Patents by Inventor Sophie Marcoux
Sophie Marcoux 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).
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Patent number: 10709429Abstract: A biopsy device handle having a biased firing mechanism activated by side and rear triggers. The firing mechanism has a longitudinally sliding deflecting portion including a post. The post is disposed within a channel and retained by a catch. The deflecting portion deflects transversely when transverse force is applied to a transverse face by the side trigger or when a longitudinal force is applied to an inclined face by the rear trigger to release the post from the catch.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Argon Medical Devices Inc.Inventors: Stephen Choi, Scott P Jarnagin, Adam Storey, Sophie Marcoux
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Patent number: 10390848Abstract: A snare for snaring an article in a vessel of a vascular system or other body vessel. The snare includes a core cable having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The snare also includes first, second and third loops each having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and a mid-portion therebetween formed by spaced apart first and second sides connected together at the distal end portion of the loop. The mid-portions of each of the loops cross over mid portions of one of the other two loops, and the loops are only connected together at their proximal end portions, where they are gathered together and attached to the distal end portion of the core cable. The loops are movable between an open position and a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Medical Device Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andris Taube, Matthew M. Quest, Sophie Marcoux
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Publication number: 20180153525Abstract: A biopsy device handle having a biased firing mechanism activated by side and rear triggers. The firing mechanism has a longitudinally sliding deflecting portion including a post. The post is disposed within a channel and retained by a catch. The deflecting portion deflects transversely when transverse force is applied to a transverse face by the side trigger or when a longitudinal force is applied to an inclined face by the rear trigger to release the post from the catch.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: Argon Medical Devices, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Choi, Scott P Jarnagin, Adam Storey, Sophie Marcoux
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Patent number: 9980747Abstract: A retractable centesis needle comprises a hollow, sharp tipped outer cannula extending from a housing. The outer cannula is generally tube-like and open at both ends to form a channel into a cavity in the housing. A blunt tipped inner cannula is disposed within the channel and capable of sliding away from the housing to an extended state and toward the housing to a refracted state. The inner cannula is biased toward the extended state by a first spring disposed in the housing. A second spring also disposed in the housing acts in the same direction as the first spring when the inner cannula is in a fully retracted state. However, the second spring does not bias the inner cannula in any direction when the inner cannula is in a fully extended state.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Argon Medical Devices, Inc.Inventors: John B. Schramm, Kevin Hess, Sophie Marcoux
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Publication number: 20170135726Abstract: A retractable centesis needle comprises a hollow, sharp tipped outer cannula extending from a housing. The outer cannula is generally tube-like and open at both ends to form a channel into a cavity in the housing. A blunt tipped inner cannula is disposed within the channel and capable of sliding away from the housing to an extended state and toward the housing to a refracted state. The inner cannula is biased toward the extended state by a first spring disposed in the housing. A second spring also disposed in the housing acts in the same direction as the first spring when the inner cannula is in a fully retracted state. However, the second spring does not bias the inner cannula in any direction when the inner cannula is in a fully extended state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: Argon Medical Devices, Inc.Inventors: John B. Schramm, Kevin Hess, Sophie Marcoux
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Publication number: 20150142005Abstract: A snare for snaring an article in a vessel of a vascular system or other body vessel. The snare includes a core cable having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The snare also includes first, second and third loops each having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and a mid-portion therebetween formed by spaced apart first and second sides connected together at the distal end portion of the loop. The mid-portions of each of the loops cross over mid portions of one of the other two loops, and the loops are only connected together at their proximal end portions, where they are gathered together and attached to the distal end portion of the core cable. The loops are movable between an open position and a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2015Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Andris Taube, Matthew M. Quest, Sophie Marcoux
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Patent number: 8974469Abstract: A snare for snaring an article in a vessel of a vascular system or other body vessel. The snare includes a core cable having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The snare also includes first, second and third loops each having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and a mid-portion therebetween formed by spaced apart first and second sides connected together at the distal end portion of the loop. The mid-portions of each of the loops cross over mid portions of one of the other two loops, and the loops are only connected together at their proximal end portions, where they are gathered together and attached to the distal end portion of the core cable. The loops are movable between an open position and a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Medical Device Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andris Taube, Matthew M. Quest, Sophie Marcoux
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Publication number: 20110264106Abstract: A snare for snaring an article in a vessel of a vascular system or other body vessel. The snare includes a core cable having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The snare also includes first, second and third loops each having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and a mid-portion therebetween formed by spaced apart first and second sides connected together at the distal end portion of the loop. The mid-portions of each of the loops cross over mid portions of one of the other two loops, and the loops are only connected together at their proximal end portions, where they are gathered together and attached to the distal end portion of the core cable. The loops are movable between an open position and a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Andris Taube, Matthew M. Quest, Sophie Marcoux
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Patent number: D837375Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Argon Medical Devices, Inc.Inventors: Jae Park, Matthew Mobley, Sophie Marcoux, Stephen Choi, Scott P Jarnagin