Patents by Inventor Michael Breiner

Michael Breiner 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).

  • Apparatus and method for use of a multi-degree-of-freedom surgical clip
    Patent number: 10716566
    Abstract: A dual-directional, or multi-degree-of-freedom, surgical clip is provided. The clip includes a top clamp. A bottom clamp is hingedly connected to the top clamp at a hinged joint for mutually pivotal transverse motion about the hinged joint. The top and bottom clamps each include a hinged attachment at an extreme end thereof. A first portion of each of the top and bottom clamps is in hinged connection with a corresponding second portion of the respective top and bottom clamps for mutually pivotal lateral movement. A method of using the clip to concurrently grasp and move patient tissue is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
    Inventor: Michael Breiner
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE OF A MULTI-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SURGICAL CLIP
    Publication number: 20190105045
    Abstract: A dual-directional, or multi-degree-of-freedom, surgical clip is provided. The clip includes a top clamp. A bottom clamp is hingedly connected to the top clamp at a hinged joint for mutually pivotal transverse motion about the hinged joint. The top and bottom clamps each include a hinged attachment at an extreme end thereof. A first portion of each of the top and bottom clamps is in hinged connection with a corresponding second portion of the respective top and bottom clamps for mutually pivotal lateral movement. A method of using the clip to concurrently grasp and move patient tissue is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Breiner
  • Multi-degree-of-freedom surgical clip
    Patent number: D900315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
    Inventor: Michael Breiner