Kenneth H. Mollenauer

Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Los Gatos, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110071361	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINED DISSECTION AND RETRACTION - A method and apparatus for dissecting a first layer of tissue from a second layer of tissue and thereafter holding open an anatomic space for the performance of a surgical procedure. The method includes steps of making an incision in a body, introducing a deflated balloon dissector into the incision, inflating the balloon dissector to effect dissection of the first layer of tissue from the second layer of tissue, deploying a retractor within the anatomic space in order to hold open the anatomic space, and optionally deflating or evacuating the balloon dissector to open a cavity for surgical manipulations. The apparatus includes a combined dissector-retractor having a balloon retractor disposed upon the surface of the balloon dissector and integrated therewith.	03-24-2011

Patent applications by Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Los Gatos, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100049235	METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BLOOD VESSEL HARVESTING - Methods and devices for harvesting veins from the body. The methods and devices allow vein harvesting using laparoscopic procedures. A working space is created over the vein using standard laparoscopic procedures and a side-hooked wire is inserted into the working space and twisted to insert the side-hook under the vein. The wire is then pulled or drawn along the vein to separate the vein from the surrounding tissue. In an alternative embodiment, vein separation is accomplished by threading a soft rubber tube under the vein, grasping the ends of the tube so as to surround the vein, and then pulling the tube along the vein. In other embodiments, the working space is created with everting balloons.	02-25-2010
20100261973	SKIN SEAL WITH INFLATABLE MEMBRANE - A skin seal or trocar stabilizer with an inflatable balloon in the shape of a dumbbell, where the balloon may be stored within a cannula for easy placement in an incision and inflated to deploy the balloon inside the body, and a portion of the balloon expands inside the cannula, whereby medical instruments may be passed through the skin seal into a laparoscopic workspace while the balloon is inflated, thereby allowing the use of normal short surgical instruments during laparoscopic procedures and during insufflation.	10-14-2010

Patent applications by Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090118730	Combined Dissecting, Cauterizing, and Stapling Device - A medical device for simultaneously cutting tissue with a heating element, cauterizing the tissue with sealing elements, and stapling the tissue together. The heating elements comprise bipolar RF electrodes.	05-07-2009

Patent applications by Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Saratoga, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090069726	CPR Device with Counterpulsion Mechanism - A system for performing chest compression and abdominal compression for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. The system includes a motor and gearbox including a system of clutches and brakes which allow for controlling and limiting the movement of compressing mechanisms operating on the chest and the abdomen of a patient.	03-12-2009
20090204035	Resuscitation Device and Method - A resuscitation device for automatic compression of victim's chest using a compression belt which exerts force evenly over the entire thoracic cavity. The belt is constricted and relaxed through a motorized spool assembly which repeatedly tightens the belt and relaxes the belt to provide repeated and rapid chest compression. An assembly includes various resuscitation devices including chest compression devices, defibrillation devices, and airway management devices, along with communications devices and senses with initiate communications with emergency medical personnel automatically upon use of the device.	08-13-2009

Patent applications by Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Portola Valley, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080300516	Method of Performing CPR with a Modular CPR Assist Device - A system for performing chest compression for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. The system includes a motor, drive spool and associated couplings which allow for controlling and limiting the movement of the compressing mechanism and includes a control system for controlling the operation and interaction of the various components to provide for optimal automatic operation of the system.	12-04-2008