Patents by Inventor Todd Omaits

Todd Omaits 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).

  • Elliptical intraluminal surgical stapler for anastomosis
    Publication number: 20070175963
    Abstract: A surgical stapler includes a head in which a plurality of staples are stored. The head includes a facing surface. The stapler also includes an anvil having an anvil surface shaped and dimensioned for forming the staples upon actuation of the surgical stapler, the anvil including a facing surface opposed to the facing surface of the head for mating engagement therewith. The facing surface of the head is obliquely oriented relative to a longitudinal axis of the head creating an elliptical staple line when the head is brought into contact with anvil during actuation of the surgical stapler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Federico Bilotti, George Pomeroy, Todd Omaits, Laszlo Csiky, Mark Neurohr, Alessandro Pastorelli