Patents by Inventor Nicholas Ferrer

Nicholas Ferrer 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).

  • Distal Tip for Bone Fixation Devices
    Publication number: 20200297399
    Abstract: Distal tip designs for bone fixation devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for bone fixation includes a delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end; an expandable member having a proximal region and a distal region, wherein the expandable member is releasably attached about the distal end of the delivery catheter at the proximal region of the expandable member; a distal cap attached to the distal region of the expandable member to seal the expandable member; a light conducting fiber; and a light-sensitive liquid; wherein the delivery catheter has an inner void for passage of a light-sensitive liquid into the expandable member to expand the expandable member and an inner lumen for passage of the light conducting fiber into the expandable member to cure the light-sensitive liquid inside the expandable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Gene P. DiPoto, Robert A. Rabiner, Jeffrey P. Brousseau, Anthony W. O'Leary, Chi Y. Wong, Augustus C. Shanahan, Nicholas Ferrer, John Unger
  • Distal tip for bone fixation devices
    Patent number: 10575882
    Abstract: Distal tip designs for bone fixation devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for bone fixation includes a delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end; an expandable member having a proximal region and a distal region, wherein the expandable member is releasably attached about the distal end of the delivery catheter at the proximal region of the expandable member; a distal cap attached to the distal region of the expandable member to seal the expandable member; a light conducting fiber; and a light-sensitive liquid; wherein the delivery catheter has an inner void for passage of a light-sensitive liquid into the expandable member to expand the expandable member and an inner lumen for passage of the light conducting fiber into the expandable member to cure the light-sensitive liquid inside the expandable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: IlluminOss Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene P. DiPoto, Robert A. Rabiner, Jeffrey P. Brousseau, Anthony W. O'Leary, Chi Y. Wong, Augustus C. Shanahan, Nicholas Ferrer, John Unger
  • DISTAL TIP FOR BONE FIXATION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170252077
    Abstract: Distal tip designs for bone fixation devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for bone fixation includes a delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end; an expandable member having a proximal region and a distal region, wherein the expandable member is releasably attached about the distal end of the delivery catheter at the proximal region of the expandable member; a distal cap attached to the distal region of the expandable member to seal the expandable member; a light conducting fiber; and a light-sensitive liquid; wherein the delivery catheter has an inner void for passage of a light-sensitive liquid into the expandable member to expand the expandable member and an inner lumen for passage of the light conducting fiber into the expandable member to cure the light-sensitive liquid inside the expandable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Gene P. DiPoto, Robert A. Rabiner, Jeffrey P. Brousseau, Anthony W. O'Leary, Chi Y. Wong, Augustus C. Shanahan, Nicholas Ferrer, John Unger
  • Distal tip for bone fixation devices
    Patent number: 9687281
    Abstract: Distal tip designs for bone fixation devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for bone fixation includes a delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end; an expandable member having a proximal region and a distal region, wherein the expandable member is releasably attached about the distal end of the delivery catheter at the proximal region of the expandable member; a distal cap attached to the distal region of the expandable member to seal the expandable member; a light conducting fiber; and a light-sensitive liquid; wherein the delivery catheter has an inner void for passage of a light-sensitive liquid into the expandable member to expand the expandable member and an inner lumen for passage of the light conducting fiber into the expandable member to cure the light-sensitive liquid inside the expandable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: IlluminOss Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene P. DiPoto, Robert A. Rabiner, Jeffrey P. Brousseau, Anthony W. O'Leary, Chi Y. Wong, Augustus C. Shanahan, Nicholas Ferrer, John Unger
  • Distal Tip for Bone Fixation Devices
    Publication number: 20140180288
    Abstract: Distal tip designs for bone fixation devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for bone fixation includes a delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end; an expandable member having a proximal region and a distal region, wherein the expandable member is releasably attached about the distal end of the delivery catheter at the proximal region of the expandable member; a distal cap attached to the distal region of the expandable member to seal the expandable member; a light conducting fiber; and a light-sensitive liquid; wherein the delivery catheter has an inner void for passage of a light-sensitive liquid into the expandable member to expand the expandable member and an inner lumen for passage of the light conducting fiber into the expandable member to cure the light-sensitive liquid inside the expandable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: ILLUMINOSS MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Gene P. DiPoto, Robert A. Rabiner, Jeffrey P. Brousseau, Anthony W. O'Leary, Chi Y. Wong, Augustus C. Shanahan, Nicholas Ferrer, John Unger