Patents by Inventor Michael J. Trezza, II

Michael J. Trezza, II 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: 11872584
    Abstract: A spray device includes side-by-side spray tips that are spaced from one another at a distal end of the spray device. A first spray tip has a first fluid pathway defining a first flow area. The first fluid pathway has a first swirl chamber having an outer perimeter and flutes having inner ends that direct a first fluid into the outer perimeter of the first swirl chamber for rotating the first fluid in a circular pattern. A second spray tip has a second fluid pathway that defines a second flow area that is larger than the first flow area. The second fluid pathway has a second swirl chamber having an outer perimeter and flutes having inner ends that direct a second fluid into the outer perimeter of the second swirl chamber for rotating the second fluid in a circular pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Trezza, II, Salim A. Ghodbane, Simon Cohn
  • Publication number: 20220266276
    Abstract: A spray device includes side-by-side spray tips that are spaced from one another at a distal end of the spray device. A first spray tip has a first fluid pathway defining a first flow area. The first fluid pathway has a first swirl chamber having an outer perimeter and flutes having inner ends that direct a first fluid into the outer perimeter of the first swirl chamber for rotating the first fluid in a circular pattern. A second spray tip has a second fluid pathway that defines a second flow area that is larger than the first flow area. The second fluid pathway has a second swirl chamber having an outer perimeter and flutes having inner ends that direct a second fluid into the outer perimeter of the second swirl chamber for rotating the second fluid in a circular pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Michael J. Trezza, II, Salim A. Ghodbane, Simon Cohn
  • Patent number: 11358165
    Abstract: A spray device includes a first spray tip having a first fluid pathway defining a first flow area, and a second spray tip includes a second fluid pathway that defines a second flow area that is larger than the first flow area of the first spray tip. The first and second spray tips are side-by-side and spaced from one another at a distal end of the spray device. When a first fluid having a volumetric flow rate is introduced into the first spray tip and a second fluid having the same volumetric flow rate is introduced into the second spray tip, the first fluid will flow through the first fluid pathway at a greater velocity than the second fluid will flow through the second fluid pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Trezza, II, Salim A. Ghodbane, Simon Cohn
  • Publication number: 20210101162
    Abstract: A spray device includes a first spray tip having a first fluid pathway defining a first flow area, and a second spray tip includes a second fluid pathway that defines a second flow area that is larger than the first flow area of the first spray tip. The first and second spray tips are side-by-side and spaced from one another at a distal end of the spray device. When a first fluid having a volumetric flow rate is introduced into the first spray tip and a second fluid having the same volumetric flow rate is introduced into the second spray tip, the first fluid will flow through the first fluid pathway at a greater velocity than the second fluid will flow through the second fluid pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Michael J. Trezza, II, Salim A. Ghodbane, Simon Cohn
  • Publication number: 20210100543
    Abstract: A spray tip for dispensing fluids that react together includes a first lumen for a first fluid, a second lumen for a second fluid, and a dispensing cap located at distal ends of the respective first and second lumens and defining a distal end of the spray tip. The dispensing cap includes a distal end wall defining a closed end of the dispensing cap, a first spray opening formed in the distal end wall that is in fluid communication with the first lumen, a second spray opening formed in the distal end wall that is in fluid communication with the second lumen, and an external dividing wall that projects distally from the distal end wall of the dispensing cap and that extends between the first and second spray opening for forming a barrier between the first and second spray openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Michael J. Trezza, II, Salim A. Ghodbane, Jianxin Guo
  • Patent number: 10737058
    Abstract: A dispensing device to deliver a multiple component material to a location in vivo, the device including a manifold having proximal and distal ends and multiple separate lumens within it, connectable on its proximal end to multiple syringes for containing the multiple component material, a distal tip assembly including a tip connector having separate side-by-side lumens within the tip connector and optionally a dispensing tip, and multiple flexible side-by-side cannulae, each having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal ends of the cannulae each connected to a separate lumen at the distal end of the manifold, and the distal ends of the cannulae each connected to one of the side-by-side lumens of the tip connector, establishing a fluid communication between the manifold and the distal tip assembly, wherein the side-by-side cannulae are optionally partially connected along their length and are split at their proximal and distal ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: James T. Spivey, Michael J. Trezza, II, John Goodman, Michael J. Vendely, Michael E. Setser
  • Publication number: 20180177978
    Abstract: A dispensing device to deliver a multiple component material to a location in vivo, the device including a manifold having proximal and distal ends and multiple separate lumens within it, connectable on its proximal end to multiple syringes for containing the multiple component material, a distal tip assembly comprising a tip connector having separate side-by-side lumens within the tip connector and optionally a dispensing tip, and multiple flexible side-by-side cannulae, each having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal ends of the cannulae each connected to a separate lumen at the distal end of the manifold, and the distal ends of the cannulae each connected to one of the side-by-side lumens of the tip connector, establishing a fluid communication between the manifold and the distal tip assembly, wherein said side-by-side cannulae are optionally partially connected along their length and are split at their proximal and distal ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: James T. Spivey, Michael J. Trezza, II, John Goodman, Michael J. Vendely, Michael E. Setser
  • Patent number: 9504457
    Abstract: Vessel wound closure systems and method for sealing a puncture wound in a target vessel, such as those puncture wounds that occur from prior interventional procedures. A sealing member is deployed intravascularly into the target vessel, and an anchor member is deployed extravacularly of the target vessel. The sealing member and the anchor member are connected by a suture that may be drawn to tighten the sealing member and the anchor member relative to one another in order to effect the seal of the puncture wound. After tightening, the suture is secured to maintain the sealing member and the anchor member relative to one another in order to maintain the seal. Preferably, the anchor member, the suture and the sealing member are comprised of biocompatible, bioresorbable materials that are absorbed into the body after the sealing of the puncture wound has been achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Cardinal Health Switzerland 515 GmbH
    Inventors: David Szabo, David Gale, Paul Johnson, Valerie Scott, Ben Morris, Greg Furnish, Trevor Beckett, Michael J. Trezza, II
  • Patent number: 9474645
    Abstract: The invention provides punctal plugs for the delivery of active agent to one or both of the tear fluid of the eye and to the nasolacrimal duct that comprise a body, at least one cap, and optionally a collarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Han Cui, Zhigang Li, Edgar V. Menezes, Aruna Nathan, Michael J. Trezza, II
  • Patent number: 9173773
    Abstract: The invention provides punctal plugs for the delivery of active agent to one or both of the tear fluid of the eye and to the nasolacrimal duct. The plugs of the invention have a body, a reservoir contained within the body, and optionally a collarette. The reservoir has at least one opening and contains a polymeric material and at least one active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Maureen J. Borgia, Hassan Chaouk, Han Cui, Walter Laredo, Zhigang Li, Aruna Nathan, Michael J. Trezza, II
  • Publication number: 20130164347
    Abstract: The invention relates to a customizable, solvent-free sustained release medical device for wound closure, wound healing, and the sustained release of an active. The device of the invention is composed of at least a polymeric carrier layer and optionally an oxidized regenerated cellulose layer(s). Polymeric barrier layers can be added to modify the release profile (burst, time of release, etc.) of the selected bioactive agent(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Michel Gensini, Michael J. Trezza, II, Abla Abu-Zayyad Creasey
  • Patent number: 8377042
    Abstract: The invention provides devices useful for the delivery of active agents to the eye in a controlled manner. In the devices of the invention, the active agent is present within the device in a continuous or discontinuous concentration gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhigang Li, Michael J. Trezza, II, Maureen J. Borgia, Aruna Nathan, Bret A. Coldren
  • Patent number: 8337415
    Abstract: A device comprises a needle, probe, holster, and tissue collection chamber. A motor simultaneously powers a vacuum pump, translates and rotates a cutter, and translates a plunger. The needle includes a piercing tip and an interior shelf that divides the needle into a cutter lumen and lateral lumen. The cutter and shelf include apertures configured to mince a portion of a tissue specimen that has been severed by the cutter and forced through the apertures by compressive force from the plunger as well as vacuum force. The apertures of the shelf and the apertures of the rotating cutter cooperate to shear the tissue being compressed by the plunger. The minced tissue is then transported to the tissue collection chamber under vacuum force with the assistance of a fluid flush. Collected minced tissue may then be further processed as desired for a given medical treatment or procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Devicor Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Trezza, II, John A. Hibner, Joseph C. Hueil, Patrick A. Mescher
  • Patent number: 8267942
    Abstract: Vessel wound closure systems and method for sealing a puncture wound in a target vessel, such as those puncture wounds that occur from prior interventional procedures. A sealing member is deployed intravascularly into the target vessel, and an anchor member is deployed extravascularly of the target vessel. The sealing member and the anchor member are connected by a suture that may be drawn to tighten the sealing member and the anchor member relative to one another in order to effect the seal of the puncture wound. After tightening, the suture is secured to maintain the sealing member and the anchor member relative to one another in order to maintain the seal. Preferably, the anchor member, the suture and the sealing member are comprised of biocompatible, bioresorbable materials that are absorbed into the body after the sealing of the puncture wound has been achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventors: David Szabo, David Gale, Paul Johnson, Valerie Scott, Ben Morris, Greg Furnish, Trevor Beckett, Michael J. Trezza, II
  • Publication number: 20110270307
    Abstract: Vessel wound closure systems and method for sealing a puncture wound in a target vessel, such as those puncture wounds that occur from prior interventional procedures. A sealing member is deployed intravascularly into the target vessel, and an anchor member is deployed extravascularly of the target vessel. The sealing member and the anchor member are connected by a suture that may be drawn to tighten the sealing member and the anchor member relative to one another in order to effect the seal of the puncture wound. After tightening, the suture is secured to maintain the sealing member and the anchor member relative to one another in order to maintain the seal. Preferably, the anchor member, the suture and the sealing member are comprised of biocompatible, bioresorbable materials that are absorbed into the body after the sealing of the puncture wound has been achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: CORDIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Szabo, David Gale, Paul Johnson, Valerie Scott, Ben Morris, Greg Furnish, Trevor Beckett, Michael J. Trezza, II
  • Publication number: 20110208087
    Abstract: A device comprises a needle, probe, holster, and tissue collection chamber. A motor simultaneously powers a vacuum pump, translates and rotates a cutter, and translates a plunger. The needle includes a piercing tip and an interior shelf that divides the needle into a cutter lumen and lateral lumen. The cutter and shelf include apertures configured to mince a portion of a tissue specimen that has been severed by the cutter and forced through the apertures by compressive force from the plunger as well as vacuum force. The apertures of the shelf and the apertures of the rotating cutter cooperate to shear the tissue being compressed by the plunger. The minced tissue is then transported to the tissue collection chamber under vacuum force with the assistance of a fluid flush. Collected minced tissue may then be further processed as desired for a given medical treatment or procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Michael J. Trezza, II, John A. Hibner, Joseph C. Hueil, Patrick A. Mescher
  • Publication number: 20110022007
    Abstract: The invention provides devices useful for the delivery of active agents to the eye in a controlled manner. In the devices of the invention, the active agent is present within the device in a continuous or discontinuous concentration gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Zhigang Li, Michael J. Trezza, II, Maureen J. Borgia, Aruna Nathan, Bret A. Coldren
  • Patent number: D829888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Guangzhou Bioseal Biotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiwei Xie, Michael J. Trezza, II, John Goodman, Jared Schneider
  • Patent number: D877890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: Guangzhou Bioseal Biotech Co., Ltd., Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiwei Xie, Michael J. Trezza, II, John Goodman, Jared Schneider
  • Patent number: D877891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: Guangzhou Bioseal Biotech Co., Ltd., Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiwei Xie, Michael J. Trezza, II, John Goodman, Jared Schneider