Patents by Inventor NEIL T. CLANCY

NEIL T. CLANCY 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).

  • Surgical device with an end effector assembly and system for monitoring of tissue before and after a surgical procedure
    Patent number: 10722293
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes a housing and a shaft coupled to the housing. The shaft has a proximal end and a distal end. An end effector assembly is disposed at the distal end of the shaft. The end effector assembly includes first and second jaw members. At least one of the first and second jaw members is movable from a first position wherein the first and second jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to at least a second position closer to one another wherein the first and second jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. The medical instrument also includes one or more light-emitting elements and one or more light-detecting elements configured to generate one or more signals indicative of tissue reflectance. The one or more light-emitting elements are adapted to deliver light energy to tissue grasped between the first and second jaw members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Shobhit Arya, Neil T. Clancy, Daniel S. Elson, George B. Hanna, Danail V. Stoyanov, Xiaofei Du
  • SURGICAL DEVICE WITH AN END EFFECTOR ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OF TISSUE BEFORE AND AFTER A SURGICAL PROCEDURE
    Publication number: 20160346034
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes a housing and a shaft coupled to the housing. The shaft has a proximal end and a distal end. An end effector assembly is disposed at the distal end of the shaft. The end effector assembly includes first and second jaw members. At least one of the first and second jaw members is movable from a first position wherein the first and second jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to at least a second position closer to one another wherein the first and second jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. The medical instrument also includes one or more light-emitting elements and one or more light-detecting elements configured to generate one or more signals indicative of tissue reflectance. The one or more light-emitting elements are adapted to deliver light energy to tissue grasped between the first and second jaw members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: SHOBHIT ARYA, NEIL T. CLANCY, DANIEL S. ELSON, GEORGE B. HANNA, DANAIL V. STOYANOV, XIAOFEI DU