Patents by Inventor William Nau

William Nau 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).

  • Catheter with remotely extendible instruments
    Patent number: 8303581
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Gene H. Arts, Timothy J. Bahney, John D. Carlton, Duane E. Kerr, William Nau
  • Catheter With Remotely Extendible Instruments
    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