Patents by Inventor Jonathan M. Cepress

Jonathan M. Cepress 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: 11786250
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a shaft assembly, a stapling assembly disposed at a distal end of the shaft assembly and extending along a central axis, and an anvil configured to selectively couple with the stapling assembly to compress a tissue and form staples in the tissue. The stapling assembly includes a housing assembly that includes a proximal housing and a distal housing. The proximal housing is secured to the shaft assembly and is separable from the distal housing to thereby releasably couple the distal housing with the shaft assembly. The stapling assembly further includes a deck member having an annular array of staple openings configured to receive a plurality of staples, and a knife member at least partially disposed within the housing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventor: Jonathan M. Cepress
  • Publication number: 20230112467
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a shaft assembly, a stapling assembly disposed at a distal end of the shaft assembly and extending along a central axis, and an anvil configured to selectively couple with the stapling assembly to compress a tissue and form staples in the tissue. The stapling assembly includes a housing assembly that includes a proximal housing and a distal housing. The proximal housing is secured to the shaft assembly and is separable from the distal housing to thereby releasably couple the distal housing with the shaft assembly. The stapling assembly further includes a deck member having an annular array of staple openings configured to receive a plurality of staples, and a knife member at least partially disposed within the housing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventor: Jonathan M. Cepress
  • Publication number: 20210338274
    Abstract: A surgical access device assembly. The assembly includes a cannula having a working channel and a helical tissue engagement feature disposed along an outer surface of the cannula and configured to stabilize the cannula relative to a body cavity wall of a patient. The assembly also includes a depth limiter movably coupled with the cannula. The depth limiter includes a body portion extending about a central axis of the depth limiter and including a protrusion extending radially inwardly relative to the central axis. The body portion is movable angularly relative to the cannula between a fine adjustment configuration and a coarse adjustment configuration. In the fine adjustment configuration the protrusion is configured to selectively threadably engage the helical tissue engagement feature. In the coarse adjustment configuration the protrusion is configured to selectively threadably disengage the helical tissue engagement feature such that the depth limiter is translatable axially along the cannula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory G. Scott, Jonathan M. Cepress, David L. Collins, Matthew S. Corbin, Jeffrey L. Savage