Patents by Inventor Joseph P. Orban, III
Joseph P. Orban, III 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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Patent number: 8342377Abstract: A surgical stapling device particularly suited for endoscopic procedures is described. The device includes a handle assembly and an elongated body extending distally from the handle assembly. The distal end of the elongated body is adapted to engage a disposable loading unit. A control rod having a proximal end operatively connected to the handle assembly includes a distal end extending through the elongated body. A control rod locking member is provided to prevent movement of the control rod until the disposable loading unit is fully secured to the elongated body of the stapling device.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Keith L. Milliman, Frank J. Viola, Joseph P. Orban, III, Randolph F. Lehn
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Publication number: 20120305627Abstract: A surgical stapling device particularly suited for endoscopic procedures is described. The device includes a handle assembly and an elongated body extending distally from the handle assembly. The distal end of the elongated body is adapted to engage a disposable loading unit. A control rod having a proximal end operatively connected to the handle assembly includes a distal end extending through the elongated body. A control rod locking member is provided to prevent movement of the control rod until the disposable loading unit is fully secured to the elongated body of the stapling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Keith L. Milliman, Frank J. Viola, Joseph P. Orban, III, Randolph F. Lehn
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Publication number: 20120305629Abstract: Reinforcing lumen rings are configured and adapted for use in conjunction with a circular endoscopic stapling instrument having a staple cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly. The reinforcing lumen rings maintain anastomotic lumen, e.g. as formed by the circular endoscopic stapling apparatus, in an open condition. The reinforcing lumen rings can include an annular ring having an outer terminal edge and an inner terminal edge, the outer terminal edge having a diameter which is substantially equal to an outer diameter of the staple cartridge assembly and the inner terminal edge having a diameter which is substantially equal to an inner diameter of the staple cartridge assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Joseph P. Orban, III, Timothy Nolan
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Patent number: 8292152Abstract: A surgical stapling device particularly suited for endoscopic procedures is described. The device includes a handle assembly and an elongated body extending distally from the handle assembly. The distal end of the elongated body is adapted to engage a disposable loading unit. A control rod having a proximal end operatively connected to the handle assembly includes a distal end extending through the elongated body. A control rod locking member is provided to prevent movement of the control rod until the disposable loading unit is fully secured to the elongated body of the stapling device.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Keith L. Milliman, Frank J. Viola, Joseph P. Orban, III, Randolph F. Lehn
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Publication number: 20120247489Abstract: A sterile drape with integrated sterile adaptor, a telerobotic surgical system, and method of use are provided for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system to maintain a sterile barrier between the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile robotic system while also providing an interface for transferring mechanical and electrical energy and signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Orban, III, S. Christopher Anderson, Roman Devengenzo, Bruce Schena, Michael Prindiville, Thomas G. Cooper, William Burbank
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Publication number: 20120241495Abstract: A surgical stapling device particularly suited for endoscopic procedures is described. The device includes a handle assembly and an elongated body extending distally from the handle assembly. The distal end of the elongated body is adapted to engage a disposable loading unit. A control rod having a proximal end operatively connected to the handle assembly includes a distal end extending through the elongated body. A control rod locking member is provided to prevent movement of the control rod until the disposable loading unit is fully secured to the elongated body of the stapling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: Tyco Healthcare Group LP,Inventors: Keith L. Milliman, Frank J. Viola, Joseph P. Orban, III, Randolph F. Lehn
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Publication number: 20120239060Abstract: A sterile adaptor, a sterile drape with the integrated sterile adaptor, and a telerobotic surgical system including the sterile drape are provided. The adaptor, drape, and system allow for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system to maintain a sterile barrier between the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile robotic system while also providing an interface for transferring mechanical and electrical energy and signals between a robotic arm and a surgical instrument in the sterile field.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventor: Joseph P. Orban, III
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Patent number: 8256656Abstract: A surgical stapling device particularly suited for endoscopic procedures is described. The device includes a handle assembly and an elongated body extending distally from the handle assembly. The distal end of the elongated body is adapted to engage a disposable loading unit. A control rod having a proximal end operatively connected to the handle assembly includes a distal end extending through the elongated body. A control rod locking member is provided to prevent movement of the control rod until the disposable loading unit is fully secured to the elongated body of the stapling device.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Keith L. Milliman, Frank J. Viola, Joseph P. Orban, III, Randolph F. Lehn
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Patent number: 8257391Abstract: Reinforcing lumen rings are configured and adapted for use in conjunction with a circular endoscopic stapling instrument having a staple cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly. The reinforcing lumen rings maintain anastomotic lumen, e.g. as formed by the circular endoscopic stapling apparatus, in an open condition. The reinforcing lumen rings can include an annular ring having an outer terminal edge and an inner terminal edge, the outer terminal edge having a diameter which is substantially equal to an outer diameter of the staple cartridge assembly and the inner terminal edge having a diameter which is substantially equal to an inner diameter of the staple cartridge assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Joseph P. Orban, III, Timothy Nolan
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Publication number: 20120197274Abstract: Apparatus and methods for performing a surgical anastomotic procedure are disclosed herein. Apparatus according to the present disclosure include at least one fastener including a first fastener portion having an anchoring leg portion, a second fastener portion including an anchoring leg portion, wherein the first and second fastener portions are operatively associated with one another to selectively fix the position of the first fastener portion relative to the second fastener portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Inventor: Joseph P. Orban, III
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Patent number: 8216250Abstract: A sterile drape with integrated sterile adaptor, a telerobotic surgical system, and method of use are provided for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system to maintain a sterile barrier between the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile robotic system while also providing an interface for transferring mechanical and electrical energy and signals.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2009Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Orban, III, S. Christopher Anderson, Roman Devengenzo, Bruce M. Schena, Michael Prindiville, Thomas G. Cooper, William A. Burbank
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Patent number: 8210416Abstract: A surgical stapling device particularly suited for endoscopic procedures is described. The device includes a handle assembly and an elongated body extending distally from the handle assembly. The distal end of the elongated body is adapted to engage a disposable loading unit. A control rod having a proximal end operatively connected to the handle assembly includes a distal end extending through the elongated body. A control rod locking member is provided to prevent movement of the control rod until the disposable loading unit is fully secured to the elongated body of the stapling device.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2011Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Keith L. Milliman, Frank J. Viola, Joseph P. Orban, III, Randolph F. Lehn
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Patent number: 8206406Abstract: A sterile adaptor, a sterile drape with the integrated sterile adaptor, and a telerobotic surgical system including the sterile drape are provided. The adaptor, drape, and system allow for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system to maintain a sterile barrier between the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile robotic system while also providing an interface for transferring mechanical and electrical energy and signals between a robotic arm and a surgical instrument in the sterile field.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventor: Joseph P. Orban, III
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Patent number: 8202278Abstract: A sterile drape, system, and method for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system are provided. In one embodiment, a sterile drape includes an exterior surface adjacent to a sterile field for performing a surgical procedure, and an interior surface forming a cavity for receiving the non-sterile portion of a robotic surgical system, such as a manipulator. The drape further includes an integral cuff including a permanently turned-up fold of the exterior and interior surfaces at an open end of the cavity and a marker on the permanently turned-up fold designating a sterile side and a non-sterile side of the drape.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2010Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Orban, III, Lisa W. Heaton, S. Christopher Anderson, Thomas G. Cooper
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Patent number: 8192460Abstract: Reinforcing lumen rings are configured and adapted for use in conjunction with a circular endoscopic stapling instrument having a staple cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly. The reinforcing lumen rings maintain anastomotic lumen, e.g. as formed by the circular endoscopic stapling apparatus, in an open condition. The reinforcing lumen rings can include an annular ring having an outer terminal edge and an inner terminal edge, the outer terminal edge having a diameter which is substantially equal to an outer diameter of the staple cartridge assembly and the inner terminal edge having a diameter which is substantially equal to an inner diameter of the staple cartridge assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Joseph P. Orban, III, Timothy Nolan
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Patent number: 8177799Abstract: Apparatus and methods for performing a surgical anastomotic procedure are disclosed herein. Apparatus according to the present disclosure include at least one fastener including a first fastener portion having an anchoring leg portion, a second fastener portion including an anchoring leg portion, wherein the first and second fastener portions are operatively associated with one another to selectively fix the position of the first fastener portion relative to the second fastener portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Tyco Healthcare LPInventor: Joseph P. Orban, III
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Publication number: 20120078245Abstract: A cannula subject to receiving electric charge via capacitive coupling is configured to provide an easily connectable path to remove the charge. The cannula is further configured with a flared distal end to prevent scraping contact with a surgical instrument shaft. Embodiments of the cannula may be used in surgical procedures in which the cannula does not contact the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: TYLER J. MORRISSETTE, Joseph P. Orban, III
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Publication number: 20120055974Abstract: A surgical stapling device particularly suited for endoscopic procedures is described. The device includes a handle assembly and an elongated body extending distally from the handle assembly. The distal end of the elongated body is adapted to engage a disposable loading unit. A control rod having a proximal end operatively connected to the handle assembly includes a distal end extending through the elongated body. A control rod locking member is provided to prevent movement of the control rod until the disposable loading unit is fully secured to the elongated body of the stapling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Keith L. Milliman, Frank J. Viola, Joseph P. Orban, III, Randolph F. Lehn
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Publication number: 20120043368Abstract: A surgical stapling device particularly suited for endoscopic procedures is described. The device includes a handle assembly and an elongated body extending distally from the handle assembly. The distal end of the elongated body is adapted to engage a disposable loading unit. A control rod having a proximal end operatively connected to the handle assembly includes a distal end extending through the elongated body. A control rod locking member is provided to prevent movement of the control rod until the disposable loading unit is fully secured to the elongated body of the stapling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Keith L. Milliman, Frank J. Viola, Joseph P. Orban, III, Randolph F. Lehn
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Patent number: 8109427Abstract: A surgical instrument for performing an end-to-end anastomosis of first and second luminal structures includes a housing having an actuator attached thereto and a selectively removable loading unit attached to a distal end of the housing which supports any array of surgical fasteners at a distal end thereof. The surgical fasteners are simultaneously deformable upon activation of the actuator such that a distal end of each surgical fastener secures each end of each luminal structure to complete the end-to-end anastomosis wherein the resulting eversion is exterior to the luminal structures.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventor: Joseph P. Orban, III