Patents by Inventor Ron Guido

Ron Guido 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 device for ligating and severing vessels
    Patent number: 6679892
    Abstract: A surgical device for ligating and severing a vessel. The surgical device including: a housing; a flexible suture having a looped portion extending from a distal end of the housing for capturing a periphery of the vessel; ligating means for tightening the looped portion around the periphery of the vessel; and a cutter for cutting the vessel. Also provided is a method for ligating and severing a vessel including: looping a flexible suture material around a periphery of the vessel; looping a flexible cutting material around the periphery of the vessel; ligating the vessel by decreasing the size of the loop of flexible suture material; and severing the vessel by decreasing the size of the loop of flexible cutting material. The method preferably further includes drawing the vessel against a cutting surface, such as a knife blade, which is retractable in a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Guido, Robert Nering
  • Surgical device for ligating and severing vessels
    Publication number: 20030065335
    Abstract: A surgical device for ligating and severing a vessel. The surgical device including: a housing; a flexible suture having a looped portion extending from a distal end of the housing for capturing a periphery of the vessel; ligating means for tightening the looped portion around the periphery of the vessel; and a cutter for cutting the vessel. Also provided is a method for ligating and severing a vessel including: looping a flexible suture material around a periphery of the vessel; looping a flexible cutting material around the periphery of the vessel; ligating the vessel by decreasing the size of the loop of flexible suture material; and severing the vessel by decreasing the size of the loop of flexible cutting material. The method preferably further includes drawing the vessel against a cutting surface, such as a knife blade, which is retractable in a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Ron Guido, Robert Nering