Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Urban, JR.
Joseph A. Urban, JR. 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: 20230030708Abstract: A method for capturing an object in a cavity in a patient is described. The method includes advancing a ureteroscope into the cavity containing the object. A basket is advanced through a working channel of the ureteroscope. The basket is opened within the cavity and is positioned so as to enclose the object. Then, two actions are performed simultaneously. The basket is collapsed while simultaneously the basket tool is advanced forward so that the object remains within the basket, ideally near the center of the basket, as the basket closes around the object. Once the object is captured, the basket is retracted to remove the object out of the cavity. Further, this process may be automated by having the method carried out by robotic arms acting in tandem, with one or more robotic arms advancing the basket tool or ureteroscope, and another robotic arm collapsing the basket.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: David P. Noonan, Joseph A. Urban, JR., Varun Agrawal
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Patent number: 11382650Abstract: A method for capturing an object in a cavity in a patient is described. The method includes advancing a ureteroscope into the cavity containing the object. A basket is advanced through a working channel of the ureteroscope. The basket is opened within the cavity and is positioned so as to enclose the object. Then, two actions are performed simultaneously. The basket is collapsed while simultaneously the basket tool is advanced forward so that the object remains within the basket, ideally near the center of the basket, as the basket closes around the object. Once the object is captured, the basket is retracted to remove the object out of the cavity. Further, this process may be automated by having the method carried out by robotic arms acting in tandem, with one or more robotic arms advancing the basket tool or ureteroscope, and another robotic arm collapsing the basket.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventors: David P. Noonan, Joseph A. Urban, Jr., Varun Agrawal
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Publication number: 20210178032Abstract: Methods and systems for administering directed fluidics during a medical procedure for removing an object are disclosed. A method includes inserting first and second medical instruments into a treatment site, providing irrigation and aspiration of the treatment site through the first and second medical instruments, determining a characteristic of one of the irrigation and the aspiration, and selecting a characteristic of the other of the irrigation and aspiration based on the determined characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Jason Joseph Hsu, Ka Chun Wong, Rachel Leigh Chok, Joshua F. DeFonzo, Binh T. Nguyen, Vivian Thalia Nguyen, Rishi Nikhil Purohit, Joseph A. Urban, JR.
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Patent number: 10850013Abstract: Methods and systems for administering directed fluidics during a medical procedure for removing an object are disclosed. A method includes inserting first and second medical instruments into a treatment site, providing irrigation and aspiration of the treatment site through the first and second medical instruments, determining a characteristic of one of the irrigation and the aspiration, and selecting a characteristic of the other of the irrigation and aspiration based on the determined characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventors: Jason Joseph Hsu, Ka Chun Wong, Rachel Leigh Chok, Joshua F. DeFonzo, Binh T. Nguyen, Vivian Thalia Nguyen, Rishi Nikhil Purohit, Joseph A. Urban, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190175799Abstract: Methods and systems for administering directed fluidics during a medical procedure for removing an object are disclosed. A method includes inserting first and second medical instruments into a treatment site, providing irrigation and aspiration of the treatment site through the first and second medical instruments, determining a characteristic of one of the irrigation and the aspiration, and selecting a characteristic of the other of the irrigation and aspiration based on the determined characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Jason Joseph Hsu, Ka Chun Wong, Rachel Leigh Chok, Joshua F. DeFonzo, Binh T. Nguyen, Vivian Thalia Nguyen, Rishi Nikhil Purohit, Joseph A. Urban, JR.
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Publication number: 20180221038Abstract: A method for capturing an object in a cavity in a patient is described. The method includes advancing a ureteroscope into the cavity containing the object. A basket is advanced through a working channel of the ureteroscope. The basket is opened within the cavity and is positioned so as to enclose the object. Then, two actions are performed simultaneously. The basket is collapsed while simultaneously the basket tool is advanced forward so that the object remains within the basket, ideally near the center of the basket, as the basket closes around the object. Once the object is captured, the basket is retracted to remove the object out of the cavity. Further, this process may be automated by having the method carried out by robotic arms acting in tandem, with one or more robotic arms advancing the basket tool or ureteroscope, and another robotic arm collapsing the basket.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: David P. Noonan, Joseph A. Urban, Jr., Varun Agrawal
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Patent number: 9949749Abstract: A method for capturing an object in a cavity in a patient is described. The method includes advancing a ureteroscope into the cavity containing the object. A basket is advanced through a working channel of the ureteroscope. The basket is opened within the cavity and is positioned so as to enclose the object. Then, two actions are performed simultaneously. The basket is collapsed while simultaneously the basket tool is advanced forward so that the object remains within the basket, ideally near the center of the basket, as the basket closes around the object. Once the object is captured, the basket is retracted to remove the object out of the cavity. Further, this process may be automated by having the method carried out by robotic arms acting in tandem, with one or more robotic arms advancing the basket tool or ureteroscope, and another robotic arm collapsing the basket.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc.Inventors: David P. Noonan, Joseph A. Urban, Jr., Varun Agrawal
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Publication number: 20170119412Abstract: A method for capturing an object in a cavity in a patient is described. The method includes advancing a ureteroscope into the cavity containing the object. A basket is advanced through a working channel of the ureteroscope. The basket is opened within the cavity and is positioned so as to enclose the object. Then, two actions are performed simultaneously. The basket is collapsed while simultaneously the basket tool is advanced forward so that the object remains within the basket, ideally near the center of the basket, as the basket closes around the object. Once the object is captured, the basket is retracted to remove the object out of the cavity. Further, this process may be automated by having the method carried out by robotic arms acting in tandem, with one or more robotic arms advancing the basket tool or ureteroscope, and another robotic arm collapsing the basket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: David P. Noonan, Joseph A. Urban, JR., Varun Agrawal