Patents by Inventor Theodore R. Farrell

Theodore R. Farrell 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).

  • Patent number: 8500633
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. A surgical access port is provided that has an adjustable longitudinal length, such as by being formed from multiple segments configured to move relative to one another. An anchor can be coupled to a distal end of the surgical access port to help secure the surgical access port within a tissue opening by engaging a distal side of the tissue. Optionally, the anchor can be removably coupled to the distal end of the surgical access port, thereby allowing any one of a plurality of anchors to be selectively coupled thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Ortiz, Brandon L. Livingston, Dhananjay V. Patil, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Patent number: 8444557
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for providing access through tissue to a surgical site. Generally, the methods and devices allow adjustment of a surgical access port's longitudinal length. In one embodiment, a surgical access port is provided that includes a housing having a cannula distally extending therefrom. The housing can be configured to cut a proximal portion of the cannula to adjust a longitudinal length of the cannula and hence of the surgical access port. In another embodiment, a surgical access port is provided that includes a cannula formed of a plurality of modular segments removably coupled together. One or more of the segments can be configured to be removable from the cannula to change the cannula's longitudinal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick M. Schleitweiler, Salvatore G. Caldarise, Michael S. Cropper, Steven G. Hall, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Patent number: 8414483
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. In general, the methods and devices allow a surgical access device to be securely positioned within an opening in tissue to provide access to a body cavity underlying the tissue. An actuator can be rotatably disposed on or in a housing of a surgical access device such that rotation of the actuator relative to the housing is effective to move a cannula of the surgical access device between an insertion configuration in which the cannula has a reduced profile enabling it to easily be inserted into a tissue opening, and an expanded profile enabling it to form an anchor against and/or within the tissue opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore R. Farrell, Jerome R. Morgan, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Patent number: 8357088
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. In general, the methods and devices allow a surgical access device to be securely positioned within an opening in tissue to provide access to a body cavity underlying the tissue. An actuator can be rotatably disposed on or in a housing of a surgical access device such that rotation of the actuator relative to the housing is effective to move a cannula of the surgical access device between an insertion configuration in which the cannula has a reduced profile enabling it to easily be inserted into a tissue opening, and an expanded profile enabling it to form an anchor against and/or within the tissue opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell
  • Patent number: 8353873
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. A surgical access port is provided that has an adjustable longitudinal length, such as by being formed from multiple segments configured to move relative to one another. An anchor can be coupled to a distal end of the surgical access port to help secure the surgical access port within a tissue opening by engaging a distal side of the tissue. Optionally, the anchor can be removably coupled to the distal end of the surgical access port, thereby allowing any one of a plurality of anchors to be selectively coupled thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyoto B. Sakai, Jr., Shailendra K. Parihar, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Publication number: 20110144442
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. In general, the methods and devices allow a surgical access device to be securely positioned within an opening in tissue to provide access to a body cavity underlying the tissue. An actuator can be rotatably disposed on or in a housing of a surgical access device such that rotation of the actuator relative to the housing is effective to move a cannula of the surgical access device between an insertion configuration in which the cannula has a reduced profile enabling it to easily be inserted into a tissue opening, and an expanded profile enabling it to form an anchor against and/or within the tissue opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore R. Farrell, Jerome R. Morgan, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Publication number: 20110144437
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. A surgical access port is provided that has an adjustable longitudinal length, such as by being formed from multiple segments configured to move relative to one another. An anchor can be coupled to a distal end of the surgical access port to help secure the surgical access port within a tissue opening by engaging a distal side of the tissue. Optionally, the anchor can be removably coupled to the distal end of the surgical access port, thereby allowing any one of a plurality of anchors to be selectively coupled thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
    Inventors: Mark S. Ortiz, Brandon L. Livingston, Dhananjay V. Patil, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Publication number: 20110144447
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for providing access through tissue to a surgical site. Generally, the methods and devices allow adjustment of a surgical access port's longitudinal length. In one embodiment, a surgical access port is provided that includes a housing having a cannula distally extending therefrom. The housing can be configured to cut a proximal portion of the cannula to adjust a longitudinal length of the cannula and hence of the surgical access port. In another embodiment, a surgical access port is provided that includes a cannula formed of a plurality of modular segments removably coupled together. One or more of the segments can be configured to be removable from the cannula to change the cannula's longitudinal length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick M. Schleitweiler, Salvatore G. Caldarise, Michael S. Cropper, Steven G. Hall, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Publication number: 20110144590
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. A surgical access port is provided that has an adjustable longitudinal length, such as by being formed from multiple segments configured to move relative to one another. An anchor can be coupled to a distal end of the surgical access port to help secure the surgical access port within a tissue opening by engaging a distal side of the tissue. Optionally, the anchor can be removably coupled to the distal end of the surgical access port, thereby allowing any one of a plurality of anchors to be selectively coupled thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
    Inventors: Kiyoto B. Sakai, JR., Shailendra K. Parihar, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Publication number: 20110144448
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. In general, the methods and devices allow a surgical access device to be securely positioned within an opening in tissue to provide access to a body cavity underlying the tissue. An actuator can be rotatably disposed on or in a housing of a surgical access device such that rotation of the actuator relative to the housing is effective to move a cannula of the surgical access device between an insertion configuration in which the cannula has a reduced profile enabling it to easily be inserted into a tissue opening, and an expanded profile enabling it to form an anchor against and/or within the tissue opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell