Richard M Grant

US Patent:

6503257, Jan 7, 2003

Filed:

May 7, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/850281

Inventors:

Richard L. Grant - Cincinnati OH
Sudhir B. Patel - Mason OH
Troy A. McMillen - Mason OH

Assignee:

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61F 202

US Classification:

606151, 606148, 606156, 606232, 623 11, 623 2

Abstract:

A method for releasing buttress material from a stapling instrument when the buttress is attached to the instrument by an adhesive is disclosed. The method includes providing stapling instrument comprising first and a second opposed tissue clamping members movable between an open position, for receiving tissue therebetween, and a closed position for stapling tissue therebetween. At least one of the first and second clamping members houses a plurality of staples, and a strip of buttress material is releasably attached to the first tissue clamping member by an adhesive. The method then involves moving the instrument to its open position and inserting tissue between the clamping members. Thereafter, the method involves releasing the buttress material from attachment to the first clamping member by closing the instrument and stapling the buttress material to the tissue. Whereby the movement of the staples breaks the adhesive bond and releases the buttress material from the first clamping member.

US Patent:

6592597, Jul 15, 2003

Filed:

May 7, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/850369

Inventors:

Richard L. Grant - Cincinnati OH
David A. Dalessandro - Fanwood NJ

Assignee:

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61B 1708

US Classification:

606151, 606195, 606214, 623 142, 2271751

Abstract:

A surgical stapling instrument for clamping and stapling tissue. The instrument has a handle and first and a second opposed tissue clamping members connected to the handle. The members are movable between an open position for receiving tissue therebetween and a closed position for stapling tissue therebetween. At least one of the first and second clamping members houses a plurality of staples. The device also includes a strip of buttress material releasably attached to at least one of the first and second tissue clamping members by a hot melt adhesive. The buttress material disposed on the clamping member such that the staples can attach the buttress material to tissue between the clamping members.

US Patent:

6656193, Dec 2, 2003

Filed:

May 7, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/850374

Inventors:

Richard L. Grant - Cincinnati OH
Mark S. Zeiner - Batavia OH
Geoff Hueil - Mason OH
Kenneth Wales - Mason OH
Dean L. Garner - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61B 1704

US Classification:

606151, 606139, 606219, 606220, 2271751, 2271752, 2271761, 2271791

Abstract:

An assembly for releasably attaching a buttress material onto a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device is disclosed. The assembly has a substantially rigid frame for connecting to a top surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when the assembly is disposed thereon. A buttress material is attached to first and second sides of the frame for abutting against a bottom surface of a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device when the assembly is disposed thereon.

US Patent:

8192488, Jun 5, 2012

Filed:

May 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/886134

Inventors:

S. George Lesinski - Cincinati OH, US
Armand P. Neukermans - Portola Valley CA, US
Richard L. Grant - Cincinnati OH, US
Kevyn Irving - Mason OH, US

Assignee:

Otokinetics Inc. - Salt Lake City UT

International Classification:

A61F 2/18

US Classification:

623 10

Abstract:

A set of fenestration burrs, for fenestrating otic capsule bone (), includes an initial burr () and a sequence of fenestration polishing burrs (). A polishing burr (), of each of the burrs (), carries at least one spiraling flute (′). Fenestrations () piercing the bone () formed using the burrs () exhibit uniform diameters while excluding bone dust from the inner ear. An implantable casing () includes a hollow collar () from which projects a hollow sleeve () receivable into the fenestration (). The casing () is secured there by at least one prong () jutting from the sleeve (). A therapeutic appliance () is insertable into the casing (). A flange () extending from one end of the sleeve () carries at least one L-shaped slot () open at one end and extending circumferentially around the flange ().

US Patent:

20040037866, Feb 26, 2004

Filed:

Aug 19, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/643664

Inventors:

John Semertzides - Cincinnati OH, US
Richard Grant - Cincinnati OH, US

International Classification:

A61F002/00

US Classification:

424/423000, 424/093700

Abstract:

Compositions and methods are described for the treatment and prevention of abdominal and thoracic adhesions as well as other adhesions using a cell-sustaining and surface-separating composition that nourishes and sustains grafted or present non-keratinizing (i.e. nonepidermal) epithelial cells. The composition is preferably a suspension of viable epithelial cells in a polymerizable, absorbable composition, such as fibrin glue, that will provide separation of the organ surfaces and nourishment to seeded and grafted cells.

US Patent:

20050043796, Feb 24, 2005

Filed:

Jul 1, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/883223

Inventors:

Richard Grant - Cincinnati OH, US
Joseph Young - Loveland OH, US
Steven Henderson - Loveland OH, US

International Classification:

A61F002/44

US Classification:

623017110, 623017160, 606086000

Abstract:

A device and method for repairing spinal discs in which the nucleus has been damaged. A central section of the nucleus is cored out using a device which ablates the tissue using RF energy. A nucleus implant comprising a shape memory material is placed in the central section of the disc through a cannula, which implant is activated by body heat to expand and fill the central section, such that the implant emulates the functions and strength of the disc's natural nucleus.

US Patent:

20050119613, Jun 2, 2005

Filed:

Dec 8, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/007410

Inventors:

Stephen Moenning - Punta Gorda FL, US
Richard Grant - Cincinnati OH, US
Kevyn Irving - Mason OH, US

International Classification:

A61M031/00

US Classification:

604093010, 604264000

Abstract:

A medical apparatus for dispensing a biologically active liquid includes a trocar-cannula complex configured to be inserted through selected tissue of a patient and including a cannula and an elongated trocar having a closed converging tip at a distal end thereof and a fluid delivery channel. The cannula includes a working channel through which medical instruments may be advanced. A fluid delivery device may be removably coupled to the cannula. The fluid delivery device includes an inner portion adapted to receive the biologically active liquid, an outer surface adapted to contact the tissue of the patient, and at least one pathway from the inner portion to the outer surface for delivering the biologically active liquid from the inner portion to the outer surface when the outer surface is in contact with the tissue.

US Patent:

20110257581, Oct 20, 2011

Filed:

Apr 19, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/762543

Inventors:

Pawel W. Koziczynski - Warszawa, PL
Richard L. Grant - Cincinnati OH, US

Assignee:

GOLD THREAD LLC - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61M 5/00

US Classification:

604 11

Abstract:

A filament implant system including an insertion needle including an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of the elongated body including a penetrating tip, and a filament releasably connected to the insertion needle such that the filament is engaged with the insertion needle when the insertion needle is advanced into tissue distally along the longitudinal axis and the filament is disengaged from the insertion needle when the insertion needle is withdrawn from the tissue proximally along the longitudinal axis.