Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Covidien LP

166 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

166
Total Pending OAs
48
Final Rejections
118
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19191704 SURGICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING ADAPTER ASSEMBLY WITH WORM GEAR ASSEMBLY SEIF, DARIUSH 3731 Non-Final OA Apr 28, 2025
19176285 STAPLING DEVICE WITH END EFFECTOR HAVING BOTTOM GUIDE MEMBER LOPEZ, MICHELLE 3731 Non-Final OA Apr 11, 2025
19098205 APPARATUS FOR ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES LOPEZ, MICHELLE 3731 Non-Final OA Apr 02, 2025
19088005 HAND-HELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FRY, PATRICK B 3731 Non-Final OA Mar 24, 2025
19087802 POWERED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING TISSUE TYPES THEREWITH LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 Non-Final OA Mar 24, 2025
19076558 HAND-HELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 Non-Final OA Mar 11, 2025
19066997 ADAPTER, EXTENSION, AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES FOR SURGICAL DEVICES LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 Final Rejection Feb 28, 2025
18990206 ACTIVE DISTAL TIP DRIVE BRUTUS, JOEL F 3797 Non-Final OA Dec 20, 2024
18877132 REAL-TIME STAPLING TISSUE PERFUSION ASSESSMENT MATTSON, SEAN D 3798 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2024
18872154 ANVIL BUTTRESS ATTACHMENT FOR SURGICAL STAPLING APPARATUS LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2024
18962485 STROKE DETECTION YANG, YI-SHAN 3798 Non-Final OA Nov 27, 2024
18931673 ELECTRICALLY ENHANCED RETRIEVAL OF MATERIAL FROM VESSEL LUMENS RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER 3771 Non-Final OA Oct 30, 2024
18859328 SURGICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING A CORDLESS SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, COMMUNICATION HUB, AND ONE OR MORE CONNECTED DEVICES POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 Non-Final OA Oct 23, 2024
18923876 UTERINE MANIPULATOR INCLUDING POSITION SENSOR TANNER, JOCELIN C 3771 Non-Final OA Oct 23, 2024
18919963 ARTICULATED TOOL POSITIONER FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM LONG, SARAH A 3771 Non-Final OA Oct 18, 2024
18915474 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING AND IMAGING A TREATMENT PROBE HAVING AN INTEGRATED SENSOR ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T 3797 Final Rejection Oct 15, 2024
18856325 COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS RINGS WITH ADJUSTABLE COMPRESSION PROFILE BYRD, BRIGID K 3771 Non-Final OA Oct 11, 2024
18904941 INSTRUMENT SEAL FOR SURGICAL ACCESS ASSEMBLY BYRD, BRIGID K 3771 Non-Final OA Oct 02, 2024
18903714 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS LYNCH, ROBERT A 3771 Non-Final OA Oct 01, 2024
18902361 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZED MONITORING OF PATIENTS LI, SUN M 3685 Non-Final OA Sep 30, 2024
18895020 TARGET MOVEMENT MODELLING USING ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION SENSORS LI, JOHN DENNY 3798 Final Rejection Sep 24, 2024
18885684 SURGICAL ACCESS DEVICE INCLUDING ANCHOR WITH RATCHET MECHANISM FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN 3771 Non-Final OA Sep 15, 2024
18826939 HAND EYE COORDINATION SYSTEM FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 3658 Non-Final OA Sep 06, 2024
18823995 MEDICAL DEVICE IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS LANE, HOLLY JOANNA 3773 Non-Final OA Sep 04, 2024
18814398 AI-BASED VIDEO TAGGING FOR ALARM MANAGEMENT JEAN, FRANTZ B 2454 Non-Final OA Aug 23, 2024
18840048 MRI BASED NAVIGATION GROSS, JASON PATRICK 3797 Final Rejection Aug 20, 2024
18776775 VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE WITH AUTOMATIC ZOOM EFFECTS NGUYEN, KHAI MINH 2641 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2024
18727770 MULTI-FUNCTION ULTRASONIC BLADES AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATING THE SAME VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3794 Non-Final OA Jul 10, 2024
18766869 SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATED LOW VISIBILITY CONTROL LEE, BRYAN MCALLISTER 3796 Non-Final OA Jul 09, 2024
18766857 SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF END EFFECTOR PITCH, YAW, AND JAW ANGLE CULLEN, TANNER L 3656 Final Rejection Jul 09, 2024
18765969 VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE WITH AUTOMATIC BLADE DETECTION GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 3795 Non-Final OA Jul 08, 2024
18760267 SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS AND CAMERA NAVIGATION KUO, JONATHAN T 3792 Non-Final OA Jul 01, 2024
18753380 ENDOSCOPE WITH PERSPECTIVE VIEW JONES, DIANA S 3775 Non-Final OA Jun 25, 2024
18751907 TENSIONING MECHANISMS AND METHODS FOR ARTICULATING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 3792 Non-Final OA Jun 24, 2024
18751971 SENSOR INCLUDING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ABRASIVE MATERIAL KIM, EUN HWA 3794 Non-Final OA Jun 24, 2024
18669674 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING REGISTRATION AND LOCALIZATION DURING SURGICAL NAVIGATION SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M 3797 Non-Final OA May 21, 2024
18660883 CONTEXTUALIZATION OF SUBJECT PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL USING MACHINE LEARNING SARMA, ABHISHEK 2621 Non-Final OA May 10, 2024
18708257 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR USE IN SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 3794 Non-Final OA May 08, 2024
18630426 MEDICAL SENSOR EPPERT, LUCY CLARE 3791 Non-Final OA Apr 09, 2024
18625804 ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS FOR ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY DEVICE ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE 3796 Non-Final OA Apr 03, 2024
18697819 LINEAR TRANSMISSION MECHANISM FOR ACTUATING A PRISMATIC JOINT OF A SURGICAL ROBOT JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING 3792 Non-Final OA Apr 02, 2024
18697850 SEAL ASSEMBLY FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS FOR USE IN SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS OUYANG, BO 3794 Non-Final OA Apr 02, 2024
18697829 COMPONENT PRESENCE AND IDENTIFICATION IN SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE 3792 Non-Final OA Apr 02, 2024
18608651 TRANSVASCULAR ASPIRATION CATHETERS AND METHODS OF USE RWEGO, KANKINDI 3771 Non-Final OA Mar 18, 2024
18600914 DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPE DRIVE NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 3795 Non-Final OA Mar 11, 2024
18598697 ASPIRATION PULSATOR KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D 3771 Final Rejection Mar 07, 2024
18590313 HANDHELD ELECTROMECHANICAL SURGICAL SYSTEM LOPEZ, MICHELLE 3731 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2024
18686571 SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM SETUP USING COLOR CODING LEE, BRYAN MCALLISTER 3796 Non-Final OA Feb 26, 2024
18294756 AUTOMATIC HANDLE ASSIGNMENT IN SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD 3796 Non-Final OA Feb 02, 2024
18430192 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACTIVE TRACKING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION BRONCHOSCOPY TOOLS WITH SINGLE GUIDE SHEATHS PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG 3798 Final Rejection Feb 01, 2024
18293082 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS WITH ACCESS PORTS DOROS, KAYLA RENEE 3657 Non-Final OA Jan 29, 2024
18421525 LOCKING CARTRIDGE FOR CONNECTING AN ENDOSCOPE TO A VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 3795 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2024
18421476 Motor Control for Disposable Steerable Endoscope CARTER, TARA ROSE E 3773 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2024
18576578 ARTICULATION DRIVE ASSEMBLIES FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS FOR USE IN SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 3618 Non-Final OA Jan 04, 2024
18576145 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT USE PREDICTION BERTRAM, ERIC D 3796 Final Rejection Jan 03, 2024
18576151 SURGICAL TROCAR WITH INTEGRATED CAMERAS WU, PAMELA F 3795 Non-Final OA Jan 03, 2024
18541299 DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPE TRAINING MODE FOR VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE ROWLAND, STEVE 3715 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2023
18569886 INTERACTIVE 3D SEGMENTATION THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI 2672 Non-Final OA Dec 13, 2023
18535599 SINGLE PART BANDAGE AND METHOD FOR A MEDICAL SENSOR FARDANESH, MARJAN 3791 Non-Final OA Dec 11, 2023
18535258 MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING DIFFUSE REFLECTOR FOR DETECTING FLUID PARAMETERS FARDANESH, MARJAN 3791 Non-Final OA Dec 11, 2023
18535054 METHOD FOR FLAGGING SURGICAL INFORMATION WITH METADATA WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 3682 Final Rejection Dec 11, 2023
18530620 SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND INSTRUMENTS WITH ENHANCED CLEANABILITY LUAN, SCOTT 3792 Final Rejection Dec 06, 2023
18566619 SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING TEMPERATURE FOR PREDICTING AND/OR CONTROLLING THERMAL SPREAD FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18526050 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT MEASUREMENT IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ROBOTIC SURGERY GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 3795 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18565011 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS WITH TISSUE CONTACT SENSING FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2023
18388396 SUTURE PACKAGING POON, ROBERT 3735 Final Rejection Nov 09, 2023
18558768 AUXILIARY DEVICES FOR STAPLING APPARATUS MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 3771 Final Rejection Nov 03, 2023
18288949 METHOD TO IMPROVE AND MINIATURIZE A MAGNETIC POSITION SENSOR FOR A CATHETER OR TOOL NICHOLS, CHARLES W 3783 Non-Final OA Oct 30, 2023
18288983 DEFLECTABLE CATHETER WITH LOCALIZATION SENSOR ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T 3797 Non-Final OA Oct 30, 2023
18484273 TOUCHLESS VOLUME WAVEFORM SAMPLING TO DETERMINE RESPIRATION RATE FUJITA, KATRINA R 2672 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2023
18479931 APPARATUSES FOR STENT DELIVERY AND POSITIONING FOR TRANSLUMINAL APPLICATION FLORES, ADRIAN 3774 Non-Final OA Oct 03, 2023
18282267 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS INCORPORATING ELECTROSURGICAL FUNCTIONALITY FOR AN ULTRASONIC BLADE FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 Final Rejection Sep 15, 2023
18282270 ROBUST SURGICAL SCENE DEPTH ESTIMATION USING ENDOSCOPY KELLOGG, MICHAEL S 3798 Non-Final OA Sep 15, 2023
18281949 ROBOTIC REMOTE CENTER OF MOTION WITH ACTIVE PORTAL/TROCAR MANIPULATION POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 Non-Final OA Sep 13, 2023
18461630 SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH MULTIPLE CAMERAS DEMOSKY, PATRICK E 2486 Final Rejection Sep 06, 2023
18279578 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS INCORPORATING ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL FUNCTIONALITY COLLINS, SEAN W 3794 Final Rejection Aug 30, 2023
18279092 INTERROGATION AND DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY TAGS, AND METHODS SMALL, NAOMI J 2685 Non-Final OA Aug 28, 2023
18454395 ENDOVASCULAR DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 3792 Non-Final OA Aug 23, 2023
18454428 ENDOVASCULAR DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM 3792 Non-Final OA Aug 23, 2023
18277472 CATHETER WITH MULTIPLE WORKING CHANNELS FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 3783 Non-Final OA Aug 16, 2023
18276073 SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR REALIGNMENT OF WRISTED INSTRUMENTS MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE 3792 Non-Final OA Aug 07, 2023
18275802 GUIDEWIRES AND METHODS OF DEPLOYMENT THEREOF ABOUELELA, MAY A 3791 Non-Final OA Aug 03, 2023
18228900 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PORT PLACEMENT IN A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM LUAN, SCOTT 3792 Non-Final OA Aug 01, 2023
18274997 THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS INCORPORATING THE SAME FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Final Rejection Jul 29, 2023
18361760 OCCLUSIVE DEVICES FOR TREATING VASCULAR DEFECTS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 3771 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2023
18274756 MULTI-FUNCTION ERGONOMIC HANDHELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND SYSTEM COLLINS, SEAN W 3794 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2023
18360010 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC CYCLING OR CYCLING DETECTION BALLER, KELSEY E 3785 Non-Final OA Jul 27, 2023
18261996 NON-CONTACT OCULAR MICROTREMOR MONITOR AND METHODS KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI 3797 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2023
18352598 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT DETERMINATION USING NON-CONTACT MONITORING PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE 3791 Non-Final OA Jul 14, 2023
18347667 PHRENIC NERVE INTEGRITY AND RAMPED-UP BURST TU, AURELIE H 3791 Non-Final OA Jul 06, 2023
18215973 TISSUE RESECTION SYSTEMS INCLUDING FLUID OUTFLOW MANAGEMENT NGO, MEAGAN N 3781 Non-Final OA Jun 29, 2023
18343282 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 3771 Final Rejection Jun 28, 2023
18268376 COOLING SYSTEM FOR DISSECTION BLADE FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Final Rejection Jun 20, 2023
18210752 LOCALIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE MCEVOY, THOMAS M 3771 Non-Final OA Jun 16, 2023
18335494 VENTILATION TRIGGERING DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 3785 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18332389 SENSOR ALIGNMENT FOR A NON-CONTACT PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM OMETZ, RACHEL ANNE 2668 Final Rejection Jun 09, 2023
18265714 ENERGY GENERATOR WITH MULTIFUNCTIONAL ENERGY RECEPTACLE FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Final Rejection Jun 07, 2023
18330925 INFORMATIVE DISPLAY FOR NON-CONTACT PATIENT MONITORING MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 Final Rejection Jun 07, 2023
18200679 COMPOUND BARB MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 Non-Final OA May 23, 2023
18038079 SURGICAL IMPLANTS INCLUDING INDICIA GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL 3771 Final Rejection May 22, 2023
18321253 TRACHEOSTOMY INNER CANNULA WITH INTEGRATED FILTER JAYAN, AKHIL ADAI 3785 Non-Final OA May 22, 2023
18319120 VENTILATOR-TO-VENTILATOR TRANSFER OF VENTILATOR DATA JONES, AISLINN MOIRA 3785 Non-Final OA May 17, 2023
18032985 END EFFECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH MULTI-AXIS THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENT COLLINS, SEAN W 3794 Non-Final OA Apr 20, 2023
18249945 IDENTIFICATION OF A NOCICEPTION PARAMETER DOWNEY, JOHN R 3792 Non-Final OA Apr 20, 2023
18295717 NON-CONTACT MONITORING FOR NIGHT TREMORS OR OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS MANOS, SEFRA DESPINA 3792 Non-Final OA Apr 04, 2023
18194771 IDENTIFICATION AND DISPLAY OF AIRWAY COLLAPSE PARK, EVELYN GRACE 3791 Non-Final OA Apr 03, 2023
18128709 REGENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL TISSUE FOR ELECTROSURGICAL ROBOTIC ASSISTED SURGERY TRAINING AND TESTING ANGELES, JOSE 3715 Non-Final OA Mar 30, 2023
18192273 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MISSED BREATH DETECTION AND INDICATION AGAHI, PUYA 3791 Non-Final OA Mar 29, 2023
18247016 VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVELY ASSESSMENT TRACHEA MATTHEWS, TESSA M 3773 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2023
18027682 END EFFECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENT FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2023
18117691 SURGICAL END EFFECTORS POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 Non-Final OA Mar 06, 2023
18116332 SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND RELOADING MODULES THEREOF POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 Final Rejection Mar 02, 2023
18023799 THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENTS, ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENTS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2023
18019881 COMPUTER VISION BASED CONTROL OF AN ENERGY GENERATOR OUYANG, BO 3794 Non-Final OA Feb 06, 2023
18100689 TISSUE ANCHORS FOR ENDOSCOPICALLY CLOSING GASTROINTESTINAL DEFECTS HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM 3771 Final Rejection Jan 24, 2023
18100182 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENDOSCOPICALLY CLOSING GASTROINTESTINAL DEFECTS ORKIN, ALEXANDER J 3771 Final Rejection Jan 23, 2023
18098813 GRASP OVER-RIDE FOR IN-LINE VESSEL SEALER OUYANG, BO 3794 Non-Final OA Jan 19, 2023
18005090 SENSOR INCLUDING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL CONTAINMENT ASSEMBLY ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL 3794 Non-Final OA Jan 11, 2023
18149433 CATHETER INCLUDING MULTI-LAYER OUTER JACKET DOUBRAVA, JOHN A 3783 Non-Final OA Jan 03, 2023
18092659 THERMAL ELEMENTS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATING THE SAME FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Non-Final OA Jan 03, 2023
18010537 MAGNETICALLY ATTACHABLE TISSUE CLIPS FOR USE IN ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION GEIGER, RACHAEL L 3771 Final Rejection Dec 15, 2022
18066589 ASPIRATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THROMBUS-DISRUPTING INNER MEMBER TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 3792 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2022
18075470 MULTIFUNCTIONAL ACTIVATION FOR IN-LINE VESSEL SEALER OUYANG, BO 3794 Final Rejection Dec 06, 2022
18074993 END EFFECTOR ASSEMBLY, INSTRUMENT, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FACILITATING TESTING AND/OR CALIBRATION OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 3771 Final Rejection Dec 05, 2022
17926279 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH INJECTION NEEDLE AND RETRACTABLE SHEATH PAZ ESTEVEZ, GUILLERMO G 3783 Non-Final OA Nov 18, 2022
18056147 END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT DURING HIGH FLOW OXYGEN THERAPY TOTH, KAREN E 3791 Final Rejection Nov 16, 2022
18050013 ENDOSCOPE WITH AUTOMATIC STEERING SONG, LI-TING 3795 Final Rejection Oct 26, 2022
17972207 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISSECTING CATHETERS ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN 3791 Final Rejection Oct 24, 2022
17970257 ARTICULATING ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVING DISTALLY POSITIONED TRANSDUCERS EREZO, DARWIN P 3771 Final Rejection Oct 20, 2022
18046096 LIGHT EMITTING DIODE TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW 3791 Final Rejection Oct 12, 2022
17963359 SURGICAL CONSTRICTING DEVICES AND SURGICAL METHODS UTILIZING SAME NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD 3771 Final Rejection Oct 11, 2022
17960892 SURGICAL GRASPER WITH SURGICAL SMOKE EVACUATION AND VARIABLE FILTRATION PRICE, NATHAN R 3783 Non-Final OA Oct 06, 2022
17960651 CONNECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING AN ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT TO AN ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR GOOD, SAMANTHA M 3794 Final Rejection Oct 05, 2022
17914300 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS INCORPORATING ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL FUNCTIONALITY CLARK, RYAN T 3794 Non-Final OA Sep 23, 2022
17947666 SURGICAL ROBOTIC ASSEMBLIES AND INSTRUMENT ADAPTERS THEREOF SCHLUETER, MARY GRACE 3796 Non-Final OA Sep 19, 2022
17899179 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING PATIENT OXYGENATION MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 Non-Final OA Aug 30, 2022
17890957 AUTOMATIC SYNCHRONIZATION FOR MEDICAL VENTILATION PHILIPS, BRADLEY H 3799 Non-Final OA Aug 18, 2022
17798106 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO THE SAME POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 Final Rejection Aug 08, 2022
17815677 EMBOLIC MATERIAL DELIVERY DEVICE AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY OU, JING RUI 3771 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2022
17794061 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION SYNCHRONIZATION HANDLING IN A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH 3656 Non-Final OA Jul 20, 2022
17862479 ROTATION CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS DEDOULIS, CHRISTINE A 3794 Non-Final OA Jul 12, 2022
17809118 PASSIVE FLOW SWITCH FOR MEDICAL ASPIRATION STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 3783 Final Rejection Jun 27, 2022
17785494 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ULTRASONIC SURGICAL SYSTEM MCGRATH, ERIN E 3771 Final Rejection Jun 15, 2022
17664580 ELECTROSURGICAL MEDICAL DEVICE WITH POWER MODULATION DELLA, JAYMI E 3794 Final Rejection May 23, 2022
17749466 IDENTIFICATION OF ELECTROSURGICAL ATTACHMENTS USING COLOR INDICATORS VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3794 Non-Final OA May 20, 2022
17736375 JAW APERTURE POSITION SENSOR FORELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS DEDOULIS, CHRISTINE A 3794 Non-Final OA May 04, 2022
17715986 ENERGY ACTIVATION SWITCH FOR VESSEL SEALER OUYANG, BO 3794 Non-Final OA Apr 08, 2022
17711157 ENERGY BASED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY 3794 Non-Final OA Apr 01, 2022
17702629 ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OUYANG, BO 3794 Non-Final OA Mar 23, 2022
17760843 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME DE-HAZING IN IMAGES LEE, JONATHAN S 2677 Final Rejection Mar 16, 2022
17632986 ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEMS PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C 3794 Non-Final OA Feb 04, 2022
17588723 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-CONTACT HEART RATE MONITORING PORTILLO, JAIRO H 3791 Non-Final OA Jan 31, 2022
17582615 LATCHING MECHANISM FOR IN-LINE ACTIVATED ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 Final Rejection Jan 24, 2022
17624281 ENERGY-DELIVERY DEVICES BROWN, KYLE MARTZ 3794 Non-Final OA Dec 31, 2021
17549001 ABLATION CABLE ASSEMBLIES AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME DEDOULIS, CHRISTINE A 3794 Non-Final OA Dec 13, 2021
17530621 ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEALING TISSUE PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 Final Rejection Nov 19, 2021
17520333 REMOTE CONTROL OF ARTICULATED CATHETER EMULATING HAND-HELD MOTIONS GRAY, PHILLIP A 3783 Final Rejection Nov 05, 2021
17603620 MICROWAVE ABLATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM WITH IMPEDANCE MISMATCH STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN 3794 Final Rejection Oct 14, 2021
17439783 ULTRASONIC AND MULTI-ENERGY SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SEALING, CUTTING, AND/OR SENSING TISSUE RHODES, NORA W 3794 Final Rejection Sep 15, 2021
17403504 END EFFECTOR DRIVE MECHANISMS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN 3794 Non-Final OA Aug 16, 2021
17398547 SHAFT RETENTION FEATURES FOR SHAFT-BASED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 Final Rejection Aug 10, 2021
17366122 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 Final Rejection Jul 02, 2021
17299869 METHOD OF CONTROLLING CABLE DRIVEN END EFFECTORS BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 3796 Non-Final OA Jun 04, 2021
17303591 MEDICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 3794 Non-Final OA Jun 02, 2021
17331742 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUTTING TISSUE USING ELECTROSURGICAL TISSUE SEALING INSTRUMENT RHODES, NORA W 3794 Non-Final OA May 27, 2021
17132746 OUTFLOW COLLECTION SYSTEMS FOR HYSTEROSCOPIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES HAN, ROBIN 3786 Final Rejection Dec 23, 2020

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