Patents by Inventor Muluken B. Terefe

Muluken B. Terefe 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: 11925385
    Abstract: A surgical access device includes a cannula and a housing coupled to the cannula. A cannula lumen and a housing interior communicate to define a working channel that extends along a central axis of the device between proximal and distal device ends. A needle entrance port is arranged on a side portion of the housing and opens to the working channel. A needle exit port is arranged distally of the needle entrance port on a side portion of the cannula, and communicates with the needle entrance port to define a suture path extending through the surgical access device at an oblique angle relative to the central axis. The needle ports are configured to guide a suture passer device distally through the surgical access device and first and second tissues of different thicknesses, while maintaining the same tissue bite distance in each of the first and second tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Muluken B. Terefe, Shailendra K. Parihar, Jason L Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Publication number: 20210204974
    Abstract: A surgical access device includes a cannula and a housing coupled to the cannula. A cannula lumen and a housing interior communicate to define a working channel that extends along a central axis of the device between proximal and distal device ends. A needle entrance port is arranged on a side portion of the housing and opens to the working channel. A needle exit port is arranged distally of the needle entrance port on a side portion of the cannula, and communicates with the needle entrance port to define a suture path extending through the surgical access device at an oblique angle relative to the central axis. The needle ports are configured to guide a suture passer device distally through the surgical access device and first and second tissues of different thicknesses, while maintaining the same tissue bite distance in each of the first and second tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Muluken B. Terefe, Shailendra K. Parihar, Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Patent number: 10939937
    Abstract: A surgical access device includes a cannula and a housing coupled to the cannula. A cannula lumen and a housing interior communicate to define a working channel that extends along a central axis of the device between proximal and distal device ends. A needle entrance port is arranged on a side portion of the housing and opens to the working channel. A needle exit port is arranged distally of the needle entrance port on a side portion of the cannula, and communicates with the needle entrance port to define a suture path extending through the surgical access device at an oblique angle relative to the central axis. The needle ports are configured to guide a suture passer device distally through the surgical access device and first and second tissues of different thicknesses, while maintaining the same tissue bite distance in each of the first and second tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Muluken B. Terefe, Shailendra K. Parihar, Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Publication number: 20190008546
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft, an ultrasonic transducer, a waveguide, and an end effector coupled to a distal end of the shaft. A rotation knob is rotatably coupled to the body and is configured to rotate the shaft, the waveguide, and the end effector together relative to the body. A torque transfer structure is positioned radially outwardly of and in direct contact with the waveguide at an acoustic node thereof. The torque transfer structure is rotationally fixed relative to the waveguide and is configured to rotationally couple the waveguide with the shaft and the rotation knob. The waveguide includes a first axial constraining feature defining a distally facing surface, and the torque transfer structure includes a second axial constraining feature defining a proximally facing surface configured to abut the distally facing surface to constrain the waveguide axially relative to the torque transfer structure and the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Rafael J. Ruiz Ortiz, Craig T. Davis, Stephen M. Leuck, Benjamin M. Boyd, Muluken B. Terefe, Joseph Dennis, Joseph E. Hollo, Nathan Cummings, Ion V. Nicolaescu, Mark E. Tebbe, Tony C. Siebel, Joseph Isosaki, Frederick L. Estera, Ellen Burkart, John E. Brady, Bryce L. Heitman, Cory G. Kimball
  • Publication number: 20190000504
    Abstract: A surgical access device includes a cannula and a housing coupled to the cannula. A cannula lumen and a housing interior communicate to define a working channel that extends along a central axis of the device between proximal and distal device ends. A needle entrance port is arranged on a side portion of the housing and opens to the working channel. A needle exit port is arranged distally of the needle entrance port on a side portion of the cannula, and communicates with the needle entrance port to define a suture path extending through the surgical access device at an oblique angle relative to the central axis. The needle ports are configured to guide a suture passer device distally through the surgical access device and first and second tissues of different thicknesses, while maintaining the same tissue bite distance in each of the first and second tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Muluken B. Terefe, Shailendra K. Parihar, Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV