Patents by Inventor Samuel Gladstone

Samuel Gladstone 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).

  • Apparatus And Method Of Connection Of Attachments To A Holder
    Publication number: 20230084566
    Abstract: Disclosed is an instrument assembly usable in a procedure. The instrument includes a connection for a working portion and to a tool handle. The assembly includes a method and system for interconnection and/or identification of the working portion and the handle. The instrument may also include various trackable features to allow for a navigated procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. SCHWAMB, Samuel GLADSTONE, Phillip BERMAN, Ali MOWLAI-ASHTIANI, John R. PRISCO, Alana M. LACY
  • Endoscope Cleaning System
    Publication number: 20220354353
    Abstract: A method for cleaning an endoscope during a surgical procedure performed with a surgical instrument. The method includes: measuring with a processor module an aggregate activation time of the surgical instrument during the surgical procedure; and activating an endoscope cleaning system with the processor module to clean a lens of the surgical instrument after the processor module determines that the measured aggregate activation time of the surgical instrument has reached a target duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Samuel GLADSTONE, Ali MOWLAI-ASHTIANI
  • System and method for connecting an instrument
    Patent number: 11389184
    Abstract: Disclosed is an instrument assembly usable in a procedure. The instrument includes a connection for a working portion and to a tool handle. The assembly includes a method and system for interconnection and/or identification of the working portion and the handle. The instrument may also include various trackable features to allow for a navigated procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Schwamb, Samuel Gladstone, Phillip Berman, Ali Mowlai-Ashtiani, John R. Prisco, Alana M. Lacy
  • System And Method For Connecting An Instrument
    Publication number: 20210275204
    Abstract: Disclosed is an instrument assembly usable in a procedure. The instrument includes a connection for a working portion and to a tool handle. The assembly includes a method and system for interconnection and/or identification of the working portion and the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Samuel GLADSTONE
  • System and method for connecting an instrument
    Patent number: 11013526
    Abstract: Disclosed is an instrument assembly usable in a procedure. The instrument includes a connection for a working portion and to a tool handle. The assembly includes a method and system for interconnection and/or identification of the working portion and the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel Gladstone
  • Powered surgical handpiece having a surgical tool with an RFID tag
    Patent number: 10987121
    Abstract: A powered surgical handpiece includes a housing comprising a motor, and a surgical tool removably coupled to the housing and configured to be driven by the motor. The surgical tool includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The handpiece includes an antenna for wirelessly transmitting RF energy, and a coupler that is electrically isolated from the antenna and the RFID tag and that is configured to guide the transmitted RF energy to the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel Gladstone
  • System and Method for Connecting an Instrument
    Publication number: 20200038045
    Abstract: Disclosed is an instrument assembly usable in a procedure. The instrument includes a connection for a working portion and to a tool handle. The assembly includes a method and system for interconnection and/or identification of the working portion and the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Samuel GLADSTONE
  • System and Method for Connecting an Instrument
    Publication number: 20200038046
    Abstract: Disclosed is an instrument assembly usable in a procedure. The instrument includes a connection for a working portion and to a tool handle. The assembly includes a method and system for interconnection and/or identification of the working portion and the handle. The instrument may also include various trackable features to allow for a navigated procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. SCHWAMB, Samuel Gladstone, Phillip Berman, Ali Mowlai-Ashtiani, John R. Prisco, Alana M. Lacy
  • POWERED SURGICAL HANDPIECE HAVING A SURGICAL TOOL WITH AN RFID TAG
    Publication number: 20190046224
    Abstract: A powered surgical handpiece includes a housing comprising a motor, and a surgical tool removably coupled to the housing and configured to be driven by the motor. The surgical tool includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The handpiece includes an antenna for wirelessly transmitting RF energy, and a coupler that is electrically isolated from the antenna and the RFID tag and that is configured to guide the transmitted RF energy to the RFID tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel Gladstone
  • Powered surgical handpiece having a surgical tool with an RFID tag
    Patent number: 10130382
    Abstract: A powered surgical handpiece includes a housing comprising a motor, and a surgical tool removably coupled to the housing and configured to be driven by the motor. The surgical tool includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The handpiece includes an antenna for wirelessly transmitting RF energy, and a coupler that is electrically isolated from the antenna and the RFID tag and that is configured to guide the transmitted RF energy to the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel Gladstone
  • POWERED SURGICAL HANDPIECE HAVING A SURGICAL TOOL WITH AN RFID TAG
    Publication number: 20150272608
    Abstract: A powered surgical handpiece includes a housing comprising a motor, and a surgical tool removably coupled to the housing and configured to be driven by the motor. The surgical tool includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The handpiece includes an antenna for wirelessly transmitting RF energy, and a coupler that is electrically isolated from the antenna and the RFID tag and that is configured to guide the transmitted RF energy to the RFID tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel Gladstone