Patents by Inventor Rachel M. Clair

Rachel M. Clair 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 cutting instrument
    Patent number: 9386985
    Abstract: A surgical cutting instrument includes a first jaw member, a second jaw member movably supported relative to the first jaw member for selective movement between an open position and a closed position to clamp tissue therebetween upon application of a closing motion thereto, and a cutting member comprising a tissue cutting edge to cut the tissue clamped between the first jaw member and the second jaw member upon application of a retraction motion to the cutting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Koch, Jr., Andrew T. Beckman, Eric W. Thompson, Rachel M. Clair
  • SURGICAL CUTTING INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20140103093
    Abstract: A surgical cutting instrument includes a first jaw member, a second jaw member movably supported relative to the first jaw member for selective movement between an open position and a closed position to clamp tissue therebetween upon application of a closing motion thereto, and a cutting member comprising a tissue cutting edge to cut the tissue clamped between the first jaw member and the second jaw member upon application of a retraction motion to the cutting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert L. Koch, JR., Andrew T. Beckman, Eric W. Thompson, Rachel M. Clair