Patents by Inventor Marvin Guiles
Marvin Guiles 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: 20240099739Abstract: In one aspect, the dual bevel needle can include a hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side opposite the first lateral side; a first needle point at the distal end of the hollow tube; a second point at the distal end of the hollow tube; a first bevel on each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side, the first bevel comprising a first bevel angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the tube; and a second bevel on each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side, the second bevel having a second bevel angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the tube, wherein the first and second bevels each form a portion of an ellipse, the ellipse having an inner cutting edge and terminating in the first and second needle points at the distal end of the tube, the second bevel angle being shallower than the first bevel angle, the second bevel being located adjacent the proximal end of the first bevel, and the inner cutting edge converging to a narrType: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Marvin A. Guiles, Denis Labombard, Charles Sidoti, Philip S. Levin, Thomas Swyst, Sameer Sabir
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Publication number: 20240032961Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling clinical soil are provided. A system includes a device cover formed of a flexible polymer sheet defining an interior volume for a skin grafting device and includes at least a first opening configured to receive a portion of the skin grafting device. The system further includes a cincture having a gasket configured to be affixed to a perimeter of the first opening of the device cover and to secure the device cover about the first opening to the skin grafting device to inhibit fluid ingress into the interior volume of the device cover during a skin grafting process performed using the skin grafting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Marvin A. Guiles, Aaron McPherson, Kelly Molinaro, Thomas J. Evans
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Publication number: 20230414248Abstract: A skin grafting system includes a plurality of hollow microneedles actuatable between a retracted position and an extended position. The system further includes a rigid member coupled to plurality of hollow microneedles, and a latch assembly having at least one latch moveably coupled to the latch assembly. The at least one latch is configured to move during actuation of the plurality of hollow microneedles, and the at least one microneedles are in the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Michael A. Andrew, John Clayton Mehnert, Gregory Falendysz, Eric J. Kersten, Marvin A. Guiles
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Patent number: 11819235Abstract: In one aspect, the dual bevel needle can include a hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side opposite the first lateral side; a first needle point at the distal end of the hollow tube; a second point at the distal end of the hollow tube; a first bevel on each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side, the first bevel comprising a first bevel angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the tube; and a second bevel on each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side, the second bevel having a second bevel angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the tube, wherein the first and second bevels each form a portion of an ellipse, the ellipse having an inner cutting edge and terminating in the first and second needle points at the distal end of the tube, the second bevel angle being shallower than the first bevel angle, the second bevel being located adjacent the proximal end of the first bevel, and the inner cutting edge converging to a narrType: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Medline Industries, LPInventors: Marvin A. Guiles, Denis Labombard, Charles Sidoti, Philip S. Levin, Thomas Swyst, Sameer Sabir
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Patent number: 11633208Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling clinical soil are provided. A system includes a device cover formed of a flexible polymer sheet defining an interior volume for a skin grafting device, and includes at least a first opening configured to receive a portion of the skin grafting device. The system further includes a cincture having a gasket configured to be affixed to a perimeter of the first opening of the device cover and to secure the device cover about the first opening to the skin grafting device to inhibit fluid ingress into the interior volume of the device cover during a skin grafting process performed using the skin grafting device.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Inventors: Kelly Molinaro, Marvin A. Guiles, Thomas J. Evans, Aaron McPherson
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Publication number: 20220280180Abstract: A skin grafting system having a handheld device, a cartridge, and a device shield. The handheld device includes a device housing forming an interior that secures a drive system. The cartridge includes a plurality of hollow microneedles surrounded by a peripheral housing and is configured to be operated by the drive system to extend and retract past the peripheral housing into a subject to harvest tissue during a skin grafting process. The device shield is formed of a polymer extending from an interior opening to an exterior edge, the interior opening sized to extend about the peripheral housing to position the exterior edge over the device housing to control ingress of fluids into the interior of the device housing from fluid about the peripheral housing of the cartridge during the skin grafting process performed using the skin grafting system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Marvin A. Guiles, Aaron McPherson, Thomas J. Evans
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Patent number: 11369409Abstract: A skin grafting system having a handheld device, a cartridge, and a device shield. The handheld device includes a device housing forming an interior that secures a drive system. The cartridge includes a plurality of hollow microneedles surrounded by a peripheral housing and is configured to be operated by the drive system to extend and retract past the peripheral housing into a subject to harvest tissue during a skin grafting process. The device shield is formed of a polymer extending from an interior opening to an exterior edge, the interior opening sized to extend about the peripheral housing to positon the exterior edge over the device housing to control ingress of fluids into the interior of the device housing from fluid about the peripheral housing of the cartridge during the skin grafting process performed using the skin grafting system.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Medline Industries, LPInventors: Marvin A. Guiles, Aaron McPherson, Thomas J. Evans
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Publication number: 20210212711Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling clinical soil are provided. A system includes a device cover formed of a flexible polymer sheet defining an interior volume for a skin grafting device, and includes at least a first opening configured to receive a portion of the skin grafting device. The system further includes a cincture having a gasket configured to be affixed to a perimeter of the first opening of the device cover and to secure the device cover about the first opening to the skin grafting device to inhibit fluid ingress into the interior volume of the device cover during a skin grafting process performed using the skin grafting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Kelly Molinaro, Marvin A. Guiles, Thomas J. Evans, Aaron McPherson
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Publication number: 20210100572Abstract: A skin grafting system having a handheld device, a cartridge, and a device shield. The handheld device includes a device housing forming an interior that secures a drive system. The cartridge includes a plurality of hollow microneedles surrounded by a peripheral housing and is configured to be operated by the drive system to extend and retract past the peripheral housing into a subject to harvest tissue during a skin grafting process. The device shield is formed of a polymer extending from an interior opening to an exterior edge, the interior opening sized to extend about the peripheral housing to positon the exterior edge over the device housing to control ingress of fluids into the interior of the device housing from fluid about the peripheral housing of the cartridge during the skin grafting process performed using the skin grafting system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Marvin A. Guiles, Aaron McPherson, Thomas J. Evans
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Patent number: 10898220Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for harvesting biological tissue.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.Inventors: Marvin A. Guiles, Denis Labombard, Charles Sidoti, Sameer Sabir
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Patent number: 10743904Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a device for obtaining biological tissue. In some embodiments, the device can include a first row of a plurality of hollow tubes; a second row of a plurality of hollow tubes, adjacent the first row of hollow tubes; a third row of a plurality of hollow tubes, adjacent the second row of hollow tubes, the first, second and third rows forming an array of hollow tubes; wherein each hollow tube can include at least one point at the distal end of the hollow tube, the plurality of rows forming a two dimensional array of hollow tubes; wherein an inner diameter of the at least one tube is less than about 1 mm, the distal end of each of the hollow tubes is configured to be inserted into a biological tissue donor site to remove a portion of tissue therefrom when each of the hollow tubes is withdrawn from the donor site.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.Inventors: Marvin A. Guiles, Denis Labombard, Charles Sidoti, Sameer Sabir
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Publication number: 20200060715Abstract: In one aspect, the dual bevel needle can include a hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side opposite the first lateral side; a first needle point at the distal end of the hollow tube; a second point at the distal end of the hollow tube; a first bevel on each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side, the first bevel comprising a first bevel angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the tube; and a second bevel on each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side, the second bevel having a second bevel angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the tube, wherein the first and second bevels each form a portion of an ellipse, the ellipse having an inner cutting edge and terminating in the first and second needle points at the distal end of the tube, the second bevel angle being shallower than the first bevel angle, the second bevel being located adjacent the proximal end of the first bevel, and the inner cutting edge converging to a narrType: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Marvin A. Guiles, Denis Labombard, Charles Sidoti, Philip S. Levin, Thomas Swyst, Sameer Sabir
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Patent number: 10478212Abstract: In one aspect, the dual bevel needle can include a hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side opposite the first lateral side; a first needle point at the distal end of the hollow tube; a second point at the distal end of the hollow tube; a first bevel on each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side, the first bevel comprising a first bevel angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the tube; and a second bevel on each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side, the second bevel having a second bevel angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the tube, wherein the first and second bevels each form a portion of an ellipse, the ellipse having an inner cutting edge and terminating in the first and second needle points at the distal end of the tube, the second bevel angle being shallower than the first bevel angle, the second bevel being located adjacent the proximal end of the first bevel, and the inner cutting edge converging to a narrType: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.Inventors: Marvin A. Guiles, Denis Labombard, Charles Sidoti, Philip S. Levin, Thomas Swyst, Sameer Sabir
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Publication number: 20190008542Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for harvesting biological tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Marvin A. GUILES, Denis LABOMBARD, Charles SIDOTI, Sameer SABIR
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Patent number: 10070886Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for harvesting biological tissue.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Marvin A. Guiles, Denis Labombard, Charles Sidoti, Sameer Sabir
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Publication number: 20170354434Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a device for obtaining biological tissue. In some embodiments, the device can include a first row of a plurality of hollow tubes; a second row of a plurality of hollow tubes, adjacent the first row of hollow tubes; a third row of a plurality of hollow tubes, adjacent the second row of hollow tubes, the first, second and third rows forming an array of hollow tubes; wherein each hollow tube can include at least one point at the distal end of the hollow tube, the plurality of rows forming a two dimensional array of hollow tubes; wherein an inner diameter of the at least one tube is less than about 1 mm, the distal end of each of the hollow tubes is configured to be inserted into a biological tissue donor site to remove a portion of tissue therefrom when each of the hollow tubes is withdrawn from the donor site.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Marvin A. GUILES, Denis LABOMBARD, Charles SIDOTI, Sameer SABIR
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Patent number: 9743949Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a device for obtaining biological tissue. In some embodiments, the device can include a first row of a plurality of hollow tubes; a second row of a plurality of hollow tubes, adjacent the first row of hollow tubes; a third row of a plurality of hollow tubes, adjacent the second row of hollow tubes, the first, second and third rows forming an array of hollow tubes; wherein each hollow tube can include at least one point at the distal end of the hollow tube, the plurality of rows forming a two dimensional array of hollow tubes; wherein an inner diameter of the at least one tube is less than about 1 mm, the distal end of each of the hollow tubes is configured to be inserted into a biological tissue donor site to remove a portion of tissue therefrom when each of the hollow tubes is withdrawn from the donor site.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Marvin A. Guiles, Denis Labombard, Charles Sidoti, Sameer Sabir
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Publication number: 20160310158Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for harvesting biological tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Marvin A. GUILES, Denis LABOMBARD, Charles SIDOTI, Sameer SABIR
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Publication number: 20160310157Abstract: In one aspect, the dual bevel needle can include a hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side opposite the first lateral side; a first needle point at the distal end of the hollow tube; a second point at the distal end of the hollow tube; a first bevel on each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side, the first bevel comprising a first bevel angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the tube; and a second bevel on each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side, the second bevel having a second bevel angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the tube, wherein the first and second bevels each form a portion of an ellipse, the ellipse having an inner cutting edge and terminating in the first and second needle points at the distal end of the tube, the second bevel angle being shallower than the first bevel angle, the second bevel being located adjacent the proximal end of the first bevel, and the inner cutting edge converging to a narrType: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Marvin A. GUILES, Denis LABOMBARD, Charles SIDOTI, Phil LEVIN, Thomas SWYST, Sameer SABIR
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Publication number: 20160310159Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a device for obtaining biological tissue. In some embodiments, the device can include a first row of a plurality of hollow tubes; a second row of a plurality of hollow tubes, adjacent the first row of hollow tubes; a third row of a plurality of hollow tubes, adjacent the second row of hollow tubes, the first, second and third rows forming an array of hollow tubes; wherein each hollow tube can include at least one point at the distal end of the hollow tube, the plurality of rows forming a two dimensional array of hollow tubes; wherein an inner diameter of the at least one tube is less than about 1 mm, the distal end of each of the hollow tubes is configured to be inserted into a biological tissue donor site to remove a portion of tissue therefrom when each of the hollow tubes is withdrawn from the donor site.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Marvin A. GUILES, Denis LABOMBARD, Charles SIDOTI, Sameer SABIR