Patents by Inventor Nicholas Valley

Nicholas Valley 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 drain system and container
    Patent number: 11730933
    Abstract: A portable drain system having a subdermal drain and a container in fluid communication with the subdermal drain is disclosed. The subdermal drain is configured to drain fluid from a surgical site. The container provides a negative pressure to the subdermal drain. The container draws and receives the fluid. The container includes at least one sensor in which the at least one sensor is configured to detect at least one of fluid color, fluid volume in the container, and orientation of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic Advanced Energy LLC
    Inventors: Mark Guirguis, Nathan Zamarripa, Nicholas Valley, Christian Schasel
  • Surgical drain system and container
    Patent number: 11439797
    Abstract: A container for a portable surgical drain system to receive a fluid from a drain at a surgical site is disclosed. The container includes a drain hub having at least one sensor and a cartridge removably coupled to the drain hub in fluid communication with the drain to provide a suction source to draw and receive the fluid from the surgical site. The at least one sensor detects a characteristic of the fluid in the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLC.
    Inventors: Mark Guirguis, Nathan Zamarripa, Nicholas Valley, Christian Schasel
  • Multi-chambered breast tissue expander
    Patent number: 10729508
    Abstract: A tissue expansion device with a plurality of lobes made from non-compliant material, each lobe defining a chamber therein. Each chamber is fluidly isolated from every other chamber in the plurality of lobes. Each chamber has an inflation element with a valve to release a pressurized fluid to inflate the lobe to expand a cavity, and a deflation element with a valve to deflate the lobe by compressing the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic Advanced Energy LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Zamarripa, Mark Guirguis, Nicholas Valley
  • MULTI-CHAMBERED BREAST TISSUE EXPANDER
    Publication number: 20180256276
    Abstract: A tissue expansion device with a plurality of lobes made from non-compliant material, each lobe defining a chamber therein. Each chamber is fluidly isolated from every other chamber in the plurality of lobes. Each chamber has an inflation element with a valve to release a pressurized fluid to inflate the lobe to expand a cavity, and a deflation element with a valve to deflate the lobe by compressing the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Nathan Zamarripa, Mark Guirguis, Nicholas Valley
  • SURGICAL DRAIN SYSTEM AND CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20180229014
    Abstract: A container for a portable surgical drain system to receive a fluid from a drain at a surgical site is disclosed. The container includes a drain hub having at least one sensor and a cartridge removably coupled to the drain hub in fluid communication with the drain to provide a suction source to draw and receive the fluid from the surgical site. The at least one sensor detects a characteristic of the fluid in the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLC.
    Inventors: Mark Guirguis, Nathan Zamarripa, Nicholas Valley, Christian Schasel
  • SURGICAL DRAIN SYSTEM AND CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20180228945
    Abstract: A portable drain system having a subdermal drain and a container in fluid communication with the subdermal drain is disclosed. The subdermal drain is configured to drain fluid from a surgical site. The container provides a negative pressure to the subdermal drain. The container draws and receives the fluid. The container includes at least one sensor in which the at least one sensor is configured to detect at least one of fluid color, fluid volume in the container, and orientation of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLC.
    Inventors: Mark Guirguis, Nathan Zamarripa, Nicholas Valley, Christian Schasel