Patents by Inventor Timoth J. Bahney

Timoth J. Bahney 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: 20100057078
    Abstract: An electrosurgical apparatus for performing a surgical procedure includes a housing having an elongated flexible shaft with proximal and distal ends. The shaft having a plurality of tubes disposed therein that define a corresponding plurality of working channels configured to house a corresponding plurality of surgical instruments. An actuator is dimensioned for selective reciprocation within the shaft and configured to operably engage one or more of the corresponding plurality of surgical instruments and deploy the corresponding surgical instrument to an operating cavity as needed during a surgical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Gene H. Arts, Timoth J. Bahney, John D. Carlton, Duane E. Kerr, William Nau