Patents by Inventor Stanton Batchelor

Stanton Batchelor 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 for forming barbs on a suture
    Patent number: 8032996
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting barbs into a suture having a filament supply. The apparatus also has an in-feed collet for holding one end of a filament threaded therethrough. Further the apparatus has an out-feed collet for holding a second end of a filament threaded therethrough. Additionally, the apparatus has a holder positioned between said in-feed and out-feed collets for holding a filament suspended between the in-feed and out-feed collets. The apparatus also has a cutting assembly for cutting barbs in the filament tensioned between the in-feed and out-feed collets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Trull, Perry A. Genova, Robert C. Williams, III, Jeffrey C. Leung, Matthew A. Megaro, Stanton Batchelor, Andrew Corson
  • Apparatus for forming barbs on a suture
    Publication number: 20070065663
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting barbs into a suture having a filament supply. The apparatus also has an in-feed collet for holding one end of a filament threaded therethrough. Further the apparatus has an out-feed collet for holding a second end of a filament threaded therethrough. Additionally, the apparatus has a holder positioned between said in-feed and out-feed collets for holding a filament suspended between the in-feed and out-feed collets. The apparatus also has a cutting assembly for cutting barbs in the filament tensioned between the in-feed and out-feed collets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Trull, Perry Genova, Robert Williams, Jeffrey Leung, Matthew Megaro, Stanton Batchelor, Andrew Corson
  • SUTURE METHODS AND DEVICES
    Publication number: 20050267531
    Abstract: A barbed suture including a body with barbs on the periphery, a pointed end, and an anchor at one end to resist movement of the suture in the direction of the pointed end is provided. One or more limbs on the anchor may be provided, which may be arcuate, of varying lengths, and of varying distribution about the periphery of the suture body. Other anchor designs are provided. Methods of placing single-directional and bi-directional barbed sutures to approximate the tissue on each side of a wound and to position and support tissue in the absence of a wound, as in cosmetic surgery, are provided, and may include terminal J-stitches or S-stitches. Methods of placement may be made with sharp, pointed ends, which may be needles, or insertion devices. Sinusoidal patterns of sutures that have amplitudes generally perpendicular to the resultant holding force of the suture are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Gregory Ruff, Jeffrey Leung, Andrew Kaplan, Matthew Megaro, Stanton Batchelor