Patents by Inventor Martin Weisberg

Martin Weisberg 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).

  • Device for attaching, relocating and reinforcing tissue and methods of using same
    Patent number: 8894683
    Abstract: A device for attaching, relocating or reinforcing tissue includes a first tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a first location, a second tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a second location which is different from the first location, and a connection element, such as a suture or a mesh structure, interposed between and interconnecting the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion. The support plate of at least one of the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion may have longitudinally axially formed therethrough a bore for receiving the connecting element so that the surgeon may pull on the end of the connecting element to adjust the distance between the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Weadock, Parris Wellman, Martin Weisberg, Philip Prentice, Earl Adamy
  • Device for attaching, relocating and reinforcing tissue and methods of using same
    Publication number: 20080208251
    Abstract: A device for attaching, relocating or reinforcing tissue includes a first tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a first location, a second tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a second location which is different from the first location, and a connection element, such as a suture or a mesh structure, interposed between and interconnecting the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion. The support plate of at least one of the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion may have longitudinally axially formed therethrough a bore for receiving the connecting element so that the surgeon may pull on the end of the connecting element to adjust the distance between the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Weadock, Parris Wellman, Martin Weisberg, Philip Prentice, Earl Adamy
  • Device for attaching, relocating and reinforcing tissue and methods of using same
    Publication number: 20070156175
    Abstract: A device for attaching, relocating or reinforcing tissue includes a first tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a first location, a second tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a second location which is different from the first location, and a connection element, such as a suture or a mesh structure, interposed between and interconnecting the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion. The support plate of at least one of the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion may have longitudinally axially formed therethrough a bore for receiving the connecting element so that the surgeon may pull on the end of the connecting element to adjust the distance between the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin Weadock, Parris Wellman, Martin Weisberg, Philip Prentice, Earl Adamy