Patents by Inventor Joe D. Sartor

Joe D. Sartor 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).

  • Patent number: 12318064
    Abstract: A method for enhanced surgical navigation, and a system performing the method and displaying graphical user interfaces associated with the method. A 3D spatial map of a surgical site is generated using a 3D endoscope including a camera source and an IR scan source. The method includes detecting a needle tip protruding from an anatomy and determining a needle protrusion distance corresponding to a distance between the needle tip and a surface of the anatomy using the 3D spatial map. A position of a surgical tool in the 3D spatial map is detected and a determination is made by the system indicative of whether the needle protrusion distance is sufficient for grasping by the surgical tool. A warning is generated when it is determined that the needle protrusion distance is not sufficient for grasping by the surgical tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: John W. Komp, Joe D. Sartor, Irena Cantrall
  • Patent number: 12243634
    Abstract: A method of performing a surgical procedure includes storing a software application on a memory associated with a computer, which when executed by a processor causes the software application to develop a model of a patient's anatomical structure, process images of the patient's anatomy, display the images of the patient's anatomy on a user interface associated with the computer, superimpose critical structures within the patient over the displayed images of the patient's anatomy, determine a location within the patient's body cavity where the images of the patient's anatomy were taken, and display the model of the patient's anatomical structure on the user interface, the displayed model indicating the determined location where the images of the patient's anatomy were taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, Francesca Rossetto, Irena Cantrall
  • Publication number: 20250049494
    Abstract: An end effector assembly for use with an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The electrosurgical instrument includes a handle having a shaft that extends therefrom, an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft, at least one electrode operably coupled to the end effector and adapted to couple to a source of electrosurgical energy, a titanium nitride coating covering at least a portion of the electrode, a chromium nitride coating covering at least a portion of the electrode and/or titanium nitride coating, and a hexamethyldisiloxane plasma coating covering at least a portion of the chromium nitride coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. SARTOR, William E. ROBINSON, Todd W. BOUCHER
  • Publication number: 20250032172
    Abstract: An end effector assembly of a surgical device for shallow depth ablation includes first and second jaw members movable between open and closed positions and including hemicylindrical surfaces that cooperate to define a cylindrical cavity in the closed position for capturing tissue therebetween. At least one electrode array includes a plurality of first and second electrode portions disposed on or within at least one of the hemicylindrical surfaces and extending annularly at least partially thereabout. The plurality of first and second electrode portions are configured to be energized with electrosurgical energy at different potentials to thereby conduct electrosurgical energy between adjacent first and second electrode portions and through captured tissue to affect shallow depth ablation of captured tissue in the closed position of the first and second jaw members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, Nikolai D. Begg
  • Patent number: 12167893
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate the pre-operative prediction of post-operative tissue function to assist a clinician in planning for and carrying out a surgical procedure. In particular, systems and methods that facilitate the pre-operative prediction of post-resection lung tissue function, thus assisting a clinician in determining the location(s) and volume(s) of lung tissue to be resected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Francesca Rossetto, Joe D. Sartor
  • Patent number: 12161385
    Abstract: An end effector assembly for use with an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The electrosurgical instrument includes a handle having a shaft that extends therefrom, an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft, at least one electrode operably coupled to the end effector and adapted to couple to a source of electrosurgical energy, a titanium nitride coating covering at least a portion of the electrode, a chromium nitride coating covering at least a portion of the electrode and/or titanium nitride coating, and a hexamethyldisiloxane plasma coating covering at least a portion of the chromium nitride coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, William E. Robinson, Todd W. Boucher
  • Patent number: 12121286
    Abstract: An end effector assembly of a surgical device for shallow depth ablation includes first and second jaw members movable between open and closed positions and including hemicylindrical surfaces that cooperate to define a cylindrical cavity in the closed position for capturing tissue therebetween. At least one electrode array includes a plurality of first and second electrode portions disposed on or within at least one of the hemicylindrical surfaces and extending annularly at least partially thereabout. The plurality of first and second electrode portions are configured to be energized with electrosurgical energy at different potentials to thereby conduct electrosurgical energy between adjacent first and second electrode portions and through captured tissue to affect shallow depth ablation of captured tissue in the closed position of the first and second jaw members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, Nikolai D. Begg
  • Patent number: 12102298
    Abstract: A system and method for imaging tissue including an endoscope capable of illuminating tissue with white and near infrared light. The method includes detecting the fluorescence and displaying the detected fluorescence in combination with white light images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: John W. Komp, Joe D. Sartor
  • Patent number: 12011158
    Abstract: A surgical stitching device is configured for single hand operation that enables passage of a suture needle through tissue with minimal operational requirement. The surgical needle is selectively securable to first and second jaws that are pivotably coupled to each other. When the first and second jaws are in an open configuration, in which, the first and second jaws are spaced apart, the suture needle is detachably secured to the first and second jaws. When the first and second jaws are in a closed configuration, in which, the first and second jaws are approximated, the suture needle is detachably secured to one of the first and second jaws and is detached from the other one of the first and second jaws. Such single hand operation facilitates procedures such as, e.g., extraterritorial loop suture closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, Alexander J. Grocholski, Shayne M. Albertson, Kyle A. Sherman, William J. Bowen, III, Theodore S. Chamberlain, Christopher S. Bautista, Taron J. Lard, Drew M. Wilson
  • Patent number: 12004815
    Abstract: A method of modeling lungs of a patient includes acquiring computed tomography data of a patient's lungs, storing a software application within a memory associated with a computer, the computer having a processor configured to execute the software application, executing the software application to differentiate tissue located within the patient's lung using the acquired CT data, generate a 3-D model of the patient's lungs based on the acquired CT data and the differentiated tissue, apply a material property to each tissue of the differentiated tissue within the generated 3-D model, generate a mesh of the 3-D model of the patient's lungs, calculate a displacement of the patient's lungs in a collapsed state based on the material property applied to the differentiated tissue and the generated mesh of the generated 3-D model, and display a collapsed lung model of the patient's lungs based on the calculated displacement of the patient's lungs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, Arlen K. Ward, Francesca Rossetto, Ramesh Raghupathy, Srikara V. Peelukhana
  • Patent number: 11969204
    Abstract: An end effector assembly for use with an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The electrosurgical instrument includes a handle having a shaft that extends therefrom, an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft, at least one electrode operably coupled to the end effector and adapted to couple to a source of electrosurgical energy, a chromium nitride coating covering at least a portion of the electrode, and a hexamethyldisiloxane plasma coating covering at least a portion of the chromium nitride coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, William E. Robinson, Todd W. Boucher
  • Publication number: 20230404674
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate the pre-operative prediction of post-operative tissue function to assist a clinician in planning for and carrying out a surgical procedure. In particular, systems and methods that facilitate the pre-operative prediction of post-resection lung tissue function, thus assisting a clinician in determining the location(s) and volume(s) of lung tissue to be resected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Francesca Rossetto, Joe D. Sartor
  • Publication number: 20230363824
    Abstract: A method of modeling lungs of a patient includes acquiring computed tomography data of a patient's lungs, storing a software application within a memory associated with a computer, the computer having a processor configured to execute the software application, executing the software application to differentiate tissue located within the patient's lung using the acquired CT data, generate a 3-D model of the patient's lungs based on the acquired CT data and the differentiated tissue, apply a material property to each tissue of the differentiated tissue within the generated 3-D model, generate a mesh of the 3-D model of the patient's lungs, calculate a displacement of the patient's lungs in a collapsed state based on the material property applied to the differentiated tissue and the generated mesh of the generated 3-D model, and display a collapsed lung model of the patient's lungs based on the calculated displacement of the patient's lungs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, Arlen K. Ward, Francesca Rossetto, Ramesh Raghupathy, Srikara V. Peelukhana
  • Publication number: 20230352148
    Abstract: A method of performing a surgical procedure includes storing a software application on a memory associated with a computer, which when executed by a processor causes the software application to develop a model of a patient's anatomical structure, process images of the patient's anatomy, display the images of the patient's anatomy on a user interface associated with the computer, superimpose critical structures within the patient over the displayed images of the patient's anatomy, determine a location within the patient's body cavity where the images of the patient's anatomy were taken, and display the model of the patient's anatomical structure on the user interface, the displayed model indicating the determined location where the images of the patient's anatomy were taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, Francesca Rossetto, Irena Cantrall
  • Patent number: 11779192
    Abstract: Provided in accordance with the present disclosure are systems, devices, and methods for displaying medical images based on a location of a camera. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes receiving image data of a patient's body, identifying an organ in the image data, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of at least a portion of the patient's body based on the image data, registering the 3D model with the patient's body, determining a location of a camera inside the patient's body, identifying a 2D slice image from the image data based on the determined location of the camera inside the patient's body, and displaying the 2D slice image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Francesca Rossetto, Joe D. Sartor
  • Publication number: 20230284870
    Abstract: An energy-based surgical system includes at least one electrosurgical instrument and an endoscope configured to capture video data of a surgical site including the at least one energy instrument. The system also includes an endoscope controller configured to process the video data to determine contextual data pertaining to one of the surgical site or the at least one energy instrument. The system further includes an energy generator coupled to the at least one energy instrument, the energy generator configured to output energy to the at least one energy instrument and to control energy based on the contextual data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher T. Brown, Joe D. Sartor, Jing Zhao, Thomas E. Drochner
  • Patent number: 11751866
    Abstract: A surgical stitching device includes a suture needle configured to reliably pass through a typically thick scarred tissue present along, e.g., an edge of midline hernias. The surgical stitching device includes first and second jaws. The suture needle is selectively supported on the first or second jaws at, e.g., an acute, angle with respect to a longitudinal axis defined by the corresponding first or second jaw. The suture needle may be selectively secured with the first or second jaw by first and second needle receiving blades configured for reciprocating axial displacement. A suture is connected to the suture needle to perform suturing of tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Joe D. Sartor
  • Patent number: 11744643
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate the pre-operative prediction of post-operative tissue function to assist a clinician in planning for and carrying out a surgical procedure. In particular, systems and methods that facilitate the pre-operative prediction of post-resection lung tissue function, thus assisting a clinician in determining the location(s) and volume(s) of lung tissue to be resected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Francesca Rossetto, Joe D. Sartor
  • Patent number: 11730562
    Abstract: Systems and methods of imaging include projecting infrared (IR) light from the endoscope toward the at least one anatomical feature (e.g., the exterior of a liver or lung), capturing the IR light, projecting optical light from the endoscope toward a similar portion of the anatomical feature, and capturing the optical light. Once the IR light and the optical light are captured, both are associated with one another to generate an intra-operative 3D image. This projection and capture of IR and optical light may occur at discrete times during the imaging process, or simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: John W. Komp, Joe D. Sartor
  • Publication number: 20230252643
    Abstract: Provided in accordance with the present disclosure are systems for identifying a position of target tissue relative to surgical tools using a structured light detector. An exemplary system includes antennas configured to interact with a marker placed proximate target tissue inside a patient's body, a structured light pattern source, a structured light detector, a display device, and a computing device configured to receive data from the antennas indicating interacting with the marker, determine a distance between the antennas and the marker, cause the structured light pattern source to project and detect a pattern onto the antennas. The instructions may further cause the computing device to determine, a pose of the antennas, determine, based on the determined distance between the antennas and the marker, and the determined pose of the antennas, a position of the marker relative to the antennas, and display the position of the marker relative to the antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Joe D. Sartor