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).
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Patent number: 8500633Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Mark S. Ortiz, Brandon L. Livingston, Dhananjay V. Patil, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Patent number: 8444557Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 8414483Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Theodore R. Farrell, Jerome R. Morgan, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Patent number: 8357088Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell
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Patent number: 8353873Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Kiyoto B. Sakai, Jr., Shailendra K. Parihar, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Publication number: 20110144442Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Theodore R. Farrell, Jerome R. Morgan, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Publication number: 20110144437Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.Inventors: Mark S. Ortiz, Brandon L. Livingston, Dhananjay V. Patil, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Publication number: 20110144447Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20110144590Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.Inventors: Kiyoto B. Sakai, JR., Shailendra K. Parihar, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Publication number: 20110144448Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jerome R. Morgan, Theodore R. Farrell