221 patents
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Utility
Sterilization Test Device
18 Nov 21
A sterilization process test device for verifying the efficacy of a sterilization process includes a tubular body defining a chamber for containing at least one sterilization indicator and a cap to sealingly close the tubular body.
Anthony J. Fiorello, Christopher J. Lannan
Filed: 18 May 20
Utility
Medical device support system having hub access opening
16 Nov 21
A medical device support system including a central shaft, an extension arm, and a brake assembly.
Lance Clark Bellows, Christopher Roy Mohr
Filed: 22 Jul 19
Utility
Retrieval device
9 Nov 21
An endoscopic device for retrieving an object from within a human body is disclosed.
Terra Cherry, Aaron Boyce, Christopher J. Kaye, Cynthia Ann Ranallo, Alex Uspenski
Filed: 5 Oct 15
Utility
Method of assembling endoscope optical components
26 Oct 21
An optical component assembly method including shrinking a first end of a heat shrink tube about a first optical component, inserting a loading portion of a loading tube into a second end of the heat shrink tube, radially-inserting a plurality of optical components into a staging portion of the loading tube thereby forming a line of optical components, the staging portion being seamlessly coupled to and integrally-formed with the loading portion, moving the line of optical components from the staging portion into the loading portion, and removing the loading portion from between the line of optical components and the heat shrink tube thereby depositing the line of optical components in the heat shrink tube.
Shusheng Ye, Zoltan A. Bodor
Filed: 16 Jul 20
Utility
Sterilization process challenge device
19 Oct 21
A sterilization process challenge device configured to test the efficacy of a sterilization process includes a tubular body for containing at least one sterilization indicator and a filter assembly including at least one filter member.
Harry Bala
Filed: 6 Apr 18
Utility
System for Detecting and Indicating Container Volume Variations
7 Oct 21
A system for detecting and indicating variations in volume of chemicals in a container is provided.
Xavier Elie-Dit-Cosaque, Hugo St-Jean, Louis-Philippe Gaudreau, Daniel Rochette, Luc Tremblay, Jaime Estevez
Filed: 15 Jun 21
Utility
End Effectors Actuation Platform
30 Sep 21
An endoscopic device includes a base, one or more end effectors, and an actuating assembly.
John P. Winstanley, Keith R. John, Paul Martino, Joseph Michelini
Filed: 14 Jun 21
Utility
Light Head Having Camera Assembly Integrated In Handle and Surgical Lighting System Including Same
30 Sep 21
A surgical lighting system includes a light head housing, a handle, a camera, and an optical fiber cable.
Breese J. Watson, Gregory Turcovsky, Steven H. Rus, James Kenneth Cairns, Purushottam Parajuli
Filed: 25 Mar 21
Utility
Articulatable Surgical Lighting System Having High Bandwidth Transmission from Light Head
30 Sep 21
A surgical lighting system includes a central shaft, a surgical light head, an extension arm, a load balancing arm, and a yoke assembly.
Michael Evan Hollopeter, Ian Hugh Cook, Purushottam Parajuli, Lance Clark Bellows
Filed: 25 Mar 21
Utility
360 Degrees Plus Rotation Camera Module for Surgical Light Head Handle
30 Sep 21
A surgical lighting system and a method of rotating a camera of a surgical lighting system includes a light head housing including a plurality of light emitting elements arranged to emit light downward to a region of interest, a handle mounted to and protruding downward from the light head housing, the handle including a handle housing having a sufficient size to be gripped by the human hand, and a camera assembly mounted within the handle housing and including a camera having a field of view that encompasses at least a portion of the region of interest.
Breese J. Watson, Gregory Turcovsky
Filed: 22 Mar 21
Utility
In-line Gas Adaptor for Endoscopic Apparatus
23 Sep 21
The present invention provides an adaptor that is suitable for attachment to an endoscopic device for delivery of a secondary gas.
Jeffrey B. Cushner, Kenneth W. Locke, Christopher R. Stebbins, Kenneth E. Wolcott
Filed: 5 Apr 21
Utility
Method of Forming and Incorporating a Polymeric Lens Within a Lens Housing
23 Sep 21
A method for forming a lens housing containing a polymeric lens including inserting a mandrel having a distal face with negative features of the desired polymeric lens into a cylinder and filling a reservoir formed between the distal face and a distal end of the cylinder with a curable polymeric lens material.
Peter Pal BODOR
Filed: 20 Mar 20
Utility
Interface/pouch Design for Aseptic Opening of Sterilization Pouch
23 Sep 21
A sterilizable pouch includes at least one sheet, wherein outer peripheral edges of the at least one sheet are sealed together to define a pouch having an interior space for receiving an article therein.
Nancy A. ROBINSON, Janet E. MESZAROS
Filed: 13 Aug 20
Utility
Handle device
21 Sep 21
A handle device, in particular a surgical-tool handle device, with a first handle element and a second handle element, and with a shear joint by means of which the two handle elements are connected pivotably and separably, and with a coupling unit, which is configured to keep the two handle elements together counter to a separation direction and which comprises at least one coupling element that is configured to establish, depending on a relative position of the handle elements, a form-fit connection of the handle elements counter to the separation direction.
Axel Dannoritzer, Stefan Rauch, Harald Fuchs, Gerlinde Klaiber, Julian Dannoritzer
Filed: 29 Oct 15
Utility
Container for hydrogen peroxide solutions
21 Sep 21
This invention relates to a container for storing an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution, the container comprising: walls formed from a gas permeable, liquid impermeable polymeric material, the walls being capable of permitting gas to escape from the container through the walls to avoid build-up of pressure within the container while retaining liquid within the container, the polymeric material having a gas transmission rate in the range from about 0.05 to about 0.5 cubic centimeters of gas per square centimeter of polymeric material per 24 hours at 25° C.
Jonathan Richard Bell
Filed: 17 Jul 17
Utility
Endoscopic Snare Device
16 Sep 21
A tissue removal tool includes a body, a conduit, a loop, and a transmitting assembly.
Alex Uspenski, John P. Winstanley, Cynthia Ranallo, Christopher J. Kaye, Reza Mohammadpour, Michael Simenc, Craig Moore, Tony Martella, Nicholas R. Marciniak
Filed: 5 Mar 21
Utility
Refractive lens array assembly
7 Sep 21
A refractive lens array assembly for integrated, adjustable beam spreading and bending, said refractive lens array comprising: (i) a first optical element including a top face having a stepped surface or a generally planar wedge-shaped surface, and a bottom face having a curved surface; and (ii) a second optical element including a top face having a curved surface, and a bottom face having a stepped surface or a generally planar wedge-shaped surface.
David Jesurun
Filed: 21 Dec 20
Design
Medical device treatment system
7 Sep 21
Brian Milliff
Filed: 5 Aug 19
Utility
Microforceps
19 Aug 21
A forceps device includes forceps deployable through a needle.
Scott Haack, Eric Roush, Alexis Uspenski, John P. Winstanley
Filed: 3 Mar 21
Utility
Lighting Assembly and Light Head Including Same
5 Aug 21
A lighting assembly includes a light transmissive substrate extending along a length and including a light emission portion including opposed first and second major surfaces spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction, an inner edge surface extending between the first and second major surfaces in the thickness direction, and an outer edge surface opposed the inner edge surface and extending in the thickness direction.
David A. Westenfelder, II, Michael Hollopeter, Jill A. Sanders, Martin R. Kraig
Filed: 28 Jan 21