Christopher A Devlin

US Patent:

20120035617, Feb 9, 2012

Filed:

Aug 5, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/850905

Inventors:

Sharad JOSHI - Hopkinton MA, US
Jean-Luc BOULNOIS - Boston MA, US
Steven B. WOOLFSON - Boston MA, US
Christopher DEVLIN - Wakefield MA, US

Assignee:

MICROLINE SURGICAL, INC. - Beverly MA

International Classification:

A61B 19/00

US Classification:

606130

Abstract:

An instrument includes, a lumen, a handpiece affixed to the proximal end of the lumen and including an actuator, a proximal articulable segment, the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment pivotably attached to the distal end of the lumen, an actuation cable extending from the actuator through the lumen and into the proximal articulable segment, and a cable router having a proximal knuckle assembly having a proximal segment knuckle affixed to the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment, a lumen knuckle affixed to the distal end of the lumen, and a proximal hinge pin knuckle positioned about the proximal hinge pin, wherein the cable is bent against the proximal segment knuckle, the lumen knuckle and the proximal hinge pin knuckle when the proximal articulable segment is generally parallel with the lumen.

US Patent:

20130184523, Jul 18, 2013

Filed:

Jan 12, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/349033

Inventors:

Jean-Luc BOULNOIS - Boston MA, US
Sharad H. JOSHI - Hopkinton MA, US
Christopher DEVLIN - Wakefield MA, US
Peter ALISKI - Malden MA, US
Paul David RYLL - Haverhill MA, US

Assignee:

MICROLINE SURGICAL, INC., - Beverly MA

International Classification:

A61B 1/00

US Classification:

600104

Abstract:

An instrument tip includes a wire retention chamber extending in a width direction of the tip and open at the sides of a tip, the wire retention chamber configured to removably retain a wire therein, and a wire retention slot extending from the outermost side of the tip to the wire retention chamber and in an oblique direction with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tip, the wire retention slot in open communication with the wire retention chamber, wherein the wire retention chamber has a diameter greater than a diameter of the wire retention slot.

US Patent:

20110224485, Sep 15, 2011

Filed:

Mar 12, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/723007

Inventors:

Jean-Luc BOULNOIS - Boston MA, US
Christopher DEVLIN - Wakefield MA, US

Assignee:

MICROLINE SURGICAL, INC. - Beverly MA

International Classification:

A61B 1/00
H04N 7/18

US Classification:

600104, 348 68, 348E07085

Abstract:

An endoscopic video system for visualizing an internal body cavity is provided. The endoscopic video system may include a first instrument and a second instrument. The first instrument may include a light configured to illuminate the cavity, and a first camera configured to capture first images of the illuminated cavity. The second instrument may include a surgical tool configured to perform a surgical procedure, and a second camera configured to capture second images of the illuminated cavity. In addition, the endoscopic video system may further include a video control unit configured to receive the captured first and second images, and a video display configured to display the captured first and second images transmitted from the video control unit.

US Patent:

20190232297, Aug 1, 2019

Filed:

Jul 20, 2017

Appl. No.:

16/318611

Inventors:

- Lexington MA, US
Christopher DEVLIN - Wakefield MA, US
Steven Anthony SCAMPINI - Groton MA, US

International Classification:

B01L 9/00
B01L 3/02
B01L 3/00
G01N 35/10

Abstract:

The invention features devices, systems, and methods for introducing a sample (e.g., a biological sample, e.g., a blood sample) into a reaction vessel to maximize the effectiveness and/or reproducibility of introducing the sample (e.g., a biological sample, e.g., a blood sample).

US Patent:

20150018843, Jan 15, 2015

Filed:

Sep 29, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/499827

Inventors:

- Beverly MA, US
Sharad H. JOSHI - Hopkinton MA, US
Jean-Luc BOULNOIS - Beverly MA, US
Albert A. LAPAGE - Beverly MA, US
Christopher DEVLIN - Wakefield MA, US

Assignee:

MICROLINE SURGICAL, INC. - Beverly MA

International Classification:

A61B 17/00
A61B 17/02

US Classification:

606130

Abstract:

An instrument includes, a lumen, a handpiece affixed to the proximal end of the lumen and including an actuator, a proximal articulable segment, the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment pivotably attached to the distal end of the lumen via a proximal hinge pin extending in a direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the lumen, an actuation cable extending from the actuator through the lumen and into the proximal articulable segment, and a cable router comprising a proximal pulley assembly rotatable about the proximal hinge pin, wherein the cable is wrapped about the proximal pulley assembly.