Patents by Inventor Pamela Shellhammer

Pamela Shellhammer 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).

  • Medical device for deploying surgical fabrics
    Patent number: 5957939
    Abstract: A medical device for deploying surgical fabric at an operative site within a body cavity of a patient. The device includes a deploying member in the form of an elongated inserter shaft with a supporting member in the form of a sheet of plastic attached to a distal end of the shaft. A sheet of surgical fabric is placed on the supporting member and rolled around the inserter shaft. An introducer tube surrounds the rolled-up fabric and supporting member to prevent them from unrolling. The introducer tube may then be inserted into the body cavity and retracted to allow the supporting member to self-unwind the fabric sheet within the body cavity. The device may also provide for irrigation of the surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Imagyn Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm D. Heaven, Pamela Shellhammer