Patents by Inventor Mark Thomas Erson

Mark Thomas Erson 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: 20080249366
    Abstract: A system for performing a medical procedure and an introducer device suitable for use in the system. The system may be used, for example, to examine and/or to treat the uterus. According to one embodiment, the system includes an introducer, a morcellator, a flexible hysteroscope, and a fluid-containing syringe. The introducer is suitable for transcervical insertion into the uterus and includes a gun-shaped housing and a rigid sheath extending distally from the housing. The sheath is shaped to include an instrument lumen, a visualization lumen, and a pair of fluid lumens. The introducer also includes a first assembly within the housing for receiving the morcellator and for guiding the distal end of the morcellator into the instrument lumen and a second assembly within the housing for guiding the hysteroscope into the visualization channel. In addition, the introducer further includes an assembly for fluidly connecting the syringe to the fluid lumens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: William Harwick Gruber, Ronald David Adams, Albert Chun-Chi Chin, Eric Karl Litscher, David Jacobs, Danny Macari, Frank V. Patterson, Christopher Patrick Tellers, Mark Thomas Erson, David L. Foshee, Theodore J. Mosler, Douglas R. Drew