Patents by Inventor Matt LaConte

Matt LaConte 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).

  • Patent number: 11696852
    Abstract: A probe tip assembly includes an optical fiber for channeling light energy and a straightening tube circumscribing at least a portion of the optical fiber. The straightening tube is moveable between a first position and a second position. The tip assembly also includes a guiding member circumscribing the optical fiber and the straightening tube. The guiding member includes a curvable portion configurable between a pre-formed curved state and a straightened state, wherein, as the straightening tube is retracted from the first position to the second position, the guiding member transitions from its straightened state to its pre-formed curved state. An external surface of the straightening tube contacts an internal surface of the guiding member when the straightening tube is in the first position and the guiding member is in the straightened state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: XRV-IP, LLC
    Inventors: James C. Easley, Matt LaConte
  • Publication number: 20210069015
    Abstract: A probe tip assembly includes an optical fiber for channeling light energy and a straightening tube circumscribing at least a portion of the optical fiber. The straightening tube is moveable between a first position and a second position. The tip assembly also includes a guiding member circumscribing the optical fiber and the straightening tube. The guiding member includes a curvable portion configurable between a pre-formed curved state and a straightened state, wherein, as the straightening tube is retracted from the first position to the second position, the guiding member transitions from its straightened state to its pre-formed curved state. An external surface of the straightening tube contacts an internal surface of the guiding member when the straightening tube is in the first position and the guiding member is in the straightened state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: James C. Easley, Matt LaConte
  • Patent number: 10874554
    Abstract: A probe tip assembly includes an optical fiber for channeling light energy and a straightening tube circumscribing at least a portion of the optical fiber. The straightening tube includes a first metallic material and is moveable between a first position and a second position. The tip assembly also includes a guiding member circumscribing the optical fiber and the straightening tube. The guiding member includes a second metallic material and a curvable portion configurable between a pre-formed curved state defining a radius of curvature and a straightened state. The guiding member also includes a plurality of notches, wherein, as the straightening tube is retracted from the first position to the second position, the guiding member transitions from its straightened state to its pre-formed curved state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: XRV-IP, LLC
    Inventors: James C. Easley, Matt LaConte
  • Publication number: 20190380869
    Abstract: A probe tip assembly includes an optical fiber for channeling light energy and a straightening tube circumscribing at least a portion of the optical fiber. The straightening tube includes a first metallic material and is moveable between a first position and a second position. The tip assembly also includes a guiding member circumscribing the optical fiber and the straightening tube. The guiding member includes a second metallic material and a curvable portion configurable between a pre-formed curved state defining a radius of curvature and a straightened state. The guiding member also includes a plurality of notches, wherein, as the straightening tube is retracted from the first position to the second position, the guiding member transitions from its straightened state to its pre-formed curved state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: James C. Easley, Matt LaConte