190143080Abstract: A lavage catheter for the treatment of a maxillary sinus is described. The catheter comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion comprises an irrigation tip. The irrigation tip has a tip opening through which fluid may be delivered by one handed operation of the catheter. A method for lavaging the maxillary sinus includes inserting the lavage catheter into a patient's anatomy and advancing the irrigation tip into the maxillary sinus using one hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Thomas R. Jenkins, Jessica Liberatore, Sandra W. Ruggles, Jessica K. Chan
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Patent number: 10166369Abstract: A lavage catheter for the treatment of a maxillary sinus is described. The catheter comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion comprises an irrigation tip. The irrigation tip has a tip opening through which fluid may be delivered by one handed operation of the catheter. A method for lavaging the maxillary sinus includes inserting the lavage catheter into a patient's anatomy and advancing the irrigation tip into the maxillary sinus using one hand.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Acclarent, Inc.Inventors: Thomas R. Jenkins, Jessica Liberatore, Sandra W. Ruggles, Jessica K. Chan
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Publication number: 20180125748Abstract: Devices, mediums, systems and methods for promoting female sexual arousal are provided and described. In one embodiment, the device includes a pump for evacuating a suction chamber when attaching the suction chamber to the female's tissue and a controller configured to self-regulate to turn on and off the pump to maintain a certain level of pressure. The controller is additionally or alternatively configured to activate the pump and to activate a feedback indicator distinct from the pump upon the sensor detecting a pressure value above ambient pressure whereby the feedback indicator advises the female as to the status of evacuation. The device can further additionally or alternatively include at least one sensor for measuring the temperature of the at least one stimulator in the vicinity of the stimulation and a controller electrically coupled to the at least one stimulator and the at least one sensor for controlling the at least one stimulator during a maximum power session.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2016Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Alex GOLDENBERG, Jessica LIBERATORE, Stephen Andrew WILSON, Eric GOLDFARB
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Publication number: 20180036512Abstract: A lavage catheter for the treatment of a maxillary sinus is described. The catheter comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion comprises an irrigation tip. The irrigation tip has a tip opening through which fluid may be delivered by one handed operation of the catheter. A method for lavaging the maxillary sinus includes inserting the lavage catheter into a patient's anatomy and advancing the irrigation tip into the maxillary sinus using one hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Thomas R. Jenkins, Jessica Liberatore, Sandra W. Ruggles, Jessica K. Chan
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Publication number: 20170007491Abstract: A garment attachable to an exercise or therapeutic apparatus that is capable of elevating the user slightly above the ground, reducing potential for injury and strain by shifting the user's weight to the frame of the apparatus. The garment is incorporated into the apparatus by comprising panels under the buttocks and around the thighs, providing balance and lifting the user comfortably in conjunction with the frame. A low-friction plate is positioned under the user's feet so that the user can ambulate freely while held in place by the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: John Crombie, Jessica Liberatore
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Patent number: 9198648Abstract: A wound closure assembly and method for its use. The wound closure assembly includes a curved inserter having a distal end and a proximal end, a filamentary element extending between a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the proximal end of the curved inserter, a first anchor coupled to the filamentary element between its first and second ends, and a second anchor positioned at the distal end of the filamentary element. The filamentary element is configured to form a slip knot between the first and second anchors so as to enable the distance between the first and second anchors to be decreased by pulling on the proximal end of the filamentary element. The distal end of the curved inserter is received within a channel in the first anchor that extends along its longitudinal length.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: ETHICON, INC.Inventors: John Stephen Crombie, James A. Fleming, III, Jessica Liberatore, Jie Jenny Yuan, Robert Nering
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Patent number: 9131936Abstract: A surgical device for inserting an anchor, including a handle having an actuator, an outer barrel shaft extending from the handle to a distal end and having a channel therethrough, and an outer barrel tip the distal end thereof having an elastomeric septum, a drive pin within the channel, and an implantable anchor removably coupled to the drive pin. The outer barrel shaft is coupled to an actuator for movement between a first extended position wherein the outer barrel shaft tip substantially cover the anchor, and a second retracted position where the outer barrel shaft tip do not cover the anchor. When the shaft is in the first position, the elastomeric septum of the outer barrel tip circumferentially surrounds and engages the anchor to thereby stabilize the anchor prior to deployment, and when the shaft is in the second position, the elastomeric septum does not engage the anchor.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Mark D. Kenyon, Jessica Liberatore, Daniel J. Smith
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Patent number: 9044223Abstract: An implant insertion system includes an implant, such as a surgical mesh, having at least one insertion tip secured to the implant. Each insertion tip has a tapered distal end, a proximal end, a base extending proximally from the tapered distal end, and a central lumen formed in the base having an opening facing the proximal end of the insertion tip. The system includes an insertion device having an outer shaft and a latching assembly provided at a distal end of the outer shaft that is insertable into the opening of the central lumen for selectively locking the insertion tip to the latching assembly. The latching assembly has an outer dimension that is changeable from expanded state for locking the insertion tip to the latching assembly to a non-expanded state for unlocking the insertion tip from the latching assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: ETHICON, INC.Inventors: Daniel Joseph Smith, Robert Nering, Michael Nordmeyer, Jessica Liberatore, Trevor Brian Akehurst
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Patent number: 8771314Abstract: A tissue anchor comprising a body having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end with one set of dimensions and a projected surface area, a distal end with a second set of dimensions and a projected surface area where the respective dimensions of the first and second ends are not identical and the projected areas are substantially the same. The tissue anchor may further have a fixing member to attach the anchor and one or more tissues together or to attach the other structures to tissue.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: John Crombie, Jessica Liberatore, Robert Nering, Gabriel Jacinto, Simon Cohn
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Patent number: 8622886Abstract: A surgical assembly including an introducer having a handle portion and a needle portion, and at least a first retaining device extending outwardly therefrom. The assembly also includes first and second sheath elements each having a proximal end, a closed tissue penetrating distal end, a channel extending therein and a side aperture extending into the channel, and an implant having first and second ends coupled to the proximal ends of the sheath elements respectively. Channels of the first and second sheath elements are dimensioned to slidably receive therein through the side aperture the needle portion of the introducer, and for each of the first and second sheath elements when the needle portion of the introducer is so received therein, the peripheral edge of the side aperture is capable of being removably coupled to the retaining device to thereby fixedly secure the sheath element to the introducer.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: John Young, Frank A. Nastasi, Jessica Liberatore
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Publication number: 20130324789Abstract: An implant insertion system includes an implant, such as a surgical mesh, having at least one insertion tip secured to the implant. Each insertion tip has a tapered distal end, a proximal end, a base extending proximally from the tapered distal end, and a central lumen formed in the base having an opening facing the proximal end of the insertion tip. The system includes an insertion device having an outer shaft and a latching assembly provided at a distal end of the outer shaft that is insertable into the opening of the central lumen for selectively locking the insertion tip to the latching assembly. The latching assembly has an outer dimension that is changeable from expanded state for locking the insertion tip to the latching assembly to a non-expanded state for unlocking the insertion tip from the latching assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Joseph Smith, Robert Nering, Michael Nordmeyer, Jessica Liberatore, Trevor Brian Akehurst