Patents by Inventor KIANOOSH GHAZI

KIANOOSH GHAZI 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).

  • CLUTCH SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPES
    Publication number: 20240324862
    Abstract: An endoscopic system may include an endoscope including a handle and an elongate shaft extending distally therefrom. The handle may include a non-motorized and non-ratcheting actuation mechanism configured to articulate a distal tip portion of the elongate shaft. The distal tip portion may be articulatable in response to a manually applied force exerted upon the actuation mechanism. Removal of the manually applied force may lock the distal tip portion in its then-current configuration. The non-motorized and non-ratcheting actuation mechanism may include a clutch mechanism actuatable in response to an electrical signal generated in response to sensing a user-applied force to the actuating mechanism by a strain gauge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicants: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER J. NYCZ, ELIZABETH M. ALBRECHT, MEGAN CHROBAK, KIANOOSH GHAZI, GREGORY SCOTT FISCHER, BRYAN ALLEN CLARK
  • Clutch system for flexible endoscopes
    Patent number: 12035887
    Abstract: An endoscopic system may include an endoscope including a handle and an elongate shaft extending distally therefrom. The handle may include a non-motorized and non-ratcheting actuation mechanism configured to articulate a distal tip portion of the elongate shaft. The distal tip portion may be articulatable in response to a manually applied force exerted upon the actuation mechanism. Removal of the manually applied force may lock the distal tip portion in its then-current configuration. The non-motorized and non-ratcheting actuation mechanism may include a clutch mechanism actuatable in response to an electrical signal generated in response to sensing a user-applied force to the actuating mechanism by a strain gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Christopher J. Nycz, Elizabeth M. Albrecht, Megan Chrobak, Kianoosh Ghazi, Gregory Scott Fischer, Bryan Allen Clark
  • CLUTCH SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPES
    Publication number: 20220160207
    Abstract: An endoscopic system may include an endoscope including a handle and an elongate shaft extending distally therefrom. The handle may include a non-motorized and non-ratcheting actuation mechanism configured to articulate a distal tip portion of the elongate shaft. The distal tip portion may be articulatable in response to a manually applied force exerted upon the actuation mechanism. Removal of the manually applied force may lock the distal tip portion in its then-current configuration. The non-motorized and non-ratcheting actuation mechanism may include a clutch mechanism actuatable in response to an electrical signal generated in response to sensing a user-applied force to the actuating mechanism by a strain gauge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicants: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER J. NYCZ, ELIZABETH M. ALBRECHT, MEGAN CHROBAK, KIANOOSH GHAZI, GREGORY SCOTT FISCHER, BRYAN ALLEN CLARK