Patents by Inventor Peter H. Kwon

Peter H. Kwon 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IN VIVO CLEANING OF AN OPTICAL LENS OF A SURGICAL VISUALIZATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220061646
    Abstract: A surgical device including a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a spring extending distally from the distal end of the shaft and curving away from a longitudinal axis of the shaft, and a tip extending from a distal end of the spring, said tip including a body and an attachment surface on the body for attaching an absorbent material thereto, wherein the spring and the body of the tip have a first width, the spring has a thickness substantially smaller than the first width to provide preferential bending in a direction of the curvature of the spring, and the body of the tip has a second thickness, and wherein the surgical device is a cleaning device configured to clean a lens of a surgical visualization device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Peter H. KWON, James L. LEVINSOHN, Jeffrey Ralph SWIFT
  • Apparatus and method for in vivo cleaning of an optical lens of a surgical visualization device
    Patent number: 11154187
    Abstract: A surgical device comprising a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a spring extending from the distal end of the shaft and curving away from a longitudinal axis of the shaft, the spring having a predetermined width and a thickness substantially smaller than the predetermined width to provide preferential bending in a direction of the curvature of the spring, and a tip extending from a distal end of the spring, said tip including an attachment surface for attaching an absorbent material thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventors: Peter H. Kwon, James L. Levinsohn, Jeffrey Ralph Swift
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IN VIVO CLEANING OF AN ENDOSCOPE OPTICAL LENS
    Publication number: 20200375443
    Abstract: A surgical device comprising a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a spring extending from the distal end of the shaft and curving away from a longitudinal axis of the shaft, the spring having a predetermined width and a thickness substantially smaller than the predetermined width to provide preferential bending in a direction of the curvature of the spring, and a tip extending from a distal end of the spring, said tip including an attachment surface for attaching an absorbent material thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Peter H. KWON, James L. LEVINSOHN, Jeffrey Ralph SWIFT
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POST-OPERATIVE BARIATRIC WEIGHT LOSS PERFORMANCE TRACKING
    Publication number: 20160324468
    Abstract: A mobile application for a mobile computing device that charts a patient's weight loss after a bariatric surgical procedure compared to a reference curve. By having a reference curve for the patient to conduct a self-comparison, the App can potentially encourage the user to try harder to either meet or beat the average weight loss over time, resulting in improved results for the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Peter H. Kwon, Gilles Pipernos