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Caroline M. Azimi-Pour, Hoboken, NJ US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20110246368 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A NO PRE-SET SPENDING LIMIT TRANSACTION CARD - A method and apparatus are provided for a no pre-set spending limit transaction card with features and attributes of both a credit card and a charge card, including an overlimit spend feature and an associated communicated line of credit. The transaction card may carry a balance like a credit card and may require that a card user pay down the balance carried forward to the line of credit subsequent to the end of each billing cycle. When the user has reached or exceeded the communicated line of credit, each subsequent transaction request for a new transaction by the user is evaluated on a case-by-case basis by a process that includes execution an overlimit spend authorization logic or process | 10-06-2011 |
Caroline M. Crisafulli, Columbus, OH US
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| 20080319266 | DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING VISUALIZATION WITH SURGICAL SCOPES - The present application discloses several embodiments of a devices for maintaining visualization with a surgical scope. The embodiments of the device are adapted to shield, defog or clean the lens of the surgical scope while the surgical scope is being used to perform a surgical procedure within a patient's body. In one embodiment, a view optimizer is provided that is adapted to deliver at least one fluid to the objective lens of the laparoscope to clean and/or defog the objective lens of the laparoscope without the need to remove the laparoscope from the surgical field. In additional embodiments, a view optimizer is provided that is adapted to create leakage or venting of gas from the body cavity so as to ensure continuous gas flow from an insufflator. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100168520 | VIEW OPTIMIZER AND STABILIZER FOR USE WITH SURGICAL SCOPES - The present application discloses several devices for maintaining visualization with a surgical scope. The embodiments of the device are adapted to shield, defog or clean the lens of the surgical scope while the surgical scope is being used to perform a surgical procedure within a patient's body. In some embodiments, the view optimizer is provided in multiple parts enabling separation of one or more operator control features from engagement with the surgical scope. In some embodiments, the view optimizer features stabilization means for securement and positioning with the surgical scope. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100198014 | Systems and methods for optimizing and maintaining visualization of a surgical field during the use of surgical scopes - Systems and methods make use of a view optimizing assembly having a deflector assembly with critical physical, pneumatic, and optical characteristics that make possible intra-operative defogging, surgical debris deflection, and cleaning of a laparoscope lens during minimally invasive surgery, while also maintaining visualization of the surgical site. The view optimizing assembly can incorporate a quick exchange feature, which makes possible a surgical method for maintaining clear visualization that includes the ability to make a quick exchange of laparoscopes having different operating characteristics (e.g., laparoscopes with different tip angles, lengths, or diameters) entirely on the sterile operating field and without interference with the preexisting surgical set-up on the sterile operating field. The view optimizing assembly integrates with the existing suite of minimally invasive instrumentation. It does not interfere with the surgical set-up, and it requires minimal change in the process or practice of a surgical operating room (OR) team. | 08-05-2010 |
Caroline M. Gayzik, Winston-Salem, NC US
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| 20090171369 | TWO-PART EXTRACTION BALLOON - A two-part extraction balloon and method of use is provided. The balloon catheter comprises a first balloon and a second balloon attached to an elongate catheter shaft near the distal end thereof. The first balloon has an inflated diameter that is larger than the inflated diameter of the second balloon, and in particular has an inflated working diameter range that is greater than the inflated working diameter range of the second balloon. Each of the balloons comprises an elastic or compliant material, and is separately inflatable via one of two inflation lumens extending through the catheter shaft. The larger first balloon is configured to engage and sweep calculi or debris through a relatively large bodily lumen, duct or passageway, whereas the smaller second balloon is configured to engage and sweep calculi or debris through a relatively small bodily lumen, duct or passageway. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100016873 | COMBINATION THERAPY HEMOSTATIC CLIP - A clip device ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110093002 | STENT-WITHIN-STENT ARRANGEMENTS - A variety of stent arrangements are described in which multiple stents expand and coordinate to block the spaces between the struts of the outer stent to create a tubular stent not prone to tissue in-growth. One or more stents are selectively positioned within an outer stent such that the struts of the one or more stents at least partially fill the openings of the outer stent. Alternatively, the one or more stents may be permanently affixed to the outer stent to produce a stent arrangement in which the openings between the struts of the outer stent are blocked by the struts of the one or more stents. | 04-21-2011 |
Caroline M. Ylitaio, Stillwater, MN US
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| 20110170193 | RETROREFLECTIVE ARTICLES IN THE FORM OF GARMENTS, FIBERS AND FILAMENTS - Retroreflective articles are provided in the form of garments, fibers and filaments made with retroreflective elements that each include a solid spherical core ( | 07-14-2011 |