Patents by Inventor Tony Asher

Tony Asher 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: 20160249974
    Abstract: An electrosurgical forceps device, including a first arm having a first distal end. A second arm having a second distal end is included, the first arm and the second arm being pivotally coupled together. The first arm includes a first electrode at the first distal end and the second arm includes a second electrode at the second distal end. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to deliver bipolar radiofrequency energy to the tissue. At least one moveable finger grip is disposed on at least one the first arm and the second arm. The device is transitionable between a first configuration, in which the first arm and the second arm are configured to grasp tissue between the first end and the second end, and a second configuration, in which at least one of the first arm and the second arm defines scissors configured to mechanically cut tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLC
    Inventors: Tony Asher, Eliot F. Bloom
  • Publication number: 20140148801
    Abstract: A surgical device includes a longitudinal first leg having a first distal tip portion pivotably coupled to a longitudinal second leg having a second distal tip portion. The first and second legs are transitionable between a first position such that the first and second tip portions are spaced apart from each other and a second position where the first and second tip portions are proximate each other. The first tip portion includes a concave face and the second tip portion includes a convex face configured such that the first and second faces oppose each other in the first and second positions and touch each other in the second position. The convex face fits within the concave face in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLC
    Inventors: Tony Asher, Roger D. Greeley, Anthony R. DePasqua