Eric B Taylor

US Patent:

7404490, Jul 29, 2008

Filed:

Jun 15, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/152975

Inventors:

David J. Kennedy - Greenville IN, US
Eric W. Taylor - Greenville IN, US
John C. Vellinger - Floyds Knobs IN, US

Assignee:

SHOT, Inc. - Greenville IN

International Classification:

B03B 5/62
B03B 5/00

US Classification:

209208, 209210, 137561

Abstract:

The present invention relates to an improved apparatus and method for assembly for a cylindrical split-flow thin separation channel that is capable of continuously separating particles of interest from a suspension flowing through the channel. The apparatus provides better precision in the separation process by providing better flow characteristics at the inlet, outlet, and in the zone of separation. Splitter surfaces are provided that match the calculated theoretical Inlet Splitter Surface (ISS) and Outlet Splitter Surface (OSS). A flow distributor diverts the inlet carrier flow into a stable, circumferentially uniform, laminar annular flow. The design enables manufacturing and assembly methods to ensure precise alignment of the components to further improve the flow profiles within the separation channel and to ensure repeatability device-to-device.

US Patent:

8490713, Jul 23, 2013

Filed:

Oct 1, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/896324

Inventors:

Greg Furnish - Louisville KY, US
Eric Bielefeld - New Albany IN, US
Edwin Bon - Floyds Knobs IN, US
Eric Taylor - East Hampton CT, US
Peter Hathaway - Lebanon CT, US
Matthew Chowaniec - Middletown CT, US

Assignee:

Covidien LP - Mansfield MA

International Classification:

A61B 17/94

US Classification:

173 18, 606144

Abstract:

A handle assembly for operating an articulatable surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing; an actuation shaft translatably and rotatably supported in the housing; a first trigger supported on the housing and connected to the actuation shaft, the first trigger being configured to translate the actuation shaft to operate a first function of the surgical instrument; a second trigger supported on the housing and connected to the actuation shaft, the second trigger being configured to rotate the actuation shaft to operate a second function of the surgical instrument; and a second-trigger release supported in the housing, the second-trigger release having a first position blocking actuation of the second trigger and a second position permitting actuation of the second trigger, where the second-trigger release is actuated from the first position to the second position upon and complete actuation of the first trigger.

US Patent:

20130310848, Nov 21, 2013

Filed:

Jul 10, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/938345

Inventors:

Eric Bielefeld - New Albany IN, US
Edwin Bon - Floyds Knobs IN, US
Eric Taylor - East Hampton CT, US
Peter Hathaway - Lebanon CT, US
Matthew Chowaniec - Middletown CT, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/04

US Classification:

606130

Abstract:

A handle assembly for operating an articulatable surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing; an actuation shaft translatably and rotatably supported in the housing; a first trigger supported on the housing and connected to the actuation shaft, the first trigger being configured to translate the actuation shaft to operate a first function of the surgical instrument; a second trigger supported on the housing and connected to the actuation shaft, the second trigger being configured to rotate the actuation shaft to operate a second function of the surgical instrument; and a second-trigger release supported in the housing, the second-trigger release having a first position blocking actuation of the second trigger and a second position permitting actuation of the second trigger, where the second-trigger release is actuated from the first position to the second position upon and complete actuation of the first trigger.