Patents by Inventor Marc O'Reilly

Marc O'Reilly 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: 6428548
    Abstract: A system and method for delivering a surgical clip to a surgical site within a patient's body to compress body tissue is disclosed. In one embodiment for the system of the present invention, the system includes an endoscopic device that has an endoscope cap disposed on a distal end of the endoscopic device. A surgical clip is removably disposed on an outside surface of the endoscope cap. A deployment device is associated with the surgical clip for deploying the surgical clip from the endoscope cap to the body tissue that is to be compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Inventors: Russell F. Durgin, Marc O. Schurr, Gerhard Buess, Bernd Vogel, Harald Fischer
  • Publication number: 20020082621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices, and methods for using the devices, to create and secure a tissue fold during an endoluminal medical procedure. The devices and methods may be used for folding and securing, for example, a fundus wall onto an esophagus wall or esophageal tissue in the region of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) to reduce the diameter of the esophagus opening in that region. One aspect of the invention includes forming the tissue fold by closing a grasping arm that is pivotably connected to an overtube that has been positioned at the juncture of the fundus wall and esophagus wall. A further aspect of the invention includes tissue clips configured to be inserted and positioned through an endoluminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Marc O. Schurr, Kurt A.E. Geitz, Robert Sakal
  • Publication number: 20020067144
    Abstract: A lighting control interface consisting of a touch pad matrix, a housing, different faceplates having unique graphical designs, and a control circuit. The touch pad matrix has a plurality of conductive touch pads. The faceplate has a plurality of faceplate areas which are used to designate various lighting commands and each faceplate can represent a unique collection of lighting control functions. The control circuit is electrically coupled to the touch pad matrix and is programmed to support the functionality represented by a particular faceplate design by ascribing the appropriate lighting control functions to the individual touch pads. The control circuit includes an oscillator which is coupled to each touch pad in turn and a microcontroller which monitors the frequency of the oscillating circuit when connected to the various touch pads. When a user places a finger on a touch pad, the frequency of the associated oscillations decreases and this decrease in frequency is detected by the microcontroller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Marc O. Hoffknecht, Mark A. Muzzin
  • Publication number: 20020063143
    Abstract: A full-thickness resection system comprises a flexible endoscope and a stapling mechanism, wherein the endoscope is slidably received through at least a portion of the stapling mechanism. The stapling mechanism comprises an anvil and a stapling head mounted to the anvil so that the anvil and the stapling head are moveable with respect to one another between a tissue receiving position and a stapling position and wherein a gap formed between the stapling head and the anvil is larger in the tissue receiving position than it is in the stapling position. A position adjusting mechanism is provided for moving the anvil and the stapling head between the tissue receiving and stapling positions and a staple firing mechanism sequentially fires a plurality of staples from the stapling head across the gap against the anvil and through any tissue received in the gap and a knife cuts a portion of tissue received within the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Ronald D. Adams, Roy H. Sullivan, Lauren O. Main, Peter K. Kratsch, George A. Nunez, Jurgen A. Kortenbach, Matt Solar, Gerhard F. Buess, Marc O. Schurr
  • Publication number: 20020055750
    Abstract: A system and method for delivering a surgical clip to a surgical site within a patient's body to compress body tissue is disclosed. In one embodiment for the system of the present invention, the system includes an endoscopic device that has an endoscope cap disposed on a distal end of the endoscopic device. A surgical clip is removably disposed on an outside surface of the endoscope cap. A deployment device is associated with the surgical clip for deploying the surgical clip from the endoscope cap to the body tissue that is to be compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: RUSSELL F. DURGIN, MARC O. SCHURR, GERHARD BUESS, BERND VOGEL, DR. HARALD FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20020032454
    Abstract: A system and method for delivering a surgical clip to a surgical site within a patient's body to compress body tissue is disclosed. In one embodiment for the system of the present invention, the system includes an endoscopic device that has an endoscope cap disposed on a distal end of the endoscopic device. A surgical clip is removably disposed on an outside surface of the endoscope cap. A deployment device is associated with the surgical clip for deploying the surgical clip from the endoscope cap to the body tissue that is to be compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Russell F. Durgin, Marc O. Schurr, Gerhard Buess, Bernd Vogel, Harald Fischer
  • Patent number: 6343731
    Abstract: A full-thickness resection system comprises a flexible endoscope and a stapling mechanism, wherein the endoscope is slidably received through at least a portion of the stapling mechanism. The stapling mechanism comprises an anvil and a stapling head mounted to the anvil so that the anvil and the stapling head are moveable with respect to one another between a tissue receiving position and a stapling position and wherein a gap formed between the stapling head and the anvil is larger in the tissue receiving position than it is in the stapling position. A position adjusting mechanism is provided for moving the anvil and the stapling head between the tissue receiving and stapling positions and a staple firing mechanism sequentially fires a plurality of staples from the stapling head across the gap against the anvil and through any tissue received in the gap and a knife cuts a portion of tissue received within the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald D. Adams, Roy H. Sullivan, III, Lauren O. Main, Peter K. Kratsch, George A. Nunez, Jurgen A. Kortenbach, Matthew S. Solar, Gerhard F. Buess, Marc O. Schurr
  • Patent number: 6260232
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a surface has a handle joined to a cleaning head operable to dispense liquid onto a surface to be cleaned, mechanically work up dirt, film and particulates from the surface into a vacuum unit. The cleaning head has a cylindrical core supporting a sleeve that rotates on a cylindrical member as the head moves relative to the surface to be cleaned. Nozzles located within the cleaning head discharge liquid into the core and sleeve. The sleeve distributes the liquid onto the surface to be cleaned. A modification of the apparatus has nozzles located adjacent the sleeve that dispenses liquid to a surface. The sleeve when subjected to vacuum picks up the liquid and dirt from the surface. A further modification has a cleaning head with an internal chamber closed with a removable base and pad. A nozzle located within the chamber discharges liquid to the pad. The liquid and dirt collected by the pad are drawn into the chamber by vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Inventors: Marc O. Nelson, Earl E. Martens
  • Patent number: 6241140
    Abstract: A full-thickness resection system comprises a flexible endoscope and a stapling mechanism, wherein the endoscope is slidably received through at least a portion of the stapling mechanism. The stapling mechanism comprises an anvil and a stapling head mounted to the anvil so that the anvil and the stapling head are moveable with respect to one another between a tissue receiving position and a stapling position and wherein a gap formed between the stapling head and the anvil is larger in the tissue receiving position than it is in the stapling position. A position adjusting mechanism is provided for moving the anvil and the stapling head between the tissue receiving and stapling positions and a staple firing mechanism sequentially fires a plurality of staples from the stapling head across the gap against the anvil and through any tissue received in the gap and a knife cuts a portion of tissue received within the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald D. Adams, Roy H. Sullivan, III, Lauren O. Main, Peter K. Kratsch, George A. Nunez, Jurgen A. Kortenbach, Matt Solar, Gerhard F. Buess, Marc O. Schurr
  • Patent number: 6179195
    Abstract: A full-thickness resection system comprises a flexible endoscope and a stapling mechanism, wherein the endoscope is slidably received through at least a portion of the stapling mechanism. The stapling mechanism comprises an anvil and a stapling head mounted to the anvil so that the anvil and the stapling head are moveable with respect to one another between a tissue receiving position and a stapling position and wherein a gap formed between the stapling head and the anvil is larger in the tissue receiving position than it is in the stapling position. A position adjusting mechanism is provided for moving the anvil and the stapling head between the tissue receiving and stapling positions and a staple firing mechanism sequentially fires a plurality of staples from the stapling head across the gap against the anvil and through any tissue received in the gap and a knife cuts a portion of tissue received within the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald D. Adams, Roy H. Sullivan, III, Lauren O. Main, Peter K. Kratsch, George A. Nunez, Jurgen A. Kortenbach, Matt Solar, Gerhard F. Buess, Marc O. Schurr
  • Patent number: 6152074
    Abstract: A multi-beam source for deposition of a material on to a substrate with enhanced deposition rate, uniformity and beam directionality. A plurality of orifices are provided in a head unit having a cavity containing a vapor of the deposition material. The cavity and the vapor contained therein are maintained at a high temperature to increase the deposition rate. The orifices are maintained at the same high temperature and act as heated collimators to produce highly directional beams for deposition of materials into high aspect ratio features. When used in jet vapor deposition techniques, an inert gas flow is introduced into the cavity and forced out thereof through the orifices as jets to transport particles of the deposition material to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc O. Schweitzer, Barry L. Chin, Ivo J. Raaijmakers
  • Patent number: 6126058
    Abstract: A full-thickness resection system comprises a flexible endoscope and a stapling mechanism, wherein the endoscope is slidably received through at least a portion of the stapling mechanism. The stapling mechanism comprises an anvil and a stapling head mounted to the anvil so that the anvil and the stapling head are moveable with respect to one another between a tissue receiving position and a stapling position and wherein a gap formed between the stapling head and the anvil is larger in the tissue receiving position than it is in the stapling position. A position adjusting mechanism is provided for moving the anvil and the stapling head between the tissue receiving and stapling positions and a staple firing mechanism sequentially fires a plurality of staples from the stapling head across the gap against the anvil and through any tissue received in the gap and a knife cuts a portion of tissue received within the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald D. Adams, Roy H. Sullivan, III, Lauren O. Main, Peter K. Kratsch, George A. Nunez, Jurgen A. Kortenbach, Matt Solar, Gerhard F. Buess, Marc O. Schurr
  • Patent number: 5935097
    Abstract: The invention relates to a suction/rinsing instrument comprising a suction channel for removing fluid and a rinsing channel for supplying rinsing fluid. The suction channel is provided for receiving an auxiliary instrument. Via a grip part of the instrument, the auxiliary instrument, for example a forceps, may be controlled. The auxiliary instrument is fixed on the suction/rinsing instrument by way of a receiver. The receiver can be traversed in the axial direction of the shank, the traversing is effected via operating means provided on or near the grip part, so that the operator, without having to let go of the grip part, may selectively, with only one hand, push forward the auxiliary instrument an thus operate or also retract the auxiliary instrument and clear the suction/rinsing channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Richard Wolf GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Metsch, Manfred Boebel, Gerhard Fritz Buess, Marc O. Schurr, Klaus Roth
  • Patent number: 5814056
    Abstract: A seal 10 comprises a bushing 11 and a thread 12, wherein the bushing 11 has a first lumen 15 and a second lumen 16. The lumina 15 and 16 extend along the entire length of the bushing 11. The thread 12 can be introduced at one end into the second lumen 16 and has a swelling 21 at the free end which prevents reintroduction and travel of the end of the thread through the second lumen 16. The thread 12 can be introduced into the first lumen 15 via its other free end and pushed through first lumen 15. Enlargements 20 are formed on the thread 12 having a size preventing introduction into the first lumen 15 without the exercise of force. The bushing 11 and the thread 12 are manufactured from a flexible material having a stable shape. When the enlargements 20 are pulled into the first lumen 15, the bushing 11 bends and seats on e.g. tissue to be ligated. When the enlargements 20 are completely pulled into the first lumen 15, the seal 10 is permanently closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Willy Rusch AG
    Inventors: Rudiger L. Prosst, Klaus Roth, Gerhard Buess, Marc O. Schurr
  • Patent number: 5512575
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I or I', ##STR1## wherein X and Y are independently selected from hydrogen, halo, and (1-6C)alkoxy;R.sup.1 is selected from(A) (1-6C)alkyl;(B) phenyl and naphthyl or substituted versions thereof;(C) phenyl (1-3C)alkyl and naphthyl (1-3C) alkyl;(D) five- and six-membered heteroaryl rings;(E) heteroaryl (1-3C)alkyl and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful in the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders such as psychoses; pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I or I' and a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier; and methods of treating neuropsychiatric disorders comprising administering to a mammal (including man) in need of such treatment an effective amount of a compound of formula I or I', or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are claimed. The invention also relates to novel processes for producing enantiomeric methanoanthracenyl sulfoxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Zeneca Limited
    Inventors: Robert T. Jacobs, Michael T. Klimas, Cyrus J. Ohnmacht, Marc O. Terpko
  • Patent number: 5472262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a double slot wire sawing machine and to a method of mining using the machine. The machine has a mobile chassis with a driving arrangement for simultaneously and independently driving two separate wire saws which each cut their own slot in the material being mined. The driving arrangement maintains one wire saw directly over the other by equalizing the tensions in the wire saws at the commencement of a cutting operation and, during cutting, by varying the respective wire saw speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Inventors: Marc O. R. G. Buyens, Peter L. D. O'Toole, John J. Prendergast, Robert A. Miller, Sarel J. Pretorius
  • Patent number: 5383443
    Abstract: The wire saw has a wire and a plurality of abrasive beads mounted in spaced apart relationship on the wire. Contrary to normal practice, the beads are mounted eccentrically on the wire. In some versions of the invention, one bead is rotationally off-set from the neighbouring beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Inventor: Marc O. R. G. Buyens
  • Patent number: 4761393
    Abstract: A method for placing catalytically active alkali metal ion on a catalyst support to make an in situ catalyst is disclosed. Specifically, the method contemplates providing a quantity of a suitable catalyst support in a particulate form, providing a gaseous feed stream containing a predetermined amount of the alkali metal ion in the form of a volatile alkali metal compound, and contacting the catalyst support with the volatile alkali metal ion-containing feed stream for a time period sufficient to deposit at least some of the alkali metal present in the feed stream onto the thus-contacted catalyst support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Marc O. Baleiko, Edward F. Rader
  • Patent number: 4599144
    Abstract: Process is disclosed for treating the reaction product of propionic acid and formaldehyde to recover methacrylic acid from an aqueous effluent wherein said effluent contains methacrylic acid, unreacted formaldehyde, unreacted propionic acid, water and by-products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
    Inventors: Marc O. Baleiko, Edward F. Rader
  • Patent number: D441270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Marc O. Ramsey, Richard Cumming, James D. Kavanaugh, David R. Labby, Wayne A. Pierce, Cynthia L. Hess