Patents by Inventor Michael J. Crocetta, Jr.

Michael J. Crocetta, Jr. 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).

  • Package for removable device tips
    Patent number: 6960200
    Abstract: A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring any direct contact between the user's hand and the tip. The package includes a housing having a tip cavity shaped to receive the tip and an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable for removable attachment to the tip. A releasable locking mechanism, which is releasable in response to the end of the handle being disposed in the opening for removable attachment to the tip, retains the tip in the tip cavity. The package may be made from a single piece of molded material, such as a clear plastic. The package may also be used with monopolar, diathermized and non-bipolar tips, as well as other sharp tips such as cannulae, pics and blades, that are attachable to the end of a handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Shapeton, Wayne Johnson, Michael J. Crocetta, Jr.
  • Methods of engaging and releasing a surgical device to a handle
    Patent number: 6478030
    Abstract: A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring any direct contact between the user's hand and the tip. The package includes a housing having a tip cavity shaped to receive the tip and an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable for removable attachment to the tip. A releasable locking mechanism, which is releasable in response to the end of the handle being disposed in the opening for removable attachment to the tip, retains the tip in the tip cavity. The package may be made from a single piece of molded material, such as a clear plastic. The package may also be used with monopolar, diathermized and non-bipolar tips, as well as other sharp tips such as cannulae, pics and blades, that are attachable to the end of a handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Shapeton, Wayne Johnson, Michael J. Crocetta, Jr.
  • Package for removable device tips
    Patent number: 6358241
    Abstract: A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring any direct contact between the user's hand and the tip. The package includes a housing having a tip cavity shaped to receive the tip and an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable for removable attachment to the tip. A releasable locking mechanism, which is releasable in response to the end of the handle being disposed in the opening for removable attachment to the tip, retains the tip in the tip cavity. The package may be made from a single piece of molded material, such as a clear plastic. The package may also be used with monopolar, diathermized and non-bipolar tips, as well as other sharp tips such as cannulae, pics and blades, that are attachable to the end of a handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Shapeton, Wayne Johnson, Michael J. Crocetta, Jr.
  • Package for removable device tips
    Patent number: 6183467
    Abstract: A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring any direct contact between the user's hand and the tip. The package includes a housing having a tip cavity shaped to receive the tip and an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable for removable attachment to the tip. A releasable locking mechanism, which is releasable in response to the end of the handle being disposed in the opening for removable attachment to the tip, retains the tip in the tip cavity. The package may be made from a single piece of molded material, such as a clear plastic. The package may also be used with monopolar, diathermized and non-bipolar tips, as well as other sharp tips such as cannulae, pics and blades, that are attachable to the end of a handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Shapeton, Wayne Johnson, Michael J. Crocetta, Jr.