Surgery – Instruments – Blunt dissectors
Reexamination Certificate
2003-03-19
2010-06-29
Nguyen, Anhtuan T (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Blunt dissectors
C600S184000, C600S207000, C604S096010, C606S191000, C606S195000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07744617
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for tissue dissection and instrument anchoring and methods for using such apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a cannula, a dissection balloon releasably attached to the cannula at the distal end, an anchoring balloon disposed on the cannula, and a means for inflating both balloons.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1060350 (1913-04-01), Miller
patent: 1275520 (1918-08-01), Bell
patent: 1947649 (1934-02-01), Kadavy
patent: 2663020 (1953-12-01), Cushman
patent: 3039468 (1962-06-01), Price
patent: 3168092 (1965-02-01), Daniel Silverman
patent: 3626949 (1971-12-01), Shute
patent: 3774596 (1973-11-01), Cook
patent: 3782370 (1974-01-01), McDonald
patent: 3831587 (1974-08-01), Boyd
patent: 3863639 (1975-02-01), Kleaveland
patent: 3882852 (1975-05-01), Sinnreich
patent: 3961632 (1976-06-01), Moossun
patent: 4077412 (1978-03-01), Moossun
patent: 4083369 (1978-04-01), Sinnreich
patent: 4137906 (1979-02-01), Akiyama et al.
patent: 4183102 (1980-01-01), Guiset
patent: 4240433 (1980-12-01), Bordow
patent: 4254762 (1981-03-01), Yoon
patent: 4271839 (1981-06-01), Fogarty et al.
patent: 4291687 (1981-09-01), Sinnreich
patent: 4318410 (1982-03-01), Chin
patent: 4357940 (1982-11-01), Muller
patent: 4364392 (1982-12-01), Strother et al.
patent: 4430076 (1984-02-01), Harris
patent: 4447227 (1984-05-01), Kotsanis
patent: 4493711 (1985-01-01), Chin et al.
patent: 4535773 (1985-08-01), Yoon
patent: 4589410 (1986-05-01), Miller
patent: 4598699 (1986-07-01), Garren et al.
patent: 4601710 (1986-07-01), Moll
patent: 4630609 (1986-12-01), Chin
patent: 4651717 (1987-03-01), Jakubczak
patent: 4654030 (1987-03-01), Moll et al.
patent: 4661095 (1987-04-01), Taller et al.
patent: 4685447 (1987-08-01), Iversen et al.
patent: 4709697 (1987-12-01), Muller
patent: 4744363 (1988-05-01), Hasson
patent: 4775371 (1988-10-01), Muller, Jr.
patent: 4779611 (1988-10-01), Grooters et al.
patent: 4784133 (1988-11-01), Mackin
patent: 4800901 (1989-01-01), Rosenberg
patent: 4863440 (1989-09-01), Chin
patent: 4913701 (1990-04-01), Tower
patent: 4919152 (1990-04-01), Ger
patent: 4944443 (1990-07-01), Oddsen et al.
patent: 4966583 (1990-10-01), Debbas
patent: 4984564 (1991-01-01), Yuen
patent: 5002557 (1991-03-01), Hasson
patent: 5007898 (1991-04-01), Rosenbluth et al.
patent: 5029574 (1991-07-01), Shimamura et al.
patent: 5082005 (1992-01-01), Kaldany
patent: 5083576 (1992-01-01), Ruiz-Razura et al.
patent: 5122122 (1992-06-01), Allgood
patent: 5122155 (1992-06-01), Eberback
patent: 5137512 (1992-08-01), Burns et al.
patent: 5141515 (1992-08-01), Eberbach
patent: 5147316 (1992-09-01), Castillenti
patent: 5163949 (1992-11-01), Bonutti
patent: 5176128 (1993-01-01), Andrese
patent: 5176687 (1993-01-01), Hasson et al.
patent: 5176692 (1993-01-01), Wilk et al.
patent: 5176697 (1993-01-01), Hasson et al.
patent: 5183463 (1993-02-01), Debbas
patent: 5183464 (1993-02-01), Dubrul et al.
patent: 5188630 (1993-02-01), Christoudias
patent: 5195507 (1993-03-01), Bilweis
patent: 5195972 (1993-03-01), Inoue
patent: 5197948 (1993-03-01), Ghodsian
patent: 5197971 (1993-03-01), Bonuitti
patent: 5269753 (1993-12-01), Wilk
patent: 5295994 (1994-03-01), Bonutti
patent: 5308327 (1994-05-01), Heaven et al.
patent: 5309896 (1994-05-01), Moll et al.
patent: 5318586 (1994-06-01), Ereren
patent: 5330497 (1994-07-01), Freitas et al.
patent: 5331975 (1994-07-01), Bonutti
patent: 5334146 (1994-08-01), Ozasa
patent: 5354270 (1994-10-01), Wilk et al.
patent: 5359995 (1994-11-01), Sewell, Jr.
patent: 5361752 (1994-11-01), Moll et al.
patent: 5366442 (1994-11-01), Wang et al.
patent: 5419765 (1995-05-01), Weldon et al.
patent: 5425357 (1995-06-01), Moll et al.
patent: 5425760 (1995-06-01), Rosenberg
patent: 5445615 (1995-08-01), Yoon
patent: 5468248 (1995-11-01), Chin et al.
patent: 5478320 (1995-12-01), Trotta
patent: 5484420 (1996-01-01), Russo
patent: 5496345 (1996-03-01), Kieturakis et al.
patent: 5514091 (1996-05-01), Yoon
patent: 5514153 (1996-05-01), Bonutti
patent: 5522790 (1996-06-01), Moll et al.
patent: 5540711 (1996-07-01), Kieturakis et al.
patent: 5549625 (1996-08-01), Bircoll
patent: 5575759 (1996-11-01), Moll et al.
patent: 5601581 (1997-02-01), Fogarty et al.
patent: 5601589 (1997-02-01), Fogarty et al.
patent: 5607441 (1997-03-01), Sierocuk et al.
patent: 5607443 (1997-03-01), Kieturakis et al.
patent: 5653726 (1997-08-01), Kieturakis
patent: 5656013 (1997-08-01), Yoon
patent: 5667479 (1997-09-01), Kieturakis
patent: 5681342 (1997-10-01), Benchetrit
patent: 5693031 (1997-12-01), Ryan et al.
patent: 5707382 (1998-01-01), Sierocuk et al.
patent: 5713869 (1998-02-01), Morejon
patent: 5720762 (1998-02-01), Bass
patent: 5725545 (1998-03-01), Bircoll
patent: 5730748 (1998-03-01), Fogarty et al.
patent: 5738628 (1998-04-01), Sierocuk
patent: 5746762 (1998-05-01), Bass
patent: 5762604 (1998-06-01), Kieturakis
patent: 5779728 (1998-07-01), Lunsford et al.
patent: 5782813 (1998-07-01), Yoon
patent: 5797947 (1998-08-01), Mollenauer
patent: 5814060 (1998-09-01), Fogarty et al.
patent: 5823947 (1998-10-01), Yoon et al.
patent: 5865802 (1999-02-01), Yoon et al.
patent: 5868707 (1999-02-01), Williams et al.
patent: 5873880 (1999-02-01), Williams et al.
patent: 5876376 (1999-03-01), Schwab et al.
patent: 5964730 (1999-10-01), Williams et al.
patent: 5972015 (1999-10-01), Scribner et al.
patent: 5984942 (1999-11-01), Alden et al.
patent: 6007483 (1999-12-01), Kieturakis
patent: 6055989 (2000-05-01), Rehnke
patent: 6120437 (2000-09-01), Yoon et al.
patent: 6146401 (2000-11-01), Yoon et al.
patent: 6152895 (2000-11-01), Wilk
patent: 6159219 (2000-12-01), Ren
patent: 6238376 (2001-05-01), Peterson
patent: 6264604 (2001-07-01), Kieturakis et al.
patent: 6264670 (2001-07-01), Chin
patent: 6277137 (2001-08-01), Chin
patent: 6361543 (2002-03-01), Chin et al.
patent: 6364892 (2002-04-01), Jervis
patent: 6364894 (2002-04-01), Healy et al.
patent: 6368337 (2002-04-01), Kieturakis et al.
patent: 6375637 (2002-04-01), Campbell et al.
patent: 6432121 (2002-08-01), Jervis
patent: 6451042 (2002-09-01), Bonutti
patent: 6471673 (2002-10-01), Kastenhofer
patent: 6524283 (2003-02-01), Hopper et al.
patent: 6562056 (2003-05-01), Jervis
patent: 6607534 (2003-08-01), Bonutti
patent: 6632234 (2003-10-01), Kieturakis et al.
patent: 6866676 (2005-03-01), Kieturakis et al.
patent: 6953467 (2005-10-01), Kieturakis et al.
patent: 2004/0015182 (2004-01-01), Kieturakis et al.
patent: 2004/0097792 (2004-05-01), Moll et al.
patent: B-516114 (1981-05-01), None
patent: A 2 847 633 (1979-05-01), None
patent: U 91-04-383 (1991-07-01), None
patent: A 0 010 650 (1980-05-01), None
patent: A 0 246 086 (1987-11-01), None
patent: A 0 251 976 (1988-01-01), None
patent: A 0 275 230 (1988-07-01), None
patent: 0 573 273 (1993-12-01), None
patent: 2 474 304 (1981-07-01), None
patent: 2 646 088 (1990-10-01), None
patent: A 2 688 695 (1992-05-01), None
patent: A 2 071 502 (1981-09-01), None
patent: 797 668 (1991-01-01), None
patent: WO83/03188 (1983-09-01), None
patent: WO93/11824 (1992-12-01), None
patent: WO93/09722 (1993-05-01), None
patent: WO93/10850 (1993-06-01), None
patent: WO97/13464 (1997-04-01), None
patent: WO 99/12602 (1999-03-01), None
Ed. G. Berci, ENDOSCOPY, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1976, pp. 382-385 and 412.
Unknown—Laparoscopy for Sterilization, Section 1, A Chronology of Laparoscopy.
“New Surgical Procedures for Indirect Hernias”—Product leaflet for Herniastat™ disposable automatic surgical stapling device published by Innovative Surgical Devices, Inc., date unknown.
“A Tiny TV Camera is Fast Transforming Gallbladder Surgery,” Wall Street Journal, Dec. 10, 1990, p. A1, continued on p. A5.
A Comprehensive Guide to Purchasing (Hospital Supplies), V. Mueller & Co., Chicago, 1956, p. 829.
H. Nagai et al., A New Method of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: An abdominal Wall Lifting Technique Without Pneumoperitoneum, Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy, vol. 1, No. 2, 1991, p. 126.
M.M. Gazayerli, “The Gazayerli Endoscopic Retractor, Model 1;” Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy, vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 98-100, Raven Press,
Chin Albert K.
Gresl Charles
Lunsford John P.
Smith Jeffrey A.
Wallace Daniel T.
Covidien AG
Nguyen Anhtuan T
Sonnett Kathleen
LandOfFree
Method and inflatable chamber apparatus for separating... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Method and inflatable chamber apparatus for separating..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method and inflatable chamber apparatus for separating... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4228052