Patents by Inventor Robert F. Rioux

Robert F. Rioux 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).

  • Publication number: 20240307074
    Abstract: A system and device for use in open or minimally invasive surgical procedures, such as a bone implant fixation procedure. The device is configured to perform various functions during a bone implant fixation procedure, including performing at least one of: penetration of a bone to form a hole or opening for receipt of a screw; neuromonitoring, in cooperation with a neuromonitoring device, of the hole during, or post-, formation of the hole so as to sense any nearby nerves adjacent to the hole that may be in the path of a screw, or otherwise affected, when a screw is placed within the hole; neurostimulation, in cooperation with a neuromonitoring device, of nerves adjacent to the hole during, or post-, formation of the hole; and measuring of a depth of the hole and providing a digital measurement of the depth to assist the surgeon in selecting the appropriate length of screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Tomas Matusaitis, Kenneth Hoos, Christopher Wilson, Robert F. Rioux, Nitin Khanna, Frank Phillips, Jim A. Youssef, Aniruddha Raina, Antonio Belton, Quinn J. Kesser, Liad Marom, Michael Brown, Allison P. Zadravecz, Nathan H. White, James A. Gilbert, David Jon Farrell, Christopher Pouzou, Patricia Black
  • Publication number: 20240252100
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a prostate measurement system including an improved medical assembly allowing for the accurate measurement of a patient's prostate to be subsequently used in determining whether the patient is at increased risk of having prostate cancer or other prostate-related issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shalmali Nitin Salunke, Peter Pythagoras Leonidas Carayannopoulos, Robert F. Rioux
  • Publication number: 20240245434
    Abstract: A device configured to provide a faster and more accurate measurement of depths of holes for placement of bone screws and fastener for bone implant fixation procedures. The device includes a combination of a bone probe for physical examination of a hole drilled in a bone and a depth gauge member for determining a depth of the hole and providing digital measurement of the depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kenneth Hoos, Robert F. Rioux
  • Publication number: 20240216023
    Abstract: A device configured to provide a faster and more accurate measurement of depths of holes for placement of bone screws and fastener for bone implant fixation procedures. The device includes a combination of a bone probe for physical examination of a hole drilled in a bone and a depth gauge member for determining a depth of the hole and providing digital measurement of the depth via a display on the instrument and/or via a wireless exchange of measurement data to a remote computing device, such as a tablet or smartphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kenneth Hoos, Robert F. Rioux, Joshua A. Rose, Grant Grummer
  • Publication number: 20240206994
    Abstract: A device used in a robot-assisted procedure can be a medical device designed to be manually manipulated by a medical professional but is at least partially manipulated by one or more arms of a surgical robot during a procedure performed on a patient. The arm(s) of the robot comprise attachments that allow an otherwise manually manipulatable medical device to be operated at least partially by the robot. The one or more robot arm attachments act as at least one hand of a medical professional that otherwise would be manually manipulating the device if the surgical robot was not available. Alternatively, a device used in a robot-assisted procedure can be a medical device that is designed specifically to be used as an attachment to the arm(s) of the surgical robot, and that is not designed to be used manually by a medical professional to perform the procedure on the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Robert F. Rioux, Joshua A. Rose
  • Patent number: 11992227
    Abstract: The invention is a system and a device for use in open or minimally invasive surgical procedures, such as a bone implant fixation procedure. The device is configured to perform various functions during a bone implant fixation procedure, including performing at least one of: penetration of a bone to form a hole or opening for receipt of a screw; neuromonitoring, in cooperation with a neuromonitoring device, of the hole during, or post-, formation of the hole so as to sense any nearby nerves adjacent to the hole that may be in the path of a screw, or otherwise affected, when a screw is placed within the hole; neurostimulation, in cooperation with a neuromonitoring device, of nerves adjacent to the hole during, or post-, formation of the hole; and measuring of a depth of the hole and providing a digital measurement of the depth to assist the surgeon in selecting the appropriate length of screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: EDGE SURGICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Tomas Matusaitis, Kenneth Hoos, Christopher Wilson, Robert F. Rioux, Nitin Khanna, Frank Phillips, Jim A. Youssef, Aniruddha Raina, Antonio Belton, Quinn J. Kesser, Liad Marom, Michael Brown, Allison P. Zadravecz, Nathan H. White, James A. Gilbert, David Jon Farrell, Christopher Pouzou, Patricia Black
  • Publication number: 20240156522
    Abstract: The present invention is a minimally invasive articulating configured to be advanced through tortuous anatomy, particularly within a lung, and subsequently deliver at least two separately deployable ablation devices to a target site located at a bifurcated section of the lung (i.e., at a bronchial airway bifurcation). The pair of ablation devices are separately steerable towards respective first and second pathways extending from the bifurcation, such that each of the ablation devices can be positioned on either side of a target tissue proximate the bifurcation. The first and second ablation devices include expandable distal tips configured to transition to a deployed configuration, in which each expands in diameter and is configured to apply a degree of compression and/or RF energy emission to target lung tissue (i.e., diseased tissue, such as cancer or emphysema-related damaged tissue) for subsequent ablation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Robert F. Rioux, Alyssa Bailey, Tyler Wanke, Ryan M. Bean
  • Publication number: 20240108398
    Abstract: An electrosurgical device can be delivered to a tissue site to provide supplemental sealing of vessels and/or vascular tissue that include suturing, stapling, or the like. The electrosurgical device is generally in the form of forceps, and includes an end effector assembly including opposing movable jaws. Each jaw includes a deformable pad or cushion including an electrode array positioned thereon. Each deformable cushion is configured to deliver a fluid, such as saline, during activation of the electrode array, thereby creating a virtual electrode which couples radiofrequency (RF) energy emitted from the electrode array into tissue in which the RF energy is converted into thermal energy. The deformable cushion and electrode array provide a controlled degree of compression upon the target tissue or vessel to maintain integrity of a suture, staple, or clip, as well as controlled energy emission for sealing, cauterizing, coagulating, and/or desiccating the target tissue or vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Robert F. Rioux
  • Publication number: 20240041506
    Abstract: A device for bending a probe of a depth gauge can be used on the depth gauge's probe before the depth gauge is sealed in sterile packaging, and another device for bending the depth gauge's probe can be used after the depth gauge is removed from its sterile packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Robert F. Rioux, Alan Rabideau
  • Patent number: 11883079
    Abstract: A device configured to provide a faster and more accurate measurement of depths of holes for placement of bone screws and fastener for bone implant fixation procedures. The device includes a combination of a bone probe for physical examination of a hole drilled in a bone and a depth gauge member for determining a depth of the hole and providing digital measurement of the depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: EDGE SURGICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Hoos, Robert F. Rioux
  • Patent number: 11864802
    Abstract: A device configured to provide a faster and more accurate measurement of depths of holes for placement of bone screws and fastener for bone implant fixation procedures. The device includes a combination of a bone probe for physical examination of a hole drilled in a bone and a depth gauge member for determining a depth of the hole and providing digital measurement of the depth via a display on the instrument and/or via a wireless exchange of measurement data to a remote computing device, such as a tablet or smartphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: EDGE SURGICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Hoos, Robert F. Rioux, Joshua A. Rose, Grant Grummer
  • Patent number: 11786295
    Abstract: An electrosurgical device can be delivered to a tissue site to provide supplemental sealing of vessels and/or vascular tissue that include suturing, stapling, or the like. The electrosurgical device is generally in the form of forceps, and includes an end effector assembly including opposing movable jaws. Each jaw includes a deformable pad or cushion including an electrode array positioned thereon. Each deformable cushion is configured to deliver a fluid, such as saline, during activation of the electrode array, thereby creating a virtual electrode which couples radiofrequency (RF) energy emitted from the electrode array into tissue in which the RF energy is converted into thermal energy. The deformable cushion and electrode array provide a controlled degree of compression upon the target tissue or vessel to maintain integrity of a suture, staple, or clip, as well as controlled energy emission for sealing, cauterizing, coagulating, and/or desiccating the target tissue or vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Innoblative Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert F. Rioux
  • Patent number: 11786297
    Abstract: The present invention is a minimally invasive articulating configured to be advanced through tortuous anatomy, particularly within a lung, and subsequently deliver at least two separately deployable ablation devices to a target site located at a bifurcated section of the lung (i.e., at a bronchial airway bifurcation). The pair of ablation devices are separately steerable towards respective first and second pathways extending from the bifurcation, such that each of the ablation devices can be positioned on either side of a target tissue proximate the bifurcation. The first and second ablation devices include expandable distal tips configured to transition to a deployed configuration, in which each expands in diameter and is configured to apply a degree of compression and/or RF energy emission to target lung tissue (i.e., diseased tissue, such as cancer or emphysema-related damaged tissue) for subsequent ablation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Innoblative Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Rioux, Alyssa Bailey, Tyler Wanke, Ryan M. Bean
  • Publication number: 20230255680
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to ablative devices comprising biocompatible materials in the form of a mesh to provide porosity to allow for the conveyance of conductive fluid to target tissue to be ablated. The mesh also increases the durability of the biocompatible material, reducing the amount of biocompatible material needed for both reusable devices and disposable ablative devices, such as ablative forceps and ablative probes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventor: Robert F. Rioux
  • Publication number: 20230120737
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for performing a minimally invasive vasectomy procedure by supplying targeted RF energy to vas deferens via a pair of probes positioned within the vas deferens under ultrasound image guidance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Robert F. Rioux
  • Publication number: 20230113526
    Abstract: A device configured to provide a faster and more accurate measurement of depths of holes for placement of bone screws and fastener for bone implant fixation procedures. The device includes a combination of a bone probe for physical examination of a hole drilled in a bone and a depth gauge member for determining a depth of the hole and providing digital measurement of the depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth Hoos, Robert F. Rioux
  • Patent number: 11617833
    Abstract: A drug self-delivery device comprising a body portion containing a drug vial and a needle assembly, where the body portion is slidably engaged to a trigger portion. When engaged by a user pressing the trigger portion against the user's flesh, the needle assembly relative to the drug vial so as to align a needle port with an integral drug delivery port connected to the drug vial thereby allowing fluid flow of medication through the needle. Seals engaged by a penetration spring prevent loss of medication and prevent the need for direct connection between the needle assembly and the drug vial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Falco Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Robert F. Rioux, Matthew Laplaca, Brian Grasso, Matt Bomes
  • Patent number: 11564719
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures, including bone implant fixation procedures. The assembly is configured to provide a faster and more accurate measurement of depth of holes for placement of bone screws and fasteners. The assembly includes a guidewire having a deployable distal hook member configured to securely anchor into a desired position relative to a hole drilled in a bone and thereby provide an accurate datum for a measuring instrument for determining a depth of the hole for subsequent screw placement. The assembly further includes a surgical depth instrument to cooperatively function with the guidewire and obtain one or more measurements while operably coupled to the guidewire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: EDGE SURGICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Aniruddha Raina, Robert F. Rioux, Christopher Wilson, Jim A. Youssef
  • Patent number: 11504169
    Abstract: A device configured to provide a faster and more accurate measurement of depths of holes for placement of bone screws and fastener for bone implant fixation procedures. The device includes a combination of a bone probe for physical examination of a hole drilled in a bone and a depth gauge member for determining a depth of the hole and providing digital measurement of the depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: EDGE SURGICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Hoos, Robert F. Rioux
  • Publication number: 20220338927
    Abstract: The present invention is an ablation device having a flexible and resilient shaft that can provide fluid to the site of ablation from a plurality of different fluid sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Zachary Rzeszutek, Tyler Wanke, Robert F. Rioux, Alyssa Bailey, Thomas Kurth