Patents by Inventor Kevin J. Stanton

Kevin J. Stanton 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: 20140324028
    Abstract: A button for actuating a switch in a surgical handpiece. The button is sealed to a bezel, and the bezel is sealed to the handpiece. The button, bezel, and handpiece create a sealed enclosure surrounding the switch to prevent external substances from contacting the switch. Further, a control board for controlling the handpiece is embedded in a cable endcap instead of being housed within the handpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventor: Kevin J. Stanton
  • Patent number: 8840596
    Abstract: A system and method for more efficient cleaning and sterilizing of surgical handpieces by using a removable valve assembly. The valve assembly is removable to provide access to a first suction passageway and a second suction passageway for cleaning purposes. The valve assembly has a protrusion that engages with a handpiece to secure the assembly to the handpiece. The protrusion of the valve assembly may also be retracted into the valve assembly to allow the valve assembly to disengage the handpiece thereby allowing the valve assembly to be removed from the handpiece. The first suction passageway may also be removable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Stanton, James Hamer, Philip S. O'Quinn, Kenneth M. Adams, Randall L. Hacker
  • Patent number: 8821459
    Abstract: A system and method for more efficient cleaning and sterilizing of surgical handpieces by using a removable valve assembly. The valve assembly is removable to provide access to a first suction passageway and a second suction passageway for cleaning purposes. The valve assembly has a protrusion that engages with a handpiece to secure the assembly to the handpiece. The protrusion of the valve assembly may also be retracted into the valve assembly to allow the valve assembly to disengage the handpiece thereby allowing the valve assembly to be removed from the handpiece. The first suction passageway may also be removable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Stanton, James Hamer, Philip S. O'Quinn, Kenneth M. Adams, Randall L. Hacker
  • Patent number: 8790331
    Abstract: A button for actuating a switch in a surgical handpiece. The button is sealed to a bezel, and the bezel is sealed to the handpiece. The button, bezel, and handpiece create a sealed enclosure surrounding the switch to prevent external substances from contacting the switch. Further, a control board for controlling the handpiece is embedded in a cable endcap instead of being housed within the handpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin J. Stanton
  • Patent number: 8641417
    Abstract: A system for enhanced sealing against intrusion of moisture and other contaminants for medical/dental handpieces having rotating or other moving elements driven by a motor within the handpiece. The enhanced sealing includes tandem seals on stepped diameters to provide additional flow pathway impediments. The tandem seals preferably include spring seals that are positioned in opposite directions to provide enhanced sealing against pressures in two different directions that occur during the pressurization and vacuum cycles of an autoclaving process. Additional enhancements include the use of annular sealing rings with x-shaped cross sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar, Kevin J. Stanton
  • Publication number: 20110202023
    Abstract: A system and method for more efficient cleaning and sterilizing of surgical handpieces by using a removable valve assembly. The valve assembly is removable to provide access to a first suction passageway and a second suction passageway for cleaning purposes. The valve assembly has a protrusion that engages with a handpiece to secure the assembly to the handpiece. The protrusion of the valve assembly may also be retracted into the valve assembly to allow the valve assembly to disengage the handpiece thereby allowing the valve assembly to be removed from the handpiece. The first suction passageway may also be removable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin J. Stanton, James Hamer, Philip S. O'Quinn, Kenneth M. Adams, Randall L. Hacker
  • Publication number: 20110112518
    Abstract: A button for actuating a switch in a surgical handpiece. The button is sealed to a bezel, and the bezel is sealed to the handpiece. The button, bezel, and handpiece create a sealed enclosure surrounding the switch to prevent external substances from contacting the switch. Further, a control board for controlling the handpiece is embedded in a cable endcap instead of being housed within the handpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventor: Kevin J. Stanton
  • Publication number: 20110066122
    Abstract: A system and method for more efficient cleaning and sterilizing of surgical handpieces by using a removable valve assembly. The valve assembly is removable to provide access to a first suction passageway and a second suction passageway for cleaning purposes. The valve assembly has a protrusion that engages with a handpiece to secure the assembly to the handpiece. The protrusion of the valve assembly may also be retracted into the valve assembly to allow the valve assembly to disengage the handpiece thereby allowing the valve assembly to be removed from the handpiece. The first suction passageway may also be removable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin J. Stanton, James Hamer, Philip S. O'Quinn, Kenneth M. Adams, Randall L. Hacker
  • Publication number: 20100102517
    Abstract: A system for enhanced sealing against intrusion of moisture and other contaminants for medical/dental handpieces having rotating or other moving elements driven by a motor within the handpiece. The enhanced sealing includes tandem seals on stepped diameters to provide additional flow pathway impediments. The tandem seals preferably include spring seals that are positioned in opposite directions to provide enhanced sealing against pressures in two different directions that occur during the pressurization and vacuum cycles of an autoclaving process. Additional enhancements include the use of annular sealing rings with x-shaped cross sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar, Kevin J. Stanton
  • Publication number: 20030118628
    Abstract: A confectionery product for relief of drymouth is disclosed having a salivation region and a separate and distinct oral comfort region. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the confections of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Nurhan Pinar Tutuncu, Sonia Hartunian-Sowa, Julie A. Bratton, Kevin J. Stanton, Jean Lee
  • Publication number: 20020004742
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for motivating a consumer to promptly indicate an interest in purchasing a product and/or service over a computer network includes the steps of presenting an offer for sale of a product and/or service to the consumer over the computer network, concurrently presenting an incentive for purchasing the product and/or service to the consumer promptly over the computer network. The incentive is initially set to a predetermined maximum value and decreases over a period of time. Additional steps include indicating an interest to purchase the product and/or service by the consumer at a point in time during the period of time, and providing the consumer the current value of the incentive corresponding to the point in time at which the consumer indicated the interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Neil A. Willcocks, Thomas M. Collins, Kevin L. Rabinovitch, Mark J. Chimel, Henry V. Izzo, Robert W. Tuttrup, Kevin J. Stanton
  • Patent number: D464786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventor: Kevin J. Stanton
  • Patent number: D464787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventor: Kevin J. Stanton