Patents by Inventor John Martin SHIELDS

John Martin SHIELDS 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).

  • Needle driver
    Patent number: 10028736
    Abstract: A needle driver includes a first elongated body that defines an interior chamber. A second elongated body defines an interior space, and is slideable within the interior chamber defined by the first elongated body between a retracted position and an extended position. The needle driver also includes a clamping device having a clamping end and a connecting member, which is affixed to the first elongated body and coupled within the clamping end. A biasing shaft is slideably disposed within the interior space defined by the second elongated body. An actuator is affixed to the biasing shaft and is slideable in a proximal direction and a distal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NOVASURG INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: John Martin Shields, Syed M. Hussain, Collin James Loch, Nathan Daniel Grubbs
  • NEEDLE DRIVER
    Publication number: 20160331369
    Abstract: A needle driver includes a first elongated body that defines an interior chamber. A second elongated body defines an interior space, and is slideable within the interior chamber defined by the first elongated body between a retracted position and an extended position. The needle driver also includes a clamping device having a clamping end and a connecting member, which is affixed to the first elongated body and coupled within the clamping end. A biasing shaft is slideably disposed within the interior space defined by the second elongated body. An actuator is affixed to the biasing shaft and is slideable in a proximal direction and a distal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: John Martin SHIELDS, Syed M. Hussain, Collin James Loch, Nathan Daniel Grubbs
  • Needle driver
    Patent number: 9326766
    Abstract: A needle driver, comprising a first elongated body having a substantially hollow interior portion and a first and second end, a second elongated body having a substantially hollow interior portion slideably disposed in the first elongated body, a clamping device having a clamping end and a connected end, the clamping device at least partially disposed in the first elongated body and in the second elongated body, wherein the connected end is affixed to the first elongated body, and a slideable actuator affixed to the second elongated body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Novasurg Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: John Martin Shields, Syed Hussain
  • NEEDLE DRIVER
    Publication number: 20160000423
    Abstract: A needle driver includes a first elongated body that defines an interior chamber. A second elongated body defines an interior space, and is slideable within the interior chamber defined by the first elongated body between a retracted position and an extended position. The needle driver also includes a clamping device having a clamping end and a connecting member, which is affixed to the first elongated body and coupled within the clamping end. A biasing shaft is slideably disposed within the interior space defined by the second elongated body. An actuator is affixed to the biasing shaft and is slideable in a proximal direction and a distal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: John Martin SHIELDS, Syed M. Hussain, Collin James Loch, Nathan Daniel Grubbs
  • NEEDLE DRIVER
    Publication number: 20140276978
    Abstract: A needle driver, comprising a first elongated body having a substantially hollow interior portion and a first and second end, a second elongated body having a substantially hollow interior portion slideably disposed in the first elongated body, a clamping device having a clamping end and a connected end, the clamping device at least partially disposed in the first elongated body and in the second elongated body, wherein the connected end is affixed to the first elongated body, and a slideable actuator affixed to the second elongated body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: John Martin SHIELDS, Syed Hussain