Patents by Inventor Nicole Marie Shugrue

Nicole Marie Shugrue 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).

  • Hysteroscopic tissue removal system with improved fluid management and/or monitoring capabilities
    Patent number: 8568424
    Abstract: A hysteroscopic tissue removal system having improved fluid management and/or monitoring capabilities. According to one embodiment, the system includes a hysteroscope and a tissue removal device, the tissue removal device being selectively operable and being removably mounted in an operating channel of the hysteroscope. The system also includes a fluid source and a fluid pump, the fluid pump being coupled to the fluid source and to a fluid input channel of the hysteroscope so as to pump fluid from the fluid source to the fluid input channel, the fluid pump being selectively operable. The system further includes a selectively operable switch, coupled to both the tissue removal device and the fluid pump, for actuating both the tissue removal device and the pump. If desired, a delay mechanism may be interposed between the switch and the tissue removal device to delay operation of the tissue removal device relative to the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Marie Shugrue, Ronald David Adams
  • HYSTEROSCOPIC TISSUE REMOVAL SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED FLUID MANAGEMENT AND/OR MONITORING CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20120172888
    Abstract: A hysteroscopic tissue removal system having improved fluid management and/or monitoring capabilities. According to one embodiment, the system includes a hysteroscope and a tissue removal device, the tissue removal device being selectively operable and being removably mounted in an operating channel of the hysteroscope. The system also includes a fluid source and a fluid pump, the fluid pump being coupled to the fluid source and to a fluid input channel of the hysteroscope so as to pump fluid from the fluid source to the fluid input channel, the fluid pump being selectively operable. The system further includes a selectively operable switch, coupled to both the tissue removal device and the fluid pump, for actuating both the tissue removal device and the pump. If desired, a delay mechanism may be interposed between the switch and the tissue removal device to delay operation of the tissue removal device relative to the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Nicole Marie Shugrue, Ronald David Adams