Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Weindl

Thomas C. Weindl 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).

  • Surgical delivery devices for meltable bone wax or bone putty
    Patent number: 11006937
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for delivering a sealant to a tissue, comprising a sealant compartment, a cooling gas compartment, and a heater, all disposed inside a unified housing; with heater configured for rendering the sealant liquid or semi-liquid or molten and flowable; with sealant compartment configured for expressing the sealant in a flowable form from device via an exit nozzle; with gas compartment configured for expressing a cooling gas via a gas expression port; with exit nozzle and gas expression port co-directed into the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Nir I. Nativ, Thomas C. Weindl, Leo B. Kriksunov
  • Surgical Delivery Devices for Meltable Bone Wax or Bone Putty
    Publication number: 20200237356
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for delivering a sealant to a tissue, comprising a sealant compartment, a cooling gas compartment, and a heater, all disposed inside a unified housing; with heater configured for rendering the sealant liquid or semi-liquid or molten and flowable; with sealant compartment configured for expressing the sealant in a flowable form from device via an exit nozzle; with gas compartment configured for expressing a cooling gas via a gas expression port; with exit nozzle and gas expression port co-directed into the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Nir I. Nativ, Thomas C. Weindl, Leo B. Kriksunov