Patents by Inventor Marius Tomas Petrulis

Marius Tomas Petrulis 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).

  • Publication number: 20230263518
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to automated systems, devices, and methods of sewing a target device such as a prosthetic implant device. The systems and methods include forming a stitch on the target device, adjusting a thread coupled to a needle used to form the stitch so that the thread is clear of (e.g., does not interfere with) a path of the needle, and applying a targeted tension to the thread to tension the stitch on the target device. The suturing process can also include providing different targeted tensions during formation of the stitch. The suturing process can also include providing different targeted tensions at different stages of the formation of the stitch to aid in forming the stitch, to clear the needle path of the thread, and/or to hold the stitch in place in preparation for the next stitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Wei Nee Koh, Ping-Yang Shih, Marius Tomas Petrulis, Sam Nicolas Sarian
  • Patent number: 11666325
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to automated systems, devices, and methods of sewing a target device such as a prosthetic implant device. The systems and methods include forming a stitch on the target device, adjusting a thread coupled to a needle used to form the stitch so that the thread is clear of (e.g., does not interfere with) a path of the needle, and applying a targeted tension to the thread to tension the stitch on the target device. The suturing process can also include providing different targeted tensions during formation of the stitch. The suturing process can also include providing different targeted tensions at different stages of the formation of the stitch to aid in forming the stitch, to clear the needle path of the thread, and/or to hold the stitch in place in preparation for the next stitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Nee Koh, Ping-Yang Shih, Marius Tomas Petrulis, Sam Nicolas Sarian
  • Publication number: 20210378663
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to automated systems, devices, and methods of sewing a target device such as a prosthetic implant device. The systems and methods include forming a stitch on the target device, adjusting a thread coupled to a needle used to form the stitch so that the thread is clear of (e.g., does not interfere with) a path of the needle, and applying a targeted tension to the thread to tension the stitch on the target device. The suturing process can also include providing different targeted tensions during formation of the stitch. The suturing process can also include providing different targeted tensions at different stages of the formation of the stitch to aid in forming the stitch, to clear the needle path of the thread, and/or to hold the stitch in place in preparation for the next stitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Wei Nee Koh, Ping-Yang Shih, Marius Tomas Petrulis, Sam Nicolas Sarian