Patents by Inventor Miklos T. Kara

Miklos T. Kara 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).

  • System for controlling a motor driven surgical cutting instrument
    Patent number: 6358263
    Abstract: A system is provided for controlling the stopping position of a surgical cutting tool relative to a tissue entrance location of a cannula housing the cutting tool. A signal processor is responsive to a motor activation signal to provide a motor activation signal to a motor control unit for driving a motor, which activates the cutting tool positioned in a cannula. The signal processor is responsive to a motor stop signal and to a stop position signal to stop the cutting tool relative to the tissue entrance location of the cannula to thereby avoid trapping a portion of the tissue base between the cutting tool and a boundary of the cannula opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Promex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Mark, Michael E. Miller, Miklos T. Kara, Daniel John Henry, Brian McCary
  • System for controlling a motor driven surgical cutting instrument
    Publication number: 20010007944
    Abstract: A system is provided for controlling the stopping position of a surgical cutting tool relative to a tissue entrance location of a cannula housing the cutting tool. A signal processor is responsive to a motor activation signal to provide a motor activation signal to a motor control unit for driving a motor, which activates the cutting tool positioned in a cannula. The signal processor is responsive to a motor stop signal and to a stop position signal to stop the cutting tool relative to the tissue entrance location of the cannula to thereby avoid trapping a portion of the tissue base between the cutting tool and a boundary of the cannula opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Applicant: PROMEX, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Mark, Michael E. Miller, Miklos T. Kara, Daniel John Henry, Brian McCary
  • System for controlling a motor driven surgical cutting instrument
    Patent number: 6245084
    Abstract: A system is provided for controlling the stopping position of a surgical cutting tool relative to a tissue entrance location of a cannula housing the cutting tool. A signal processor is responsive to a motor activation signal to provide a motor activation signal to a motor control unit for driving a motor, which activates the cutting tool positioned in a cannula. The signal processor is responsive to a motor stop signal and to a stop position signal to stop the cutting tool relative to the tissue entrance location of the cannula to thereby avoid trapping a portion of the tissue base between the cutting tool and a boundary of the cannula opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Promex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Mark, Michael E. Miller, Miklos T. Kara, Daniel John Henry, Brian McCary