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).

  • Publication number: 20230030708
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: David P. Noonan, Joseph A. Urban, JR., Varun Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11382650
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: David P. Noonan, Joseph A. Urban, Jr., Varun Agrawal
  • Publication number: 20210178032
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    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.
  • Patent number: 10850013
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: 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.
  • Publication number: 20190175799
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    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.
  • Publication number: 20180221038
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: David P. Noonan, Joseph A. Urban, Jr., Varun Agrawal
  • Patent number: 9949749
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: David P. Noonan, Joseph A. Urban, Jr., Varun Agrawal
  • Publication number: 20170119412
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: David P. Noonan, Joseph A. Urban, JR., Varun Agrawal