Patents by Inventor Yuri Belman
Yuri Belman 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).
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Patent number: 11439387Abstract: Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods for maintaining a position and orientation of a suture needle at a fixed location relative to a suturing device. An exemplary device include a clamp having opposing grasping surfaces for grasping the needle at a first location, and a needle contacting surface for contacting the needle at a second location, the second location a distance axially away from the first location so as to inhibit unintended movement of the needle relative to the device, which may include rotation of the needle about the first location and rotation of the needle about its axis. In many embodiments, the device includes a first and second clamp and a mechanism for alternating grasping of the needle between the first and second clamp. The device may also be incorporated into a single-clamp needle grasping device.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc.Inventors: Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Publication number: 20220240964Abstract: Cartridges and methods for ligation or dissection and ligation of tubular tissue structures are described. The cartridges and methods provide a means for efficient dissection and application of one or more ligatures by a single user using a single cartridge resulting in effective closure of a vessel or other tubular tissue structure by placement of a ligature at the desired location resulting in the desired tissue margin or stump.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventor: Yuri Belman
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Patent number: 11337690Abstract: Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods for maintaining a position and orientation of a suture needle at a fixed location relative to a suturing device. An exemplary device include a clamp having opposing grasping surfaces for grasping the needle at a first location, and a needle contacting surface for contacting the needle at a second location, the second location a distance axially away from the first location so as to inhibit unintended movement of the needle relative to the device, which may include rotation of the needle about the first location and rotation of the needle about its axis. In many embodiments, the device includes a first and second clamp and a mechanism for alternating grasping of the needle between the first and second clamp. The device may also be incorporated into a single-clamp needle grasping device.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: BOSS INSTRUMENTS, LTD., INC.Inventors: Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Patent number: 11045186Abstract: Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods for loading a needle in a suturing device, particularly standard surgical needles. An exemplary device includes a body having one or more clamps for grasping a needle and a needle loader supporting the needle in a delivery position suitable for advancing through a minimally invasive aperture and a needle loading position suitable for grasping with a clamp of the device. Preferably, the needle loader includes an elongate body having a rotatable needle holding member and is releasably coupleable with the device body such that the needle is moveable between positions from a proximal portion of the device. Methods includes selecting a standard surgical needle, advancing the needle loader device into a body of a patient, and moving the needle to a needle loading position for grasping and suturing with one or more clamps of the device.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: BOSS INSTRUMENTS, LTD., INC.Inventors: Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Publication number: 20190282228Abstract: Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods for maintaining a position and orientation of a suture needle at a fixed location relative to a suturing device. An exemplary device include a clamp having opposing grasping surfaces for grasping the needle at a first location, and a needle contacting surface for contacting the needle at a second location, the second location a distance axially away from the first location so as to inhibit unintended movement of the needle relative to the device, which may include rotation of the needle about the first location and rotation of the needle about its axis. In many embodiments, the device includes a first and second clamp and a mechanism for alternating grasping of the needle between the first and second clamp. The device may also be incorporated into a single-clamp needle grasping device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Yuri BELMAN, Alexander Borisovich ZATYURYUKIN, Patricia A. MOORE
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Publication number: 20190117215Abstract: Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods for loading a needle in a suturing device, particularly standard surgical needles. An exemplary device includes a body having one or more clamps for grasping a needle and a needle loader supporting the needle in a delivery position suitable for advancing through a minimally invasive aperture and a needle loading position suitable for grasping with a clamp of the device. Preferably, the needle loader includes an elongate body having a rotatable needle holding member and is releasably coupleable with the device body such that the needle is moveable between positions from a proximal portion of the device. Methods includes selecting a standard surgical needle, advancing the needle loader device into a body of a patient, and moving the needle to a needle loading position for grasping and suturing with one or more clamps of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: BOSS INSTRUMENTS, LTD., INC.Inventors: Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A/ Moore
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Patent number: 9993244Abstract: Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods may hold a suture needle at a fixed location relative to a handle of the device, allowing the surgeon to grasp and manipulate the handle of the suturing device to insert the needle through tissues in a manner analogous to use of a standard needle gripper. Cycling the handle from a closed position to an open position and back to the closed position may alternate the device between gripping the needle with a first clamp (for example, along a proximal portion of the needle) to gripping the needle with a second clamp (for example, along a distal portion of the needle) and optionally back to gripping with the first clamp, with the needle often staying at a substantially fixed location relative to the altering device body. Related single-clamp needle grasping devices can be bent plastically by a surgeon, and/or have bodies that are grasped by a hand while a portion of the hand actuates a handle.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc.Inventors: Henry H. Hamilton, Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisvich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Patent number: 9986995Abstract: Medical suturing devices, systems, and methods will be useful for endoscopic or open surgeries, including ear, nose, and throat procedures. Articulation motions may be transferred from a handle to needle grasping jaws using an axial movement of a shaft. Portions of the devices may be disposable, replaceable, and/or reusable, with different needle-grasping jaws and/or different elongate extension bodies having different configurations optionally being selectably coupleably to an articulatable handle and housing so as to allow the user to configure the device for a particular procedure.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc.Inventors: Henry H. Hamilton, Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Publication number: 20160030036Abstract: Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods for loading a needle in a suturing device, particularly standard surgical needles. An exemplary device includes a body having one or more clamps for grasping a needle and a needle loader supporting the needle in a delivery position suitable for advancing through a minimally invasive aperture and a needle loading position suitable for grasping with a clamp of the device. Preferably, the needle loader includes an elongate body having a rotatable needle holding member and is releasably coupleable with the device body such that the needle is moveable between positions from a proximal portion of the device. Methods includes selecting a standard surgical needle, advancing the needle loader device into a body of a patient, and moving the needle to a needle loading position for grasping and suturing with one or more clamps of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Publication number: 20150190132Abstract: Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods may hold a suture needle at a fixed location relative to a handle of the device, allowing the surgeon to grasp and manipulate the handle of the suturing device to insert the needle through tissues in a manner analogous to use of a standard needle gripper. Cycling the handle from a closed position to an open position and back to the closed position may alternate the device between gripping the needle with a first clamp (for example, along a proximal portion of the needle) to gripping the needle with a second clamp (for example, along a distal portion of the needle) and optionally back to gripping with the first clamp, with the needle often staying at a substantially fixed location relative to the altering device body. Related single-clamp needle grasping devices can be bent plastically by a surgeon, and/or have bodies that are grasped by a hand while a portion of the hand actuates a handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Henry H. Hamilton, Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisvich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Publication number: 20150127025Abstract: Medical suturing devices, systems, and methods will be useful for endoscopic or open surgeries, including ear, nose, and throat procedures. Articulation motions may be transferred from a handle to needle grasping jaws using an axial movement of a shaft. Portions of the devices may be disposable, replaceable, and/or reusable, with different needle-grasping jaws and/or different elongate extension bodies having different configurations optionally being selectably coupleably to an articulatable handle and housing so as to allow the user to configure the device for a particular procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Henry H. Hamilton, Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Publication number: 20140288581Abstract: Medical suturing devices, systems, and methods will be useful for endoscopic or open surgeries, including ear, nose, and throat procedures. Articulation motions may be transferred from a handle to needle grasping jaws using an axial movement of a shaft. Portions of the devices may be disposable, replaceable, and/or reusable, with different needle-grasping jaws and/or different elongate extension bodies having different configurations optionally being selectably coupleably to an articulatable handle and housing so as to allow the user to configure the device for a particular procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2013Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: SUTURENETICS, INC.Inventors: Henry H. Hamilton, Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Publication number: 20140222036Abstract: Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods may hold a suture needle at a fixed location relative to a handle of the device, allowing the surgeon to grasp and manipulate the handle of the suturing device to insert the needle through tissues in a manner analogous to use of a standard needle gripper. Cycling the handle from a closed position to an open position and back to the closed position may alternate the device between gripping the needle with a first clamp (for example, along a proximal portion of the needle) to gripping the needle with a second clamp (for example, along a distal portion of the needle) and optionally back to gripping with the first clamp, with the needle often staying at a substantially fixed location relative to the suturing device body. Related single-clamp needle grasping devices can be bent plastically by a surgeon, and/or have bodies that are grasped by a hand while a portion of the hand actuates a handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Suturenetics, Inc.Inventors: Henry H. Hamilton, Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Patent number: 8685045Abstract: Medical suturing devices, systems, and methods will be useful for endoscopic (with or without access ports) or other surgeries in which access is limited, including ear, nose, and throat procedures. Articulation motions may be transferred from a handle to needle grasping jaws using an axial movement of a shaft that has axial stiffness (such as being stiff in compression) and lateral flexibility or an axial movement of a cable. An extension body (within which the shaft or cable moves) between the handle and jaws can be pre-bent or custom bent by the user. Portions of the devices may be disposable, replaceable, and/or reusable. A spring adjacent the clamp may open the clamp or impose a gripping force.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Suturenetics, Inc.Inventors: Henry H. Hamilton, Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Patent number: 8617187Abstract: Medical suturing devices, systems, and methods will be useful for endoscopic or open surgeries, including ear, nose, and throat procedures. Articulation motions may be transferred from a handle to needle grasping jaws using an axial movement of a shaft. Portions of the devices may be disposable, replaceable, and/or reusable, with different needle-grasping jaws and/or different elongate extension bodies having different configurations optionally being selectably coupleably to an articulatable handle and housing so as to allow the user to configure the device for a particular procedure.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Suturenetics, Inc.Inventors: Henry H. Hamilton, Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Patent number: 8603113Abstract: Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods may hold a suture needle at a fixed location relative to a handle of the device, allowing the surgeon to grasp and manipulate the handle of the suturing device to insert the needle through tissues in a manner analogous to use of a standard needle gripper. Cycling the handle from a closed position to an open position and back to the closed position may alternate the device between gripping the needle with a first clamp (for example, along a proximal portion of the needle) to gripping the needle with a second clamp (for example, along a distal portion of the needle) and optionally back to gripping with the first clamp, with the needle often staying at a substantially fixed location relative to the suturing device body. Related single-clamp needle grasping devices can be bent plastically by a surgeon, and/or have bodies that are grasped by a hand while a portion of the hand actuates a handle.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Suturenetics, Inc.Inventors: Henry H. Hamilton, Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Publication number: 20130060262Abstract: Medical suturing devices, systems, and methods will be useful for endoscopic (with or without access ports) or other surgeries in which access is limited, including ear, nose, and throat procedures. Articulation motions may be transferred from a handle to needle grasping jaws using an axial movement of a shaft that has axial stiffness (such as being stiff in compression) and lateral flexibility or an axial movement of a cable. An extension body (within which the shaft or cable moves) between the handle and jaws can be pre-bent or custom bent by the user. Portions of the devices may be disposable, replaceable, and/or reusable. A spring adjacent the clamp may open the clamp or impose a gripping force.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: Suturenetics, IncInventors: Henry H. Hamilton, Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Publication number: 20120316580Abstract: Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods for maintaining a position and orientation of a suture needle at a fixed location relative to a suturing device. An exemplary device include a clamp having opposing grasping surfaces for grasping the needle at a first location, and a needle contacting surface for contacting the needle at a second location, the second location a distance axially away from the first location so as to inhibit unintended movement of the needle relative to the device, which may include rotation of the needle about the first location and rotation of the needle about its axis. In many embodiments, the device includes a first and second clamp and a mechanism for alternating grasping of the needle between the first and second clamp. The device may also be incorporated into a single-clamp needle grasping device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: Suturenetics, Inc.Inventors: Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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Patent number: 8317805Abstract: Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods may hold a suture needle at a fixed location relative to a handle of the device, allowing the surgeon to grasp and manipulate the handle of the suturing device to insert the needle through tissues in a manner analogous to use of a standard needle gripper. Cycling the handle from a closed position to an open position and back to the closed position may alternate the device between gripping the needle with a first clamp (for example, along a proximal portion of the needle) to gripping the needle with a second clamp (for example, along a distal portion of the needle) and optionally back to gripping with the first clamp, with the needle often staying at a substantially fixed location relative to the suturing device body.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Suturenetics, Inc.Inventors: Henry Hamilton, Yuri Belman
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Patent number: 8257371Abstract: Medical suturing devices, systems, and methods will be useful for endoscopic (with or without access ports) or other surgeries in which access is limited, including ear, nose, and throat procedures. Articulation motions may be transferred from a handle to needle grasping jaws using an axial movement of a shaft that has axial stiffness (such as being stiff in compression) and lateral flexibility or an axial movement of a cable. An extension body (within which the shaft or cable moves) between the handle and jaws can be pre-bent or custom bent by the user. Portions of the devices may be disposable, replaceable, and/or reusable. A spring adjacent the clamp may open the clamp or impose a gripping force.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Suturenetics, Inc.Inventors: Henry H. Hamilton, Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore