Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Heartport, Inc.

Covidien LP

Other

C. R. Bard, Inc.

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Hologic, Inc.

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Taris Biomedical LLC

American Cyanamid Company

Angiodynamics, Inc.

Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.

United States Surgical Corporation

Brown University

Hearport, Inc.

Paul C DiCesare

Jeffrey A Stein

Hanson S Gifford, Iii

Lee R Bolduc

Jeffrey P Radziunas

William A Holmes

Peter F Costa

Danial Paul Ferreira

Patrick N Gutelius

Paul J Mulhauser

Christopher Austin Battles

Brandon Michael Zalewski

Scott J Prior

Roy H Sullivan, Iii

Arpan Desai

Kristian J DiMatteo

Ronald David Adams

Marc O Schurr

William Joseph Shaw

John A Griego

Gerhard F Buess

Robert B Devries

Roy Hewitt Sullivan

Fu-Chung Lin

Richmond R Cohen

Daniel Kalanovic

Andrew Barnes

Marc Tassy, Jr

William J Allen

Stephen J Perry

Mark Monroe

Eric Britschock

David Sutton

Dominick L Mastri

Joseph N Logan

Jeffrey A Karg

Ryan Scott Crisp

Michael Anthony Lorenz

William Harwick Gruber

Mark Newby

Brent Lee Burchfield

Daniel Vigliotti

A David Smith

James Steven Kenny

Patrick Gutileus

Daniel Paul Ferriera

Richard Barry Stevens

Bryan Dale Knodel

Richard A Cronenberg

Joseph W Blake, Iii

Richard A Gambale

Paul Mulhauser

Patrick Aebischer

Chris W Cicenas

Douglas M Spranger

Eric Karl Litscher

Peter J Lukin

Kevin J Vititoe

Paul Perry Kolada

Robert J Losada

Sharon A Mulligan

Ajit N Dastane

Albert Chun-Chi Chin

Daniel P Rodak

Bernard Hirshowitz

Chris Scott Daniels

Dimitrios Manoussakis

Eitan Rogel

John A Conners

Donald Anthony Coelho, Jr

Moses Goddard

Arthur C Mckinley

Jeffrey Stein

Amnon Levy

Melvin B Prenovitz

John Buonanno

Jesse R Plouffe

Bryce C Klontz, Jr

Joe Paul

Charles L Putnam

Jeffrey Karg

Chris W Clcenas

Doug Spranger

Thomas Whitlock

Julian Borgia, Deceased

Alexander R Gilat, Deceased

Ludwin M Mora

Jeffrey Radzuinas

A uterine manipulator includes a handle and a central shaft that extends distally from the handle. The central shaft includes a distal end portion supporting a balloon. The central shaft also supports a cervical cup. An occluder shaft is slidably supported on the central shaft. A non-inflatable plug is secured to the occluder shaft and configured to move with the occluder shaft as the occluder shaft slides along the central shaft.

Uterine manipulator with detachable cup and locking occluder

A uterine manipulator includes a cervical cup assembly having a cervical cup with an adjustable diameter to facilitate use of the uterine manipulator with patients having a wide range of cervical sizes. In embodiments, the cervical cup is formed from a plurality of slats that are connected to a base member by a living hinge. An actuator is positioned in relation to the cervical cup to move the slats towards or away from adjacent slats to vary the diameter of the cervical cup.

Uterine manipulator with adjustable cervical cup

A system includes an access cannula, a deployment cannula having a plurality of engagement arms, and a containment bag. The deployment cannula is slidable within the access cannula between an initial condition, wherein the engagement arms are retained in a contracted configuration, and a deployed condition, wherein the engagement arms are disposed in an expanded configuration. The containment bag includes an open end portion configured to receive the first elongated tubular member and the second elongated tubular member. In the initial condition, a portion of the containment bag towards the open end portion is positioned adjacent at least one of the first elongated tubular member or the second elongated tubular member. In the deployed condition, the portion of the containment bag is expanded such that the portion of the containment bag is spaced-apart from the at least one of the first elongated tubular member or the second elongated tubular member.

Systems and methods for large tissue specimen removal

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an end effector for use with a surgical device is provided. The end effector includes a drive assembly, a driver, a needle assembly and a biasing element. The driver is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the drive assembly. Rotation of the drive assembly in a first direction causes distal translation of the driver with respect to the drive assembly. The needle assembly is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the driver. Distal translation of the driver causes a corresponding distal translation of the needle assembly. The biasing element is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the needle assembly and is configured to bias the needle assembly proximally.

Surgical end effectors

The present disclosure provides a cannula assembly having a tube with an internal lumen, a proximal end portion and a distal end portion configured for insertion into a patient. The cannula assembly further includes a housing rotatably coupled to the tube between a closed position and one or more open positions. The housing contains an electronic component comprising an image transmission device, such as a camera, for collecting and receiving images of the surgical site. The housing is adapted to provide the image transmission device with a longitudinal or forward view when the housing is in the closed position and a transverse view (i.e., offset from the longitudinal axis) when the housing is in one of the open positions. The housing is disposed distal to the proximal end portion and proximal to the distal end portion of the tube to protect the image transmission device as the distal end portion creates an incision and/or passes through an existing incision in the patient.

Cannula assembly with deployable camera

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an end effector for use with a surgical device is provided. The end effector includes a driver, a clip assembly, a needle assembly, and biasing element. The clip assembly is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the driver. Rotation of the driver results in longitudinal translation of the clip assembly. The needle assembly is selectively engaged with the clip assembly. The biasing element is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the needle assembly and is configured to bias the needle assembly proximally.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an end effector for use with a surgical device is provided. The end effector includes a drive assembly, a driver, a needle assembly, and a follower. The drive assembly includes a first helical groove. Rotation of the drive assembly in a first direction causes distal translation of the driver with respect to the drive assembly. The needle assembly is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the driver. Distal translation of the driver causes a corresponding distal translation of the needle assembly. The follower is configured to engage the first helical groove of the drive assembly. When the follower is engaged with the first helical groove, rotation of the drive assembly in the first direction causes distal translation of the follower with respect to the drive assembly.

Implantable drug delivery devices are provided to have a deployment shape for implantation in the body and a retention shape for retention in the body. The device may have one or more elongated drug reservoirs containing a drug, and the drug reservoir may be formed from a deformable material. In one case, a first filament is attached to the first end of the drug reservoir and second filament is attached to the second end of the drug reservoir, wherein a fastener is positioned about the first and second filaments to permit shortening and prevent lengthening of the filaments with reference to the ends of the drug reservoir, as a means for transforming the device from the implantation shape to the retention shape.

Drug delivery devices for deployment in genitourinary sites

A tissue removal system includes a morcellator having a cannula comprising a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, a sidewall, and at least one lumen extending between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion. A cutting blade is disposed within a lumen of the cannula. Also included is a tissue shield that has an expandable frame element and a shield element attached to the expandable frame element, wherein the tissue shield serves to isolate non-target tissues from at least the cutting blade of the system so that such tissues remain unaffected by a surgical procedure conducted with the system.

Surgical system with expandable shield

Implantable drug delivery devices for genitourinary sites

Endoscopic devices and methods used for fastening multiple tissue layers, such as, for example, an endoscopic fundoplication procedure, are disclosed. The device may include, for example, an elongated tubular member having a proximal end for extending outside of the body and a distal end for positioning proximate the multiple tissue layers, a grasper configured for positioning proximate the distal end of the tubular member and for grasping at least one of the multiple tissue layers, a device coupled to the distal end of the tubular member for folding the multiple tissue layers together, a tissue fastener configured to be inserted into the tissue layers to hold the tissue layers together, and a fastener head for inserting the tissue fastener into the tissue layers.

Devices and methods for fastening tissue layers

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Easton, CT, United States of America

Paul C DiCesare