Patents by Inventor Joseph Mark Durant

Joseph Mark Durant 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).

  • DEVICES FOR DEPLOYING TISSUE FASTENERS
    Publication number: 20240156457
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hand-held surgical device, operable by a single user, for deploying fasteners to close a wound or incision in tissue. The device includes tissue pinching and folding members operably controlled by the user during actuation of a trigger of the device, which can temporarily secure and expose inner surfaces of two edges of an incision or wound, where one of a plurality of fasteners can be inserted upon further actuation of the trigger, without crushing or causing undue trauma to the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Charles H. Rogers, Eduard Ulise Milea, Robert F. Hatch, Karl Robert Leinsing, Joseph Mark Durant
  • Devices for deploying tissue fasteners
    Patent number: 11826049
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hand-held surgical device, operable by a single user, for deploying fasteners to close a wound or incision in tissue. The device includes tissue pinching and folding members operably controlled by the user during actuation of a trigger of the device, which can temporarily secure and expose inner surfaces of two edges of an incision or wound, where one of a plurality of fasteners can be inserted upon further actuation of the trigger, without crushing or causing undue trauma to the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Opus KSD Inc.
    Inventors: Charles H. Rogers, Eduard Ulise Milea, Robert F. Hatch, Karl Robert Leinsing, Joseph Mark Durant
  • DEVICES FOR DEPLOYING TISSUE FASTENERS
    Publication number: 20230285020
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hand-held surgical device, operable by a single user, for deploying fasteners to close a wound or incision in tissue. The device includes tissue pinching and folding members operably controlled by the user during actuation of a trigger of the device, which can temporarily secure and expose inner surfaces of two edges of an incision or wound, where one of a plurality of fasteners can be inserted upon further actuation of the trigger, without crushing or causing undue trauma to the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Charles H. Rogers, Eduard Ulise Milea, Robert F. Hatch, Karl Robert Leinsing, Joseph Mark Durant