Patents by Inventor Robert Michael BOLAND

Robert Michael BOLAND 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).

  • GUARD DEVICE FOR A TISSUE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220346767
    Abstract: Apparatus for placement in an incision of a natural body opening comprises a retractor having a sleeve (655, 656, 657) and a guard device comprising overlapping petals (662) depending from a mounting ring (661). The guard device is movable by the retractor from an insertion configuration to a deployed configuration as the retractor sleeve is moved to the retracting configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Atropos Limited
    Inventors: Stephen WILLIAMS, Lucy Dolores HALPIN, Frank Bonadio, Shane J. MacNally, Robert Michael BOLAND
  • Guard device for a tissue containment system
    Patent number: 11419596
    Abstract: Apparatus for placement in an incision or a natural body opening comprises a retractor having a sleeve (655, 656, 657) and a guard device comprising overlapping petals (662) depending from a mounting ring (661). The guard device is movable by the retractor from an insertion configuration to a deployed configuration as the retractor sleeve is moved to the retracting configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Atropos Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Williams, Lucy Dolores Halpin, Frank Bonadio, Shane J. Macnally, Robert Michael Boland
  • A GUARD DEVICE FOR A TISSUE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210236110
    Abstract: Apparatus for placement in an incision or a natural body opening comprises a retractor having a sleeve (655, 656, 657) and a guard device comprising overlapping petals (662) depending from a mounting ring (661). The guard device is movable by the retractor from an insertion configuration to a deployed configuration as the retractor sleeve is moved to the retracting configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Atropolos Limited
    Inventors: Stephen WILLIAMS, Lucy Dolores HALPIN, Frank BONADIO, Shane J. MACNALLY, Robert Michael BOLAND