Patents by Inventor Thomas Casasanta

Thomas Casasanta 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).

  • Publication number: 20130193191
    Abstract: An apparatus for joining two hollow organ sections with an annular array of surgical staples includes a staple cartridge, an anvil, a buttress member, and a buttress mount. In particular, the staple cartridge includes a plurality of surgical staples in an annular array. The anvil includes an anvil member and a shaft extending therefrom. The anvil member defines a plurality of staple pockets for deforming the surgical staples. The anvil is movable relative to the staple cartridge component between spaced apart and approximated positions to adjustably clamp tissue between the staple cartridge and the anvil. The buttress member is concentrically aligned with the plurality of staple pockets defined in the anvil member. The buttress mount is detachably secured with the shaft of the anvil. The buttress mount includes at least one support member radially extending outward to secure the buttress member to the anvil member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: Richard P. Stevenson, Thomas Casasanta, JR., Sally Carter
  • Publication number: 20130193192
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a surgical stapling device and a method for joining tissue portions. The surgical stapling device includes a handle assembly and a tubular body portion supported on a distal end of the handle assembly having a staple cartridge assembly containing a plurality of surgical staples in an annular array. An anvil assembly is at a distal end of the stapling device and has a shaft for removably connecting the anvil assembly to the tubular body portion. The anvil assembly and tubular body portion are juxtaposed with respect to one another along the shaft and are arranged so as to be approximated with respect to one another. A support member extends from the tubular body portion towards the anvil assembly and a buttress material is supported by the support member and removably attached to the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: Thomas Casasanta, JR., Andrew Miesse, Sally Carter
  • Publication number: 20130153639
    Abstract: An apparatus for joining two hollow organ sections includes a staple cartridge component, an anvil component, a knife member, a buttress mount and a buttress member. The staple cartridge component includes a plurality of surgical staples in an annular array. The anvil component is movable relative to the staple cartridge component between spaced apart and approximated positions to adjustably clamp tissue. The knife member is movable relative to the staple cartridge component. The buttress mount is concentrically disposed at least partially within the lumen of the knife member. The buttress mount includes a plurality of spokes radially extending outward and a plurality of legs detachably secured with an inner wall of the knife member. The buttress member is secured with the plurality of spokes of the buttress mount. The buttress member is concentrically aligned with the plurality of surgical staples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Gerald Hodgkinson, Paul A. Scirica, Sally Carter, Richard P. Stevenson, Arthur Hislop, Thomas Casasanta, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130153633
    Abstract: A surgical stapling apparatus including a releasable buttress material includes a cartridge assembly, an anvil assembly, and a buttress material. The cartridge assembly includes a plurality of staples, a tissue contacting surface defining staple retaining slots, and a swaged outer edge. The anvil assembly includes a tissue contacting surface defining staple pockets for forming staples expelled from the staple retaining slots of the cartridge assembly. The buttress material has an outer portion that is retaining within the swaged outer edge of the cartridge assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Casasanta, JR., Andrew Miesse, Jennifer Whiffen, Elizabeth M. Contini, Sally Carter
  • Publication number: 20120010637
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to self-detachable medical devices containing a detachable film layer and polymeric film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Joshua Stopek, Daniel Broom, Amin Elachchabi, Thomas Casasanta, Garrett Ebersole