Patents by Inventor Samuel Lynn Austin

Samuel Lynn Austin 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).

  • Device and method for isolating a surface of a beating heart during surgery
    Patent number: 6740029
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for isolating a cardiac surgical site. The device comprises a first finger having a clinging accessory for attaching the first finger to a heart, a second finger having a clinging accessory for attaching the second finger to the heart, a first joint disposed on the first finger so that the first finger may rotate on a surface of the heart such that said rotation stretches a surgical site, a first stopper disposed on the first finger for preventing undesired rotation of the first finger to isolate the surgical site, and a link for coupling the first finger to the second finger. Several embodiments of the fingers and clinging accessories are disclosed. A guard is provided to protect sutures from the clinging accessory. The guard is equipped with a sprayer to wash the surgical site. Also disclosed is a method of isolating a cardiac surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Chase Medical, L.P.
    Inventors: Danny Carpenter Rogers, Samuel Lynn Austin, Albert Davis, Charles R. Keyes, Jr., Clyde Baker
  • Device and method for isolating a surface of a beating heart during surgery
    Publication number: 20030009081
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for isolating a cardiac surgical site. The device comprises a first finger having a clinging accessory for attaching the first finger to a heart, a second finger having a clinging accessory for attaching the second finger to the heart, a first joint disposed on the first finger so that the first finger may rotate on a surface of the heart such that said rotation stretches a surgical site, a first stopper disposed on the first finger for preventing undesired rotation of the first finger to isolate the surgical site, and a link for coupling the first finger to the second finger. Several embodiments of the fingers and clinging accessories are disclosed. A guard is provided to protect sutures from the clinging accessory. The guard is equipped with a sprayer to wash the surgical site. Also disclosed is a method of isolating a cardiac surgical site. The method comprises the steps of disposing a first finder on a heart, clinging the first finger to the heart surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Applicant: Chase Medical, LP
    Inventors: Danny Carpenter Rogers, Samuel Lynn Austin, Albert Davis, Charles R. Keyes, Clyde Baker
  • Device and method for isolating a surface of a beating heart during surgery
    Patent number: 6478729
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for isolating a cardiac surgical site. The device comprises a first finger having a clinging accessory for attaching the first finger to a heart, a second finger having a clinging accessory for attaching the second finger to the heart, a first joint disposed on the first finger so that the first finger may rotate on a surface of the heart such that said rotation stretches a surgical site, a first stopper disposed on the first finger for preventing undesired rotation of the first finger to isolate the surgical site, and a link for coupling the first finger to the second finger. Several embodiments of the fingers and clinging accessories are disclosed. A guard is provided to protect sutures from the clinging accessory. The guard is equipped with a sprayer to wash the surgical site. Also disclosed is a method of isolating a cardiac surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Chase Medical, LP
    Inventors: Danny Carpenter Rogers, Samuel Lynn Austin, Albert Davis, Charles R. Keyes, Jr., Clyde Baker
  • Device and method for isolating a surface of a beating heart during surgery
    Patent number: 6258023
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for isolating a cardiac surgical site. The device includes a first finger having a clinging accessory for attaching the first finger to a heart, a second finger having a clinging accessory for attaching the second finger to the heart, a first joint disposed on the first finger so that the first finger may rotate on a surface of the heart such that the rotation stretches a surgical site, a first stopper disposed on the first finger for preventing undesired rotation of the first finger to isolate the surgical site, and a link for coupling the first finger to the second finger. Also disclosed is a method of isolating a cardiac surgical site. The method includes the steps of disposing a first finger on a heart, clinging the first finger to the heart surface, disposing a second finger on a heart, clinging the second finger to the heart surface, and then rotating the first finger for achieving selective isolation of the heart surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Chase Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Carpenter Rogers, Samuel Lynn Austin, Albert Davis