DAVID O GRIFFITH, MD
Radiology at Kennedy Ave, Cincinnati, OH

7896890, Mar 1, 2011

Sep 2, 2005

11/217672

Mark S. Ortiz - Milford OH, US
Michael J. Stokes - Cincinnati OH, US
William J. Kraimer - Mason OH, US
David B. Griffith - Cincinnati OH, US

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

A61B 17/10

606139, 606142, 606143, 606151, 606219, 2271751, 2271761

An endoscopic gastric reduction apparatus adapted for applying a series of pledgets to anterior and posterior gastric walls for the creation of a mattress stitch suture within the stomach includes an applier having a distal end and a proximal end. The applier is secured at a distal end of a support shaft shaped and dimensioned for passage down the esophagus and into the stomach. The applier includes an applier body having a suction slot shaped and dimensioned for receiving tissue therein for the application of at least one pledget housed within the suction slot for selective coupling with tissue suctioned within the suction slot.

8075572, Dec 13, 2011

Apr 26, 2007

11/796035

David Stefanchik - Morrow OH, US
David B. Griffith - Cincinnati OH, US

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

A61B 17/04

606144, 606139

A surgical suturing apparatus is described. The suturing apparatus has a needle having at least one pointed end, a channel for releasably receiving the needle, a needle positioning assembly having members for moving the needle and an actuation assembly for actuating the needle positioning assembly. The needle includes a first puncturing point at a proximal end thereof and an engagement section adjacent thereto, a distal end, which may have a second puncturing point, and another engagement section adjacent the distal end. A structure, such as an eye or a slot, is provided to secure a length of suture material to the needle. The members for moving the needle include an engagement member for releasably engaging one of the engagement sections of the needle to effect axial movement of the needle within the channel, a ramp member for effecting movement of the needle in the distal direction along the longitudinal axis of the channel and for urging the proximal end of the needle out of the channel, and a snare axially movable within the channel and having a portion releasably housed within the channel. The snare portion is configured for capturing the proximal engagement section of the needle to guide the needle in a proximal direction when the needle is out of the channel and to guide the return of the needle to the channel.

2007004, Feb 22, 2007

Aug 5, 2005

11/197783

Mark Ortiz - Milford OH, US
William Kraimer - Mason OH, US
David Griffith - Cincinnati OH, US
Lynetta Freeman - West Chester OH, US

A61F 11/00

606108000, 606167000

A transgastric instrument provides a sterile and repeatable pathway to and through a gastric wall for the purpose of facilitating endoscopic transgastric procedures. The instrument includes at least one guide tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end being shaped and dimensioned for positioning adjacent a desired location along the gastric wall. The instrument also includes a fixation mechanism at the distal end of the guide tube for selectively securing the distal end of the guide tube at a desired location along the gastric wall. An otomy creation device circumferentially smaller than the guide tube extends through the guide tube, the otomy creation device including a distal end shaped and dimensioned for cutting and dilating the gastric wall.

2013015, Jun 20, 2013

Dec 14, 2011

13/325791

Rudolph H. Nobis - Mason OH, US
James T. Spivey - Cincinnati OH, US
Alexander P. Kondor - Cincinnati OH, US
Christopher J. Hess - Cincinnati OH, US
Sean P. Conlon - Loveland OH, US
David B. Griffith - Cincinnati OH, US

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

A61B 1/04

600109

An introducer for an internal magnetic camera is provided. The introducer may be arranged to enable the camera to be placed inside of a body cavity through an otomy or incision and then oriented next to the tissue of the body cavity opposite an External Control Unit (“ECU”) outside of the body cavity. The camera may be retained in the introducer by a magnet or a magnetic material, by a selectively engageable retainer, or by covering the camera within a cavity. The camera may be retained in the introducer by a latch. The camera may include a keyed surface that only can align with a matching keyed surface on the retainer in a single orientation. The introducer may include a spring to eject the camera from the introducer when the retainer is disengaged.

7896894, Mar 1, 2011

Aug 5, 2005

11/197543

Mark S. Ortiz - Milford OH, US
David B. Griffith - Cincinnati OH, US
Michael J. Stokes - Cincinnati OH, US

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

A61B 17/08, A61B 17/04

606153, 606148

A gastric reduction apparatus that facilitates the creation of a transoral linear passageway through the stomach includes an elongated body including a proximal end and a distal end. The elongated body is generally sinusoidal shaped with at least one tissue engaging surface oriented such that a needle will pass therethrough. The elongated body also includes at least one needle passing channel respectively formed adjacent the at least one tissue engaging surface. The at least one needle passing channel generally passes through the center of the sinusoidal waveforms defined by the at least one tissue engaging surface such that a needle will pass entirely through stomach tissue contacting the tissue engaging surface of the elongated body. The elongated body further includes a suture passing channel.

2013021, Aug 22, 2013

Feb 17, 2012

13/399358

Christopher J. Hess - Cincinnati OH, US
Rudolph H. Nobis - Mason OH, US
David B. Griffith - Cincinnati OH, US
Robert M. Trusty - Cincinnati OH, US

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

A61B 1/015, A61B 1/06

600157

An apparatus for cleaning a lens, or one or more lenses, of an endoscopic camera while the endoscope is deployed in a patient during a medical procedure, such as a minimally invasive procedure, or a therapeutic or diagnostic procedure, is disclosed. The cleaning apparatus generally includes a conduit having a fluid delivery port, an alignment system, and a flexible supply tube to fluidly connect the conduit to one or both of a source of a fluid and a suction device.

2013025, Sep 26, 2013

Mar 20, 2012

13/425047

DAVID B. GRIFFITH - Cincinnati OH, US
Kevin M. Huey - Cincinnati OH, US
Christoper J. Hess - Cincinnati OH, US
Sean P. Conlon - Loveland OH, US

A61N 2/10

600 12

Various embodiments of spacer apparatuses, and transport and/or storage apparatuses, for use with magnetic platforms configured to be magnetically coupled to a medical device within a body cavity of a patient.

8480689, Jul 9, 2013

Sep 2, 2008

12/202740

James T. Spivey - Cincinnati OH, US
David B. Griffith - Cincinnati OH, US

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

A61B 17/08

606148, 606144, 606147, 606222

A surgical suturing device has a grasper device that is translatable within an outer lumen where a first end of a needle is grasped with the grasper device. The needle may be resilient to a curved resting state. The grasper device translates proximally relative to the outer lumen such that the needle is translated into the outer lumen, wherein the outer lumen tends to straighten the needle from the curved resting state. The grasper device may be translated distally relative to the outer lumen such that a second end of the needle extends distally from the outer lumen and pierces the tissue. The needle may return to the curved resting state as it exits the outer lumen. When a second end of the needle emerges from the tissue, the second end of the needle may be grasped with the grasper device.