Patents by Inventor Thomas Ralph Blackburn, III

Thomas Ralph Blackburn, III 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: 20220331156
    Abstract: Implant delivery devices, methods of device assembly and methods of using those devices are presented where the delivery device uses an automatic implant delivery mechanism that eliminates variability in pusher wire speeds by providing a needle assembly having one or more implants positioned within a proximal end of a needle cannula, a dampener assembly and a shuttle assembly located within a housing along with the activation member which holds the shuttle assembly in cocked or pre-tensioned state. A lock can be engaged with the activation member to prevent premature firing or triggering of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Leo Anthony Trevino, Cheng Lin, Tyler Pegoraro, Stuart Williams, Thomas Shepard, Peter Andrew Smith, Matthew Charles Walker, Andrew John Corson, Thomas Ralph Blackburn, III, Stephen James Couse
  • Patent number: 10940247
    Abstract: A surgical collection assembly for filtering material from liquid obtained during surgery. A jar having an inlet and an outlet each adapted for connection to a suction line. A set of orientation features to position an upper portion of a collection basket within the jar such that an upper portion of the collection basket does not impede a flow of material entering the jar through the inlet. A bottom surface with a pattern of recessed paths in the bottom surface, the pattern of recessed paths connected to the outlet. A plunger assembly that may be reversibly attached to the jar so that a distal end of a plunger may be used to compress collected material within the collection basket to help remove fluid from the collected material. For certain uses, the surgical collection assembly may have a simple jar lid without an integrated plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Tobra Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Gretchen Willard, Eli Breeden Nichols, Thomas Ralph Blackburn, III, Theodore J. Mosler
  • Publication number: 20190167869
    Abstract: A surgical collection assembly for filtering material from liquid obtained during surgery. A jar having an inlet and an outlet each adapted for connection to a suction line. A set of orientation features to position an upper portion of a collection basket within the jar such that an upper portion of the collection basket does not impede a flow of material entering the jar through the inlet. A bottom surface with a pattern of recessed paths in the bottom surface, the pattern of recessed paths connected to the outlet. A plunger assembly that may be reversibly attached to the jar so that a distal end of a plunger may be used to compress collected material within the collection basket to help remove fluid from the collected material. For certain uses, the surgical collection assembly may have a simple jar lid without an integrated plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Gretchen WILLARD, Eli Breeden NICHOLS, Thomas Ralph BLACKBURN, III, Theodore J. MOSLER
  • Publication number: 20180043068
    Abstract: A surgical collection assembly for filtering material from liquid obtained during surgery. A jar having an inlet and an outlet each adapted for connection to a suction line. A set of orientation features to position an upper portion of a collection basket within the jar such that an upper portion of the collection basket does not impede a flow of material entering the jar through the inlet. A bottom surface with a pattern of recessed paths in the bottom surface, the pattern of recessed paths connected to the outlet. A plunger assembly that may be reversibly attached to the jar so that a distal end of a plunger may be used to compress collected material within the collection basket to help remove fluid from the collected material. For certain uses, the surgical collection assembly may have a simple jar lid without an integrated plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Gretchen WILLARD, Eli Breeden NICHOLS, Thomas Ralph BLACKBURN, III, Theodore J. MOSLER
  • Patent number: 9872944
    Abstract: A surgical collection assembly for filtering material from liquid obtained during surgery. A jar having an inlet and an outlet each adapted for connection to a suction line. A set of orientation features to position an upper portion of a collection basket within the jar such that an upper portion of the collection basket does not impede a flow of material entering the jar through the inlet. A bottom surface with a pattern of recessed paths in the bottom surface, the pattern of recessed paths connected to the outlet. A plunger assembly that may be reversibly attached to the jar so that a distal end of a plunger may be used to compress collected material within the collection basket to help remove fluid from the collected material. For certain uses, the surgical collection assembly may have a simple jar lid without an integrated plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: TOBRA MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Gretchen Willard, Eli Breeden Nichols, Thomas Ralph Blackburn, III, Theodore J. Mosler