Patents by Inventor Sarah E. Ross

Sarah E. Ross 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).

  • MOTOR CONTROL OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20240108329
    Abstract: A surgical instrument system comprising a motor system and a control circuit is disclosed. The motor system comprises a motor and a drive train coupleable to the motor and configured to actuate a firing member through a staple firing stroke. The control circuit is coupled to the motor, wherein the control circuit comprises a motor controller configured to control the motor, and wherein, during the staple firing stroke, the control circuit is configured to actuate the firing member through the staple firing stroke, monitor a parameter of the motor system during the staple firing stroke, identify when the firing member is within an active adjustment portion of the staple firing stroke; and automatically adjust, at a frequency, tuning parameters of the motor controller with based on the monitored parameter of the motor system during the active adjustment portion of the staple firing stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Matthew D. Cowperthwait, Nicholas J. Ross, Shane R. Adams, Eric B. LaFay, Sarah A. Worthington
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SURGICAL SYSTEM DURING TISSUE TREATMENT MOTION
    Publication number: 20240108334
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for controlling a tissue-treatment motion by a surgical instrument are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Michael J. Vendely, Shane R. Adams, Nicholas J. Ross, Matthew D. Cowperthwait, Jason L. Harris, Kevin M. Fiebig, Eric B. LaFay, Jose Luis De Cordoba Matilla, Raymond E. Parfett, Curtis A. Maples, Sarah A. Worthington, Jacqueline C. Aronhalt
  • Compositions and methods for characterizing and regulating Wnt pathways
    Patent number: 7135611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic animal models for altered Wnt expression. The present invention also provides methods for generating animal models and screening methods for identifying biologically active compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Ormond A. MacDougald, Kenneth A. Longo, Sarah E. Ross
  • Compositions and methods for characterizing and regulating Wnt pathways
    Publication number: 20040216176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic animal models for altered Wnt expression. The present invention also provides methods for generating animal models and screening methods for identifying biologically active compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Ormond A. MacDougald, Kenneth A. Longo, Sarah E. Ross