Patents by Inventor Thomas Michael ZAPPIA, JR.

Thomas Michael ZAPPIA, JR. 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).

  • Endoscopic scope device with a sensor
    Patent number: 12226079
    Abstract: A scope system includes a processor and a scope device. The scope device includes a handle configured to remain outside of the body and an elongated shaft extending from the handle to a distal tip and including a working channel extending therethrough. The working channel is open at the distal tip of the shaft. The shaft is inserted through a bodily lumen to a target surgical site. The shaft includes at least one sensor transmitting to the processor sensor data relating to the target surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Pereira, Eric Wong, William Stanhope, Timothy Paul Harrah, Thomas Michael Zappia, Jr., Kimberly Degraaf, Adam Perry Nodiff
  • ENDOSCOPIC SCOPE DEVICE WITH A SENSOR
    Publication number: 20240293015
    Abstract: A scope system includes a processor and a scope device. The scope device includes a handle configured to remain outside of the body and an elongated shaft extending from the handle to a distal tip and including a working channel extending therethrough. The working channel is open at the distal tip of the shaft. The shaft is inserted through a bodily lumen to a target surgical site. The shaft includes at least one sensor transmitting to the processor sensor data relating to the target surgical site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. PEREIRA, Eric WONG, William STANHOPE, Timothy Paul HARRAH, Thomas Michael ZAPPIA, JR., Kimberly DEGRAAF, Adam Perry NODIFF
  • Endoscopic scope device with a sensor
    Patent number: 12016529
    Abstract: A scope system includes a processor and a scope device. The scope device includes a handle configured to remain outside of the body and an elongated shaft extending from the handle to a distal tip and including a working channel extending therethrough. The working channel is open at the distal tip of the shaft. The shaft is inserted through a bodily lumen to a target surgical site. The shaft includes at least one sensor transmitting to the processor sensor data relating to the target surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Pereira, Eric Wong, William Stanhope, Timothy Paul Harrah, Thomas Michael Zappia, Jr., Kimberly Degraaf, Adam Perry Nodiff
  • ENDOSCOPIC SCOPE DEVICE WITH A SENSOR
    Publication number: 20200196839
    Abstract: A scope system includes a processor and a scope device. The scope device includes a handle configured to remain outside of the body and an elongated shaft extending from the handle to a distal tip and including a working channel extending therethrough. The working channel is open at the distal tip of the shaft. The shaft is inserted through a bodily lumen to a target surgical site. The shaft includes at least one sensor transmitting to the processor sensor data relating to the target surgical site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Peter J. PEREIRA, Eric WONG, William STANHOPE, Timothy Paul HARRAH, Thomas Michael ZAPPIA, JR., Kimberly DEGRAAF, Adam Perry NODIFF
  • BUTTON ADAPTER FOR DISPOSABLE URETEROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20200154992
    Abstract: An adapter for a disposable medical scope device includes a body configured to be removably attached to a scope device. The adapter includes at least one button including an actuator configured to activate at least one circuit within a scope device to which it is attached. The body is configured to be electrically coupled to a control unit such that, when the circuit is activated by the button, a signal is sent from the adapter to the control unit to control the control unit's handling of output from the scope device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Michael ZAPPIA, JR., Niraj Prasad RAUNIYAR, Roy BROMANDER