Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Lyons

Thomas J. Lyons 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 INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS INCORPORATING ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20240130778
    Abstract: A surgical end effector includes an ultrasonic blade and a jaw member. The blade is adapted to receive ultrasonic and electrosurgical energy and defines a distal face. The jaw member is movable relative to the blade from a spaced-apart to an approximated position for clamping tissue and includes a structural body having a body portion and a distal cap portion. The distal cap portion defines an electrode that receives electrosurgical energy. The jaw member further includes a jaw liner engaged within the body portion and extending therefrom towards the blade such that, in the approximated position, the jaw liner contacts the blade to define a gap distance between the electrode and the distal face to facilitate bipolar electrosurgical tissue treatment upon conduction of bipolar energy between the electrode and the distal face and through tissue in contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Thomas E. Drochner, Matthew S. Cowley, Kenlyn S. Bonn, James R. Fagan, Michael B. Lyons, David J. Van Tol
  • Microorganisms for succinic acid production
    Patent number: 10287558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified microorganism having, compared to its wild-type, a reduced activity of the enzyme that is encoded by the pykA-gene. The present invention also relates to a method for producing an organic compound and to the use of modified microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Joanna Martyna Krawczyk, Stefan Haefner, Hartwig Schröder, Esther Dantas Costa, Oskar Zelder, Gregory Von Abendroth, Christoph Wittmann, René Stellmacher, Judith Becker, Anna Lange, Benjamin J. Lyons, Thomas J. Lyons, Eudes De Crecy, Ewa Hughes
  • Microorganisms for Succinic Acid Production
    Publication number: 20160348082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified microorganism having, compared to its wild-type, a reduced activity of the enzyme that is encoded by the pykA-gene. The present invention also relates to a method for producing an organic compound and to the use of modified microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Joanna Martyna Krawczyk, Stefan Haefner, Hartwig Schröder, Esther Dantas Costa, Oakar Zelder, Gregory von Abendroth, Christoph Wittmann, René Stellmacher, Judith Becker, Anna Lange, Benjamin J. Lyons, Thomas J. Lyons, Eudes De Crecy, Ewa Hughes