Patents by Inventor Michael Edward Laut

Michael Edward Laut 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: 12246140
    Abstract: A delivery tube and cap are configured to be connected to a container that houses fluid to be delivered to a nasal cavity. The delivery tube includes an inner cannula that is positioned within an outer cannula. Each of the cannulas includes an outlet. The delivery tube and cap are configured to provide relative axial movement between the cannulas. The cannulas are positionable between a first axial position that aligns the outlets to deliver the fluid out of the device in a lateral direction and a second axial position that misaligns the outlets to impede the fluid from being delivered out of the device in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: excelENT, Inc.
    Inventors: Magda R. Pugh, Kashif Mazhar, Michael Edward Laut, Nathan McCracken
  • Patent number: 11992182
    Abstract: A method of preparing a robotic surgery apparatus for a medical procedure can include covering a manipulator unit of the robotic surgery apparatus with a first sterile barrier by coupling a drape coupler of the first sterile barrier to a bottom surface of the manipulator unit and wrapping a drape of the first sterile barrier around side and top surfaces of the manipulator unit. The drape can be coupled to the drape coupler. The drape can be made of material that is more flexible than material of the drape coupler. The method can include covering an arm of the robotic surgery apparatus supporting the manipulator unit with a second sterile barrier that is distinct from the first sterile barrier by coupling the second sterile barrier to the arm and wrapping the second sterile barrier around the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Titan Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Perry A. Genova, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann, Timothy Brandon Hunt, Manuel Paez
  • Patent number: 11918185
    Abstract: A method of preparing a robotic surgery apparatus for a medical procedure can include covering a manipulator unit of the robotic surgery apparatus with a first sterile barrier by coupling a drape coupler of the first sterile barrier to a bottom surface of the manipulator unit and wrapping a drape of the first sterile barrier around side and top surfaces of the manipulator unit. The drape can be coupled to the drape coupler. The drape can be made of material that is more flexible than material of the drape coupler. The method can include covering an arm of the robotic surgery apparatus supporting the manipulator unit with a second sterile barrier that is distinct from the first sterile barrier by coupling the second sterile barrier to the arm and wrapping the second sterile barrier around the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Titan Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Perry A. Genova, Sachin A. Sankholkar, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
  • Publication number: 20220160996
    Abstract: A delivery tube and cap are configured to be connected to a container that houses fluid to be delivered to a nasal cavity. The delivery tube includes an inner cannula that is positioned within an outer cannula. Each of the cannulas includes an outlet. The delivery tube and cap are configured to provide relative axial movement between the cannulas. The cannulas are positionable between a first axial position that aligns the outlets to deliver the fluid out of the device in a lateral direction and a second axial position that misaligns the outlets to impede the fluid from being delivered out of the device in the lateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Magda R. Pugh, Kashif Mazhar, Michael Edward Laut, Nathan McCracken
  • Patent number: 11247022
    Abstract: A delivery tube and cap are configured to be connected to a container that houses fluid to be delivered to a nasal cavity. The delivery tube includes an inner cannula that is positioned within an outer cannula. Each of the cannulas includes a first outlet with one or more openings aligned along a first lateral section and a second outlet with one or more openings aligned along a second lateral section. The delivery tube and cap are configured to provide relative axial movement between the cannulas. The cannulas are positionable between a first axial position that aligns the first outlets along the first lateral section of the delivery tube to deliver the fluid out of the device in a first lateral direction, and a second axial position that aligns the second outlets along the second lateral section to deliver fluid out of the device in a second lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Neosinus Health Inc
    Inventors: Magda R. Pugh, Kashif Mazhar, Michael Edward Laut, Nathan McCracken
  • Publication number: 20210177536
    Abstract: A method of preparing a robotic surgery apparatus for a medical procedure can include covering a manipulator unit of the robotic surgery apparatus with a first sterile barrier by coupling a drape coupler of the first sterile barrier to a bottom surface of the manipulator unit and wrapping a drape of the first sterile barrier around side and top surfaces of the manipulator unit. The drape can be coupled to the drape coupler. The drape can be made of material that is more flexible than material of the drape coupler. The method can include covering an arm of the robotic surgery apparatus supporting the manipulator unit with a second sterile barrier that is distinct from the first sterile barrier by coupling the second sterile barrier to the arm and wrapping the second sterile barrier around the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Perry A. Genova, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann, Timothy Brandon Hunt, Manuel Paez
  • Publication number: 20210121260
    Abstract: A method of preparing a robotic surgery apparatus for a medical procedure can include covering a manipulator unit of the robotic surgery apparatus with a first sterile barrier by coupling a drape coupler of the first sterile barrier to a bottom surface of the manipulator unit and wrapping a drape of the first sterile barrier around side and top surfaces of the manipulator unit. The drape can be coupled to the drape coupler. The drape can be made of material that is more flexible than material of the drape coupler. The method can include covering an arm of the robotic surgery apparatus supporting the manipulator unit with a second sterile barrier that is distinct from the first sterile barrier by coupling the second sterile barrier to the arm and wrapping the second sterile barrier around the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Perry A. Genova, Sachin A. Sankholkar, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
  • Publication number: 20210094086
    Abstract: A punch driver for positioning a bit on a work surface is provided. The punch driver may include a housing having an extension for engagement with a tool and a bit aperture for accepting a bit therethrough. The punch driver may further include a holder for accepting the bit and configured for translation within the housing. A hammer spring may be positioned between the extension and a hammer. A rocker bin may be positioned between the holder and the hammer so that when pressure is applied to the holder, translating the holder away from the bit aperture at least a distance, a hammer end of the rocker pin is repositioned to nest within a rocker cavity of the hammer, permitting translation of the hammer towards the bit aperture and striking the hammer end of the rocker pin for translating the holder and the bit, thereby positioning the bit on a work surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Edward Laut
  • Patent number: 10881478
    Abstract: A method of preparing a robotic surgery apparatus for a medical procedure can include covering a manipulator unit of the robotic surgery apparatus with a first sterile barrier by coupling a drape coupler of the first sterile barrier to a bottom surface of the manipulator unit and wrapping a drape of the first sterile barrier around side and top surfaces of the manipulator unit. The drape can be coupled to the drape coupler. The drape can be made of material that is more flexible than material of the drape coupler. The method can include covering an arm of the robotic surgery apparatus supporting the manipulator unit with a second sterile barrier that is distinct from the first sterile barrier by coupling the second sterile barrier to the arm and wrapping the second sterile barrier around the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Titan Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Perry A. Genova, Sachin A. Sankholkar, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
  • Patent number: 10881477
    Abstract: A sterile barrier system for a robotic surgery apparatus can include a drape coupler. The drape coupler can include an external surface configured to face a first surface of a first portion of the robotic surgery apparatus. The drape coupler can include at least one drape coupler fastener positioned at least partially on the external surface and configured to removably attach the drape coupler to the first surface. The drape coupler can be configured to at least partially cover the first surface. The system can include a drape made of a flexible material and coupled to the drape coupler, the drape configured to wrap around a second surface of the first portion of the robotic surgery apparatus, the second surface different from the first surface. The drape coupler and the drape can be sterile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Titan Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Perry A. Genova, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
  • Publication number: 20200405431
    Abstract: A robotic surgery apparatus can include a component including a housing with an external surface. The apparatus can include a plurality of component fasteners positioned on the external surface of the housing. The plurality of component fasteners can be configured to couple with a plurality of drape fasteners of a sterile drape. The sterile drape can be configured to cover a portion of the surface of the housing and to provide a sterile barrier for the portion of the surface. A number of component fasteners in the plurality of component fasteners can exceed a number of drape fasteners in the plurality of drape fasteners, permitting the drape to be positioned on the housing of the component in a plurality of orientations and to cover a plurality of different portions of the surface of the housing. When the drape is positioned on the housing, at least one component fastener of the plurality of component fasteners may not be coupled to any of the drape fasteners of the plurality of drape fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Perry A. Genova, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
  • Publication number: 20200405428
    Abstract: A method of preparing a robotic surgery apparatus for a medical procedure can include covering a manipulator unit of the robotic surgery apparatus with a first sterile barrier by coupling a drape coupler of the first sterile barrier to a bottom surface of the manipulator unit and wrapping a drape of the first sterile barrier around side and top surfaces of the manipulator unit. The drape can be coupled to the drape coupler. The drape can be made of material that is more flexible than material of the drape coupler. The method can include covering an arm of the robotic surgery apparatus supporting the manipulator unit with a second sterile barrier that is distinct from the first sterile barrier by coupling the second sterile barrier to the arm and wrapping the second sterile barrier around the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Perry A. Genova, Sachin A. Sankholkar, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
  • Publication number: 20200405427
    Abstract: A sterile barrier system for a robotic surgery apparatus can include a drape coupler. The drape coupler can include an external surface configured to face a first surface of a first portion of the robotic surgery apparatus. The drape coupler can include at least one drape coupler fastener positioned at least partially on the external surface and configured to removably attach the drape coupler to the first surface. The drape coupler can be configured to at least partially cover the first surface. The system can include a drape made of a flexible material and coupled to the drape coupler, the drape configured to wrap around a second surface of the first portion of the robotic surgery apparatus, the second surface different from the first surface. The drape coupler and the drape can be sterile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Perry A. Genova, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
  • Publication number: 20200405430
    Abstract: A sterile barrier for a robotic surgery apparatus can include a drape made of a flexible material. The drape can include a first surface configured to face a component of the robotic surgery apparatus and a second surface opposite the first surface. The second surface can be sterile and configured to provide a sterile barrier for the component. The sterile barrier can include a first pair of pockets positioned along a first edge of the second surface and configured to receive hands of a user. The first pair of pockets can be configured to facilitate positioning of the sterile barrier on the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Perry A. Genova, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
  • Publication number: 20200405429
    Abstract: An instrument adapter for a robotic surgery apparatus can include an adapter housing configured to receive and support an actuator housing of a surgical instrument. The actuator housing can include a plurality of surgical instrument actuators. The adapter can include a plurality of interface actuators configured to engage with the plurality of instrument actuators of the actuator housing and cause movement of the instrument actuators. Movement of the instrument actuators can cause movement of an end effector of the surgical instrument. The instrument adapter can be configured to facilitate the actuator housing of the surgical instrument to transition from a first orientation in which the interface actuators are not engaged with the instrument actuators of the surgical instrument to a second orientation in which the interface actuators are engaged with the instrument actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Perry A. Genova, Chad Clayton Walters, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann, Timothy Brandon Hunt, Manuel Paez
  • Publication number: 20200197660
    Abstract: A delivery tube and cap are configured to be connected to a container that houses fluid to be delivered to a nasal cavity. The delivery tube includes an inner cannula that is positioned within an outer cannula. Each of the cannulas includes a first outlet with one or more openings aligned along a first lateral section and a second outlet with one or more openings aligned along a second lateral section. The delivery tube and cap are configured to provide relative axial movement between the cannulas. The cannulas are positionable between a first axial position that aligns the first outlets along the first lateral section of the delivery tube to deliver the fluid out of the device in a first lateral direction, and a second axial position that aligns the second outlets along the second lateral section to deliver fluid out of the device in a second lateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Magda R. Pugh, Kashif Mazhar, Michael Edward Laut, Nathan McCracken
  • Patent number: 10632280
    Abstract: Devices and methods for delivering fluid to the nasal cavity that include a delivery tube and cap configured to be connected to a container that houses the fluid. The delivery tube includes an inner cannula that is positioned within an outer cannula. Each of the cannulas includes a first outlet with one or more openings aligned along a first lateral section and a second outlet with one or more openings aligned along a second lateral section. The cap is configured to secure the delivery tube to the container. The delivery tube and cap are configured to provide relative axial movement between the cannulas. The cannulas are positionable between a first axial position that aligns the first outlets along the first lateral section of the delivery tube to deliver the fluid to a first portion of the nasal cavity, and a second axial position that aligns the second outlets along the second lateral section to deliver fluid to a second portion of the nasal cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Neosinus Health Inc.
    Inventors: Magda R. Pugh, Kashif Mazhar, Michael Edward Laut, Nathan McCracken
  • Publication number: 20190083741
    Abstract: Devices and methods for delivering fluid to the nasal cavity that include a delivery tube and cap configured to be connected to a container that houses the fluid. The delivery tube includes an inner cannula that is positioned within an outer cannula. Each of the cannulas includes a first outlet with one or more openings aligned along a first lateral section and a second outlet with one or more openings aligned along a second lateral section. The cap is configured to secure the delivery tube to the container. The delivery tube and cap are configured to provide relative axial movement between the cannulas. The cannulas are positionable between a first axial position that aligns the first outlets along the first lateral section of the delivery tube to deliver the fluid to a first portion of the nasal cavity, and a second axial position that aligns the second outlets along the second lateral section to deliver fluid to a second portion of the nasal cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Magda R. Pugh, Kashif Mazhar, Michael Edward Laut, Nathan McCracken
  • Patent number: 9936733
    Abstract: An aerosol delivery device accessory is disclosed. The accessory may include a housing defining a cavity. An electrical power source and a connector may be engaged with a drawer assembly. The drawer assembly may be moveable with respect to the housing between extended and retracted configurations. In the extended configuration an aerosol delivery device may be engaged with the connector. In the retracted configuration the aerosol delivery device may be protected by the housing and recharged by the electrical power source. The drawer assembly may include a storage compartment configured to receive cartridges for the aerosol delivery device. Further, a slider may engage and move a cartridge between recessed and extended positions to store and provide access thereto. A related assembly method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James Demopoulos, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
  • Publication number: 20170258133
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aerosol delivery device accessory. The accessory may include a housing defining a cavity. An electrical power source and a connector may be engaged with a drawer assembly. The drawer assembly may be moveable with respect to the housing between extended and retracted configurations. In the extended configuration an aerosol delivery device may be engaged with the connector. In the retracted configuration the aerosol delivery device may be protected by the housing and recharged by the electrical power source. The drawer assembly may include a storage compartment configured to receive cartridges for the aerosol delivery device. Further, a slider may engage and move a cartridge between recessed and extended positions to store and provide access thereto. A related assembly method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James Demopoulos, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann