Shelby A Cook

US Patent:

8491526, Jul 23, 2013

Filed:

May 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/779477

Inventors:

Michael D. Cronin - Cincinnati OH, US
Jerome R. Morgan - Cincinnati OH, US
Patrick D. Dugan - Madeira OH, US
Rebecca J. Mollere - Loveland OH, US
John B. Schulte - West Chester OH, US
David A. Witt - Maineville OH, US
Joseph P. Schowalter - South Lebanon OH, US
Eugene L. Timperman - Cincinnati OH, US
Prasanna Malaviya - Mason OH, US
Shailendra K. Parihar - Mason OH, US
Shelby L. Cook Kornbluth - Foxborough MA, US
Richard W. Timm - Cincinnati OH, US
Donna L. Korvick - Maineville OH, US
Peter K. Shires - Hamilton OH, US
Barbara L. Mattson - Cincinnati OH, US
Matthew C. Miller - Cincinnati OH, US

Assignee:

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61M 37/00
A61M 1/00
A61M 5/00

US Classification:

604 82, 604191, 604128, 604187

Abstract:

A surgical device comprises a housing, a bioprocessing module, an end effector, and a pumping device. The bioprocessing module comprises media reservoirs, fluid conduits in communication with the reservoirs, and a port through which media is expelled. The end effector is configured for insertion into a lumen and delivering a tissue repair composition into that lumen. The end effector has at least one fluid conduit extending therethrough and at least one orifice in communication with the fluid conduit. The fluid conduit in the first end effector is in fluid communication with the port on the bioprocessing module. The pumping device is operable to urge a tissue repair composition comprising at least a portion of the contents of the media reservoirs through the fluid conduit of the first end effector such that the tissue repair composition is expelled from the at least one orifice.

US Patent:

8641641, Feb 4, 2014

Filed:

May 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/777491

Inventors:

Michael D. Cronin - Cincinnati OH, US
Patrick D. Dugan - Madeira OH, US
Shelby L. Cook Kornbluth - Foxborough MA, US
Donna L. Korvick - Maineville OH, US
Rebecca J. Mollere - Loveland OH, US
Jerome R. Morgan - Cincinnati OH, US
Shailendra K. Parihar - Mason OH, US
John B. Schulte - West Chester OH, US
Richard W. Timm - Cincinnati OH, US

Assignee:

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61B 10/00
A61B 17/32

US Classification:

600564, 600562, 600565, 600566, 600567, 606167, 606168, 606169, 606170, 606171

Abstract:

A tissue harvesting and processing apparatus comprises a body and a distally extending needle. The needle includes an aperture configured to receive tissue. A tissue cutting member is movable relative to the needle to sever a specimen from tissue protruding through the aperture. A tissue processor is operable to mince tissue severed by the tissue cutting member. The minced tissue may be mixed with a medical fluid component contained in a reservoir. The medical fluid mixture may be expelled through an applier tip coupled with the body. The tissue processor may comprise a mincing die such that tissue specimens are minced upon being extruded through the mincing die. The tissue processor may comprise a blade that cooperates with a sliding press. The tissue processor may comprise auger blade sections that cooperate with inwardly extending pins. A mixing piston may mix the minced tissue with the medical fluid component.