Patents by Inventor Matthew Kohler
Matthew Kohler 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: 20190046175Abstract: Embodiments herein are generally directed to surgical retractor systems. In some embodiments, these retractor systems may be used in spinal fusion or other procedures that utilize a transforaminal approach.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Joel Cryder, Edward Karpowicz, Matthew Kohler, Adam Friedrich
-
Patent number: 10130348Abstract: Embodiments herein are generally directed to surgical retractor systems. In some embodiments, these retractor systems may be used in spinal fusion or other procedures that utilize a transforaminal approach.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Joel Cryder, Edward Karpowicz, Matthew Kohler, Adam Friedrich
-
Patent number: 9848863Abstract: Embodiments herein are generally directed to surgical retractor systems. In some embodiments, these retractor systems may be used in spinal fusion or other procedures that utilize a transforaminal approach.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Globus Medical, IncInventors: Joel Cryder, Edward Karpowicz, Matthew Kohler
-
Publication number: 20160242757Abstract: Embodiments herein are generally directed to surgical retractor systems. In some embodiments, these retractor systems may be used in spinal fusion or other procedures that utilize a transforaminal approach.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2015Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Joel Cryder, Edward Karpowicz, Matthew Kohler, Adam Friedrich
-
Publication number: 20160242756Abstract: Embodiments herein are generally directed to surgical retractor systems. In some embodiments, these retractor systems may be used in spinal fusion or other procedures that utilize a transforaminal approach.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Joel Cryder, Edward Karpowicz, Matthew Kohler
-
Patent number: 9289237Abstract: A safety IV catheter includes a unitary, resilient needle guard received in a catheter hub. The needle guard includes a proximal arm or wall that includes an opening through which a needle passes for axial movement. When the needle is retracted from the catheter, it releases the force that had previously prevented movement of the needle guard within the catheter hub. This in turn causes the needle guard to snap into a position in which it is clamped onto the needle shaft and in which its distal wall blocks access to the needle tip. In this condition, the spring needle guard and needle can be removed from the catheter hub. A slot or crimp may be formed in the needle shaft that engages with the needle guard after the protected needle and needle guard are removed from the catheter hub, thereby to prevent removal of the protected needle from the needle guard.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen AGInventors: Kevin Woehr, Manfred Orth, Mark Wynkoop, Matthew Kohler
-
Patent number: 8827965Abstract: A safety IV catheter includes a unitary, resilient needle guard received in a catheter hub. The needle guard includes a proximal arm or wall that includes an opening through which a needle passes for axial movement. When the needle is retracted from the catheter, it releases the force that had previously prevented movement of the needle guard within the catheter hub. This in turn causes the needle guard to snap into a position in which it is clamped onto the needle shaft and in which its distal wall blocks access to the needle tip. In this condition, the spring needle guard and needle can be removed from the catheter hub. A slot or crimp may be formed in the needle shaft that engages with the needle guard after the protected needle and needle guard are removed from the catheter hub, thereby to prevent removal of the protected needle from the needle guard.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen AGInventors: Kevin Woehr, Manfred Orth, Mark Wynkoop, Matthew Kohler
-
Publication number: 20140221939Abstract: A safety IV catheter includes a unitary, resilient needle guard received in a catheter hub. The needle guard includes a proximal arm or wall that includes an opening through which a needle passes for axial movement. When the needle is retracted from the catheter, it releases the force that had previously prevented movement of the needle guard within the catheter hub. This in turn causes the needle guard to snap into a position in which it is clamped onto the needle shaft and in which its distal wall blocks access to the needle tip. In this condition, the spring needle guard and needle can be removed from the catheter hub. A slot or crimp may be formed in the needle shaft that engages with the needle guard after the protected needle and needle guard are removed from the catheter hub, thereby to prevent removal of the protected needle from the needle guard.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: B. BRAUN MELSUNGEN AGInventors: Kevin Woehr, Manfred Orth, Mark Wynkoop, Matthew Kohler
-
Publication number: 20140135701Abstract: A safety IV catheter includes a unitary, resilient needle guard received in a catheter hub. The needle guard includes a proximal arm or wall that includes an opening through which a needle passes for axial movement. When the needle is retracted from the catheter, it releases the force that had previously prevented movement of the needle guard within the catheter hub. This in turn causes the needle guard to snap into a position in which it is clamped onto the needle shaft and in which its distal wall blocks access to the needle tip. In this condition, the spring needle guard and needle can be removed from the catheter hub. A slot or crimp may be formed in the needle shaft that engages with the needle guard after the protected needle and needle guard are removed from the catheter hub, thereby to prevent removal of the protected needle from the needle guard.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: B. BRAUN MELSUNGEN AGInventors: Kevin Woehr, Manfred Orth, Mark Wynkoop, Matthew Kohler
-
Patent number: 8647313Abstract: A safety IV catheter includes a unitary, resilient needle guard received in a catheter hub. The needle guard includes a proximal arm or wall that includes an opening through which a needle passes for axial movement. When the needle is retracted from the catheter, it releases the force that had previously prevented movement of the needle guard within the catheter hub. This in turn causes the needle guard to snap into a position in which it is clamped onto the needle shaft and in which its distal wall blocks access to the needle tip. In this condition, the spring needle guard and needle can be removed from the catheter hub. A slot or crimp may be formed in the needle shaft that engages with the needle guard after the protected needle and needle guard are removed from the catheter hub, thereby to prevent removal of the protected needle from the needle guard.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen AGInventors: Kevin Woehr, Manfred Orth, Mark Wynkoop, Matthew Kohler
-
Patent number: 8568372Abstract: A safety IV catheter includes a unitary, resilient needle guard received in a catheter hub. The needle guard includes a proximal arm or wall that includes an opening through which a needle passes for axial movement. When the needle is retracted from the catheter, it releases the force that had previously prevented movement of the needle guard within the catheter hub. This in turn causes the needle guard to snap into a position in which it is clamped onto the needle shaft and in which its distal wall blocks access to the needle tip. In this condition, the spring needle guard and needle can be removed from the catheter hub. A slot or crimp may be formed in the needle shaft that engages with the needle guard after the protected needle and needle guard are removed from the catheter hub, thereby to prevent removal of the protected needle from the needle guard.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen AGInventors: Kevin Woehr, Manfred Orth, Mark Wynkoop, Matthew Kohler
-
Publication number: 20120292206Abstract: Retail packaging for a transaction card includes a carrier for retaining the transaction card, a transparent encasement enclosing the carrier, literature containing information associated with the transaction card placed within the encasement, and means for hanging the packaging within a retail environment. The encasement may take on a variety of forms, including having a curved outer surface forming a cavity within the encasement. The carrier may also take on a variety of forms, including forms having a main surface and a device for elevating the transaction card off the main surface to create a visual effect that the transaction card is floating within the encasement. The packaging may further include a panel that at least partially obscures the transaction card from view.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventors: Michael L. Casella, Eduardo A. Becerril, R. Matthew Kohler, Steven W. Streit, Mark Timothy Troughton
-
Patent number: 8181789Abstract: Retail packaging for a transaction card includes a carrier for retaining the transaction card, a transparent encasement enclosing the carrier, literature containing information associated with the transaction card placed within the encasement, and means for hanging the packaging within a retail environment. The encasement may take on a variety of forms, including having a curved outer surface forming a cavity within the encasement. The carrier may also take on a variety of forms, including forms having a main surface and a device for elevating the transaction card off the main surface to create a visual effect that the transaction card is floating within the encasement. The packaging may further include a panel that at least partially obscures the transaction card from view.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Green Dot CorporationInventors: Michael L. Casella, Steven W. Streit, Eduardo A. Becerril, Mark Timothy Troughton, R. Matthew Kohler
-
Publication number: 20060074384Abstract: Protective needle clips of the type having an arm and a body section for blocking a needle tip of a needle and for securing onto the needle are discussed herein. The body section has a free end, a fixed end, is generally arcuate, and has a resilient force capable axially expanding the body section when the free end is fixed behind a ledge to create a bias in the body section. A pair of openings on the body section is adapted to received a hypodermic needle. When the tip of the needle moves proximal of a shielding section on the protective clip, the free end disengages from the ledge and causes the body section to axially expand. The expansion changes the orientation of the openings relative to the needle to permit the openings to engage the needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2004Publication date: April 6, 2006Inventor: Matthew Kohler
-
Patent number: 6287278Abstract: A safety IV catheter includes a unitary, resilient needle guard received in a catheter hub. The needle guard includes a proximal arm or wall that includes an opening through which a needle passes for axial movement. When the needle is retracted from the catheter it releases the force that had previously prevented movement of the needle guard within the catheter hub. This in turn causes the needle guard to snap into a position in which it is clamped onto the needle shaft and in which its distal wall blocks access to the needle tip. In this condition, the spring needle guard and needle can be removed from the catheter hub. A slot or bulge may be formed in the needle shaft that engages with the needle guard after the protected needle and needle guard are removed from the catheter hub, thereby to prevent removal of the protected needle from the needle guard.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1998Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen, AGInventors: Kevin Woehr, Manfred Orth, Mark Wynkoop, Matthew Kohler
-
Patent number: 6117108Abstract: A safety IV catheter includes a unitary, resilient needle guard received in a catheter hub. The needle guard includes a proximal arm or wall that includes an opening through which a needle passes for axial movement. When the needle is retracted from the catheter it releases the force that had previously prevented movement of the needle guard within the catheter hub. This in turn causes the needle guard to snap into a position in which it is clamped onto the needle shaft and in which its distal wall blocks access to the needle tip. In this condition, the spring needle guard and needle can be removed from the catheter hub. A slot or bulge may be formed in the needle shaft that engages with the needle guard after the protected needle and needle guard are removed from the catheter hub, thereby to prevent removal of the protected needle from the needle guard.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1998Date of Patent: September 12, 2000Inventors: Kevin Woehr, Manfred Orth, Mark Wynkoop, Matthew Kohler