Jeffrey Swift

US Patent:

20230045387, Feb 9, 2023

Filed:

Aug 18, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/890423

Inventors:

- Lawrence MA, US
Jeffrey Ralph SWIFT - Boca Grande FL, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/02
A61B 90/30

Abstract:

A surgical retractor including a blade molded from a polymer having at least a predetermined flexural strength, a handle, and a deepened portion connecting a proximal end of the blade to the handle, wherein the deepened portion increases in depth from the proximal end of the blade toward the handle, and wherein the blade, being molded from the polymer, and the deepened portion are configured such that the blade deforms less than 10 mm under 15 lbs of force applied thereto

US Patent:

20210145426, May 20, 2021

Filed:

Jan 28, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/160719

Inventors:

- Lawrence MA, US
Jeffrey Ralph SWIFT - Boca Grande FL, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/02
A61B 90/30

Abstract:

A medical device including a handle portion connected to an operative portion at a proximal end thereof, the handle portion having a hollow cross-section and an open distal end, an illumination assembly comprising at least one light source, a switch assembly for energizing the light source, and at least one battery for powering the light source, an end cap assembly configured to attach to the open distal end of the handle portion, the end cap assembly accommodating the switch assembly and being configured to hold the at least one battery within the handle and to partially enclose the at least one battery, and a smoke evacuation channel in communication with the hollow cross-section of the handle, wherein a portion of the switch assembly extends through an opening in the end cap assembly and the at least one battery is held by the end cap assembly to overlap with the switch assembly and to overlap with the opening in the end cap assembly, and wherein the end cap assembly includes a vacuum port configured to couple to a vacuum source and to provide suction to the smoke evacuation channel through the handle.

US Patent:

20210045722, Feb 18, 2021

Filed:

Jun 23, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/909704

Inventors:

- Lawrence MA, US
Jeffrey Ralph SWIFT - Boca Grande FL, US
Douglas MCCONNELL - Redding CA, US
Jason SWIFT - Newburyport MA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/00
A61B 90/30
A61B 17/32
A61B 17/02
A61B 17/3203

Abstract:

A hydrodissector for hydrodissecting a vascular target, the hydrodissector comprising: a handle; a shaft extending from the handle at an angle and including a tip at a distal end thereof; at least one port provided at the tip and configured to be coupled to a fluid supply and to eject fluid from the at least one port into the space between the vascular target and surrounding tissues to dissect the vascular target from the surrounding tissues, the at least one port being sized to provide sufficient pressure and velocity to dissect the vascular target from the surrounding tissues, wherein the length of the shaft is configured for insertion into an incision to atraumatically hydrodissect the vascular target from the surrounding tissues, and wherein the shaft is configured to releasably couple with one or more hook-shaped attachments configured to lift the vascular target after the vascular target is dissected from the surrounding tissues.

US Patent:

20200330657, Oct 22, 2020

Filed:

Jun 30, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/917327

Inventors:

- Lawrence MA, US
Jeffrey Ralph Swift - Boca Grande FL, US

International Classification:

A61M 1/00
F21V 33/00
F21V 23/04
A61B 90/30

Abstract:

An illuminated suction device comprising a suction tube, an illumination assembly comprising at least one light source, at least one battery, and an activation device for energizing the light source, and a container partially enclosing the illumination assembly and the suction tube, wherein the container and a side of the suction tube hold the illumination assembly therebetween.

US Patent:

20190357896, Nov 28, 2019

Filed:

Aug 9, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/536727

Inventors:

- Lawrence MA, US
Jeffrey Ralph SWIFT - Boca Grande FL, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/02
A61B 90/30

Abstract:

An illuminated surgical retractor comprising a blade having first and second opposing surfaces, a handle extending in a first direction at an angle from a proximal end of the blade, an illumination assembly comprising at least one direct light source positioned to directly emit light toward a distal end of the blade, wherein the first surface of the blade faces away from the first direction, the illumination assembly abuts the first surface of the blade, and the illumination assembly includes a cover partially enclosing the at least one light source and abutting the first surface of the blade.

US Patent:

20190350571, Nov 21, 2019

Filed:

Jul 15, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/511922

Inventors:

- Lawrence MA, US
Jeffrey Ralph SWIFT - Boca Grande FL, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/02
A61B 90/30

Abstract:

A surgical retractor, comprising a blade having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a handle extending at an angle from a proximal end of the blade, wherein the blade and the handle are molded from a glass-fiber reinforced polymer having a flexural strength of at least 300 Mpa, and wherein the blade, being molded from the glass-fiber reinforced polymer, deforms less than 10 mm under 15 lbs of force applied thereto.

US Patent:

20190167240, Jun 6, 2019

Filed:

Dec 4, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/208915

Inventors:

- Lawrence MA, US
Jeffrey Ralph SWIFT - Boca Grande FL, US
Douglas MCCONNELL - Redding CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/00
A61B 17/3203
A61B 17/02
A61B 17/32
A61B 90/30

Abstract:

A harvester for harvesting a vein, comprising a handle, a blade extending at an angle from the handle and having a spoon-shaped tip at a distal end of the blade, the spoon-shaped tip including a concave surface and a convex surface, and an image capturing assembly for capturing images of an operating field, the image capturing assembly including an image capturing device provided on the concave surface of the spoon-shaped tip.

US Patent:

20190021709, Jan 24, 2019

Filed:

Jul 18, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/039115

Inventors:

- Lawrence MA, US
Jeffrey Ralph SWIFT - Boca Grande FL, US
Douglas MCCONNELL - Redding CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/00
A61B 90/30
A61B 17/32

Abstract:

A hydrodissector for hydrodissecting a vein, the hydrodissector comprising a handle, a shaft extending from the handle at an angle and including a tip at a distal end thereof, at least one port configured to be coupled to a fluid supply for supplying fluid at a substantially constant pressure, and provided at the distal end of the shaft, and an image capturing assembly configured to provide direct visualization of the vein during hydrodissection. A minimally invasive method for dissecting a greater saphenous vein (GSV) from surrounding tissues using the hydrodissector is also described.