Patents by Inventor Lucas P. Neff

Lucas P. Neff 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).

  • Surgical staplers with tissue protection and related methods
    Patent number: 9962160
    Abstract: Surgical staplers include: (a) a stapler head having opposed first and second elongate jaws with opposing proximal and distal end portions; (b) a staple cartridge held in at least one of the first and second jaws, the stapler cartridge configured to concurrently deliver a plurality of parallel rows of staples; and (c) a tissue protection segment held in a proximal portion of at least one of the first and second jaws. The jaws are configured to close against target tissue and, at stapler firing, staples are delivered to a subset of tissue held inside the jaws so that tissue held by the tissue protection segment adjacent the proximal end portion of the stapler is not stapled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: John K. Petty, Lucas P. Neff
  • SURGICAL STAPLERS WITH TISSUE PROTECTION AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20160262751
    Abstract: Surgical staplers include: (a) a stapler head having opposed first and second elongate jaws with opposing proximal and distal end portions; (b) a staple cartridge held in at least one of the first and second jaws, the stapler cartridge configured to concurrently deliver a plurality of parallel rows of staples; and (c) a tissue protection segment held in a proximal portion of at least one of the first and second jaws. The jaws are configured to close against target tissue and, at stapler firing, staples are delivered to a subset of tissue held inside the jaws so that tissue held by the tissue protection segment adjacent the proximal end portion of the stapler is not stapled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: John K. Petty, Lucas P. Neff
  • Surgical staplers with tissue protection and related methods
    Patent number: 9370362
    Abstract: Surgical staplers include: (a) a stapler head having opposed first and second elongate jaws with opposing proximal and distal end portions; (b) a staple cartridge held in at least one of the first and second jaws, the stapler cartridge configured to concurrently deliver a plurality of parallel rows of staples; and (c) a tissue protection segment held in a proximal portion of at least one of the first and second jaws. The jaws are configured to close against target tissue and, at stapler firing, staples are delivered to a subset of tissue held inside the jaws so that tissue held by the tissue protection segment adjacent the proximal end portion of the stapler is not stapled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: John K. Petty, Lucas P. Neff
  • SURGICAL STAPLERS WITH TISSUE PROTECTION AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20120255986
    Abstract: Surgical staplers include: (a) a stapler head having opposed first and second elongate jaws with opposing proximal and distal end portions; (b) a staple cartridge held in at least one of the first and second jaws, the stapler cartridge configured to concurrently deliver a plurality of parallel rows of staples; and (c) a tissue protection segment held in a proximal portion of at least one of the first and second jaws. The jaws are configured to close against target tissue and, at stapler firing, staples are delivered to a subset of tissue held inside the jaws so that tissue held by the tissue protection segment adjacent the proximal end portion of the stapler is not stapled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: John K. Petty, Lucas P. Neff