Patents by Inventor Kiyoto Benjamin Sakai, Jr.

Kiyoto Benjamin Sakai, Jr. 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).

  • Methods and devices for providing access through tissue to a surgical site
    Patent number: 8517932
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. A surgical access port is provided that has an adjustable longitudinal length, such as by being formed from multiple segments configured to move relative to one another. An anchor can be coupled to a distal end of the surgical access port to help secure the surgical access port within a tissue opening by engaging a distal side of the tissue. Optionally, the anchor can be removably coupled to the distal end of the surgical access port, thereby allowing any one of a plurality of anchors to be selectively coupled thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyoto Benjamin Sakai, Jr., Shailendra K. Parihar, Mark S. Zeiner, Edgar V. Menezes, Aron O. Zingman