Patents by Inventor Robin Lyn Banker

Robin Lyn Banker 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 vacuum aspiration device
    Patent number: 7641640
    Abstract: A medical vacuum aspiration device includes an aspiration cylinder and a valve. The valve includes a removable fluid conduit, a valve housing having at least first and second housing portions, means for removably attaching the first housing portion to the second housing portion, and an actuator. The removable fluid conduit has a first end for attaching to a cannula and a second end for attaching to the aspiration cylinder. The first and second housing portions may define a cavity for removably holding at least a portion of the fluid conduit. The actuator is coupled to the valve housing and selectively compresses a portion of the fluid conduit to open and close a fluid path defined by the fluid conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: IPAS
    Inventors: Nadine Ferdman Burton, Elizabeth Shires Maguire, Ann Hamilton Leonard, Robin Lyn Banker, Michael Patrick Rouleau, Paul D. Blumenthal, Terence Stanely Kominski