Patents by Inventor Mark Tsonlon

Mark Tsonlon 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).

  • SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT WITH APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ANVIL POSITION FEEDBACK
    Publication number: 20100096435
    Abstract: Circular stapling instruments for cutting and applying one or more surgical staples to tissue are disclosed. The instruments include various forms of feedback systems designed to provide at least one mode of feedback to the surgeon when the anvil has been attached to the device and/or when the anvil has been attached to the device and oriented in a firing position. Various types of feedback indicators are disclosed such as illumination devices, sound generating devices and vibration generating devices. In various embodiments, the feedback indicator comprises at least one illumination device mounted on the anvil which indicates that the anvil has been properly attached to the instrument and which can also serve to illuminate the surgical site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard P. Fuchs, Nicholas G. Molitor, Bennie Thompson, John P. Measamer, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, Mark Tsonlon