Patents by Inventor Roger C. Lin

Roger C. Lin 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 INSTRUMENT STABILIZATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210161553
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to guide and support a medical device, such as a needle, relative to the skin of a patient. In some embodiments, the apparatus is attached to the skin of a patient through suction or adhesive materials, and allows for accurate placement of the medical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: HOWARD UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Roger C. LIN, Olmide A. OLULADE, Shannon A. SULLIVAN, Hamza HAIDER, Alexander W. SONG
  • Systems and methods for sterilization using UV light
    Patent number: 10279058
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure include systems, methods, and kits for sterilizing in vivo catheters using an optical fiber to deliver UV light. In an embodiment, a method for sterilizing a catheter with at least a first lumen, includes inserting a distal end of a fiber optic cable into a fiber insertion port of a catheter connector attached to a hub of the first lumen, flushing the first lumen with fluid from a fluid source, inserting the fiber optic cable into the first lumen until a stopper of the fiber optic cable is adjacent to the fiber insertion port, providing light to the fiber optic cable from a light source after the fiber optic cable is inserted into the first lumen, withdrawing the fiber optic cable from the first lumen while the light is provided, and ceasing to provide light to the fiber optic cable after the fiber optic cable is withdrawn from the first lumen. The disclosure is also applicable to catheters with multiple lumens and to catheters accessed through subcutaneous ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Ultraviolet Interventions, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger C Lin, Laurence M. Sandell
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STERILIZATION USING UV LIGHT
    Publication number: 20170119915
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure include systems, methods, and kits for sterilizing in vivo catheters using an optical fiber to deliver UV light. In an embodiment, a method for sterilizing a catheter with at least a first lumen, includes inserting a distal end of a fiber optic cable into a fiber insertion port of a catheter connector attached to a hub of the first lumen, flushing the first lumen with fluid from a fluid source, inserting the fiber optic cable into the first lumen until a stopper of the fiber optic cable is adjacent to the fiber insertion port, providing light to the fiber optic cable from a light source after the fiber optic cable is inserted into the first lumen, withdrawing the fiber optic cable from the first lumen while the light is provided, and ceasing to provide light to the fiber optic cable after the fiber optic cable is withdrawn from the first lumen. The disclosure is also applicable to catheters with multiple lumens and to catheters accessed through subcutaneous ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Roger C Lin, Laurence M. Sandell
  • Systems and methods for sterilization using UV light
    Patent number: 9550005
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure include systems, methods, and kits for sterilizing in vivo catheters using an optical fiber to deliver UV light. In an embodiment, a method for sterilizing a catheter with at least a first lumen, includes inserting a distal end of a fiber optic cable into a fiber insertion port of a catheter connector attached to a hub of the first lumen, flushing the first lumen with fluid from a fluid source, inserting the fiber optic cable into the first lumen until a stopper of the fiber optic cable is adjacent to the fiber insertion port, providing light to the fiber optic cable from a light source after the fiber optic cable is inserted into the first lumen, withdrawing the fiber optic cable from the first lumen while the light is provided, and ceasing to provide light to the fiber optic cable after the fiber optic cable is withdrawn from the first lumen. The disclosure is also applicable to catheters with multiple lumens and to catheters accessed through subcutaneous ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Ultraviolet Interventions, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger C Lin, Laurence M Sandell
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STERILIZATION USING UV LIGHT
    Publication number: 20150231287
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure include systems, methods, and kits for sterilizing in vivo catheters using an optical fiber to deliver UV light. In an embodiment, a method for sterilizing a catheter with at least a first lumen, includes inserting a distal end of a fiber optic cable into a fiber insertion port of a catheter connector attached to a hub of the first lumen, flushing the first lumen with fluid from a fluid source, inserting the fiber optic cable into the first lumen until a stopper of the fiber optic cable is adjacent to the fiber insertion port, providing light to the fiber optic cable from a light source after the fiber optic cable is inserted into the first lumen, withdrawing the fiber optic cable from the first lumen while the light is provided, and ceasing to provide light to the fiber optic cable after the fiber optic cable is withdrawn from the first lumen. The disclosure is also applicable to catheters with multiple lumens and to catheters accessed through subcutaneous ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Roger C. Lin, Laurence M. Sandell