Patents by Inventor Joseph Thomas Adams

Joseph Thomas Adams 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: 11992242
    Abstract: A trocar assembly that includes a trocar and a seal cartridge configured to be releasably coupled to the trocar. The seal cartridge includes a top cap that includes a main body and a latch ring. The latch ring is grounded to the main body at a first angular position and has a latch located at a second angular position angularly offset from the first angular position. Applying a radial load on the latch causes the latch ring to flex in torsion at an intermediate portion that angularly interposes the first and second angular positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Steven G. Hall, Joseph Thomas Mozloom, Jr., Katherine J. Schmid, Harry Randolph Adams
  • Publication number: 20220003350
    Abstract: A connection verifier for engaging a fluid connection including a tube end form, a fluid connector, and a snap ring having one or more protrusions, the connection verifier comprising a boot including an aperture, and a probe having a leading edge operatively arranged to engage the snap ring, and a circuit arranged in the aperture, the circuit operatively arranged to detect one or more forces applied to the leading edge, wherein the connection verifier is operatively arranged to determine if the fluid connection is properly connected based on the one or more forces applied to the leading edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Edwin Hall, II, Craig Andrew Corra, Joseph Thomas Adams
  • Publication number: 20150216760
    Abstract: A manifold for use with an intermittent compression device garment, said manifold comprising: a plurality of outlet ports, where each of said outlet ports is fluidically connected to a chamber within a fluid fillable garments; and an inlet port fluidically connected to a fluid pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Adams, Paul Andrew Zwirkoski