Patents by Inventor Mario A. Simoes

Mario A. Simoes 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: 9186167
    Abstract: A laparoscopy tool includes a sheath and a control wire slideably disposed within a lumen of the sheath. The sheath has a diameter of less than 1.6 mm and is introduced through an abdominal incision. A handle axially displaces the control wire within the lumen and operates a conventional tip with wire-controlled opposing jaws that is introduced through the umbilicus and has a bore formed in its trailing end. A first set of blades in the bore engage grooves formed in the leading end of the control wire and a second set of blades engages the sheath to prevent sheath retraction. A cam displaces the second set of blades away from the sheath for sheath introduction and removal, and toward the sheath to prevent sheath retraction. The tip is removed through the umbilicus and the tool is removed through the abdominal incision when the surgery is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: University of South Florida, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Richard Hart, Mario A. Simoes, Philip James Hipol, Kevin Hufford
  • Publication number: 20140074135
    Abstract: A laparoscopy tool includes a sheath and a control wire slideably disposed within a lumen of the sheath. The sheath has a diameter of less than 1.6 mm and is introduced through an abdominal incision. A handle axially displaces the control wire within the lumen and operates a conventional tip with wire-controlled opposing jaws that is introduced through the umbilicus and has a bore formed in its trailing end. A first set of blades in the bore engage grooves formed in the leading end of the control wire and a second set of blades engages the sheath to prevent sheath retraction. A cam displaces the second set of blades away from the sheath for sheath introduction and removal, and toward the sheath to prevent sheath retraction. The tip is removed through the umbilicus and the tool is removed through the abdominal incision when the surgery is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., University of South Florida
    Inventors: Stuart Richard Hart, Mario A. Simoes, Philip James Hipol, Kevin Hufford