Patents by Inventor Mark David Tuckwell
Mark David Tuckwell 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).
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Publication number: 20210186553Abstract: A medical device is described having a handle, a shaft coupled to the handle and an end effector coupled to the shaft. In one embodiment, the device includes an ultrasonic transducer and is arranged so that ultrasonic or electrical energy can be delivered to a vessel or tissue to be treated. Various novel sensing circuits are described to allow a measure of the drive signal to be measured and fed back to a controller. An active fuse circuit is also described for protecting one or more batteries of the device from an over-current situation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Alan Edward Green, Paul Christopher Roberts, Mark David Tuckwell, Peter Ralph Bonham
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Publication number: 20210186554Abstract: A medical device is described having a handle, a shaft coupled to the handle and an end effector coupled to the shaft. In one embodiment, the device includes an ultrasonic transducer and is arranged so that ultrasonic or electrical energy can be delivered to a vessel or tissue to be treated. Various novel sensing circuits are described to allow a measure of the drive signal to be measured and fed back to a controller. An active fuse circuit is also described for protecting one or more batteries of the device from an over-current situation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Alan Edward Green, Paul Christopher Roberts, Mark David Tuckwell, Peter Ralph Bonham
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Patent number: 11033292Abstract: A medical device is described having a handle, a shaft coupled to the handle, an end effector coupled to the shaft and an ultrasonic transducer coupled to the end effector for delivering ultrasonic energy to tissue or a vessel to be treated. A drive circuit is provided for generating a drive signal that is applied to the ultrasonic transducer. In one embodiment, the drive circuit includes a resonant circuit and a controller that varies the period of the drive signal passed through the resonant circuit in order to control the power supplied to the ultrasonic transducer.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Alan Edward Green, Paul Christopher Roberts, Mark David Tuckwell, Peter Ralph Bonham
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Patent number: 10912580Abstract: A medical device is described having a handle, a shaft coupled to the handle and an end effector coupled to the shaft. In one embodiment, the device includes an ultrasonic transducer and is arranged so that ultrasonic or electrical energy can be delivered to a vessel or tissue to be treated. Various novel sensing circuits are described to allow a measure of the drive signal to be measured and fed back to a controller. An active fuse circuit is also described for protecting one or more batteries of the device from an over-current situation.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Alan Edward Green, Paul Christopher Roberts, Mark David Tuckwell, Peter Ralph Bonham
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Patent number: 9772386Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a nuclear magnetic resonance device includes a support frame, a first magnet connected to the support frame, a second magnet connected to the support frame in a manner such that the second magnet is disposed within the magnetic field of the first magnet and a magnetic attraction exists between the first magnet and the second magnet, and a spacer disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet. The spacer is configured to maintain a space between the first magnet and the second magnet.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Ross Peter Jones, Simon Grover, Mark David Tuckwell
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Patent number: 9713664Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In some aspects, a circuit includes a radio frequency coil tuned to at least one frequency and at least one switching circuit directly connected to the radio frequency coil. The radio frequency coil is characterized by a high impedance.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Mark David Tuckwell
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Publication number: 20170153191Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a method includes reading an indicia of a medical fluid cartridge to determine a volume of a fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia, receiving radio frequency energy generated by excited atoms in medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge, and determining a concentration of a substance in the medical fluid based on the determined volume of the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia and the received radio frequency energy generated by the excited atoms in the medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Ross Peter Jones, Pranav Chopra, Rupert Menzies, Mark David Tuckwell, Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Lynn Jensen, Shashikant Dattatraya Kalaskar
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Patent number: 9566377Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a method includes reading an indicia of a medical fluid cartridge to determine a volume of a fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia, receiving radio frequency energy generated by excited atoms in medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge, and determining a concentration of a substance in the medical fluid based on the determined volume of the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia and the received radio frequency energy generated by the excited atoms in the medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Ross Peter Jones, Pranav Chopra, Rupert Menzies, Mark David Tuckwell, Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Lynn Jensen, Shashikant Dattatraya Kalaskar
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Publication number: 20160324537Abstract: A medical device is described having a handle, a shaft coupled to the handle and an end effector coupled to the shaft. In one embodiment, the device includes an ultrasonic transducer and is arranged so that ultrasonic or electrical energy can be delivered to a vessel or tissue to be treated. Various novel sensing circuits are described to allow a measure of the drive signal to be measured and fed back to a controller. An active fuse circuit is also described for protecting one or more batteries of the device from an over-current situation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLCInventors: Alan Edward Green, Paul Christopher Roberts, Mark David Tuckwell, Peter Ralph Bonham
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Publication number: 20160317178Abstract: A medical device is described having a handle, a shaft coupled to the handle, an end effector coupled to the shaft and an ultrasonic transducer coupled to the end effector for delivering ultrasonic energy to tissue or a vessel to be treated. A drive circuit is provided for generating a drive signal that is applied to the ultrasonic transducer. In one embodiment, the drive circuit includes a resonant circuit and a controller that varies the period of the drive signal passed through the resonant circuit in order to control the power supplied to the ultrasonic transducer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Alan Edward Green, Paul Christopher Roberts, Mark David Tuckwell, Peter Ralph Bonham
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Publication number: 20140263064Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a method includes reading an indicia of a medical fluid cartridge to determine a volume of a fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia, receiving radio frequency energy generated by excited atoms in medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge, and determining a concentration of a substance in the medical fluid based on the determined volume of the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge indicated by the indicia and the received radio frequency energy generated by the excited atoms in the medical fluid in the fluid passageway of the medical fluid cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Ross Peter Jones, Pranav Chopra, Rupert Menzies, Mark David Tuckwell, Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Lynn Jensen, Shashikant Dattatraya Kalaskar
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Publication number: 20140262983Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In some aspects, a circuit includes a radio frequency coil tuned to at least one frequency and at least one switching circuit directly connected to the radio frequency coil. The radio frequency coil is characterized by a high impedance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.Inventor: Mark David Tuckwell
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Publication number: 20140263017Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a nuclear magnetic resonance device includes a support frame, a first magnet connected to the support frame, a second magnet connected to the support frame in a manner such that the second magnet is disposed within the magnetic field of the first magnet and a magnetic attraction exists between the first magnet and the second magnet, and a spacer disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet. The spacer is configured to maintain a space between the first magnet and the second magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: FRESENUIS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Ross Peter Jones, Simon Grover, Mark David Tuckwell