Emil R Skula

6358249, Mar 19, 2002

Apr 4, 2000

09/543025

Chao Chen - Edison NJ
Emil Richard Skula - Wayne NJ
Donald W. Regula - Belle Mead NJ

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61B 1814

606 45, 606 46, 606 48, 606 49, 606 50, 606 51, 606 52, 606170, 606174, 606208

Open surgery and endoscopic versions of an electrosurgical cutting instrument incorporating a unique cutting arrangement for opening and closing the cutting edge parallel to an anvil surface resulting in a simultaneous cutting of a linear section of tissue, large vessels, or a group of vessels. Simultaneous with the cutting, the instrument further being capable of either a monopolar or bipolar cauterization of tissue. Also disclosed herein, are methods for use of the various electrosurgical cutting instruments.

6361534, Mar 26, 2002

Apr 14, 2000

09/549825

Chao Chen - Edison NJ
Emil Richard Skula - Wayne NJ
Donald W. Regula - Belle Mead NJ

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61B 1814

606 45, 606 46, 606 48, 606 49, 606 50, 606 51, 606 52, 606170, 606174, 606208

Open surgery and endoscopic versions of an electrosurgical cutting instrument incorporating a unique cutting arrangement for opening and closing the cutting edge parallel to an anvil surface resulting in a simultaneous cutting of a linear section of tissue, large vessels, or a group of vessels. Simultaneous with the cutting, the instrument further being capable of either a monopolar or bipolar cauterization of tissue. Also disclosed herein, are methods for use of the various electrosurgical cutting instruments.

6364879, Apr 2, 2002

Apr 13, 2000

09/549084

Chao Chen - Edison NJ
Emil Richard Skula - Wayne NJ
Donald W. Regula - Belie Mead NJ

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61B 1814

606 45, 606 46, 606 48, 606 49, 606 50, 606 51, 606 52, 606170, 606174, 606208

Open surgery and endoscopic versions of an electrosurgical cutting instrument incorporating a unique cutting arrangement for opening and closing the cutting edge parallel to an anvil surface resulting in a simultaneous cutting of a linear section of tissue, large vessels, or a group of vessels. Simultaneous with the cutting, the instrument further being capable of either a monopolar or bipolar cauterization of tissue. Also disclosed herein, are methods for use of the various electrosurgical cutting instruments.

6981987, Jan 3, 2006

May 8, 2001

09/851257

Shawn Thayer Huxel - Lawrenceville NJ, US
Arindam Datta - Hillsborough NJ, US
Yufu Li - Bridgewater NJ, US
Dennis D. Jamiolkowski - Long Valley NJ, US
Emil Richard Skula - Wayne NJ, US

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61F 2/06
A16M 5/00

623 122, 623 146, 623 138, 604 8

A removable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent is made from a soft, flexible fiber having an outer surface. An outer bioabsorbable/degradable coating is applied to the outer surface of the filament causing it to become rigid. The coating softens in vivo through absorption and/or degradation such that the stent is readily passed or removed from the lumen as a softened filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen or by manual removal.

20130267970, Oct 10, 2013

Apr 10, 2012

13/443347

Michael Cardinale - Morristown NJ, US
Robert J. Tannhauser - Bridgewater NJ, US
Lynn McRoy - Doylestown PA, US
Harry Martin Chomiak - Neshanic Station NJ, US
Emil Richard Skula - Wayne NJ, US

A61B 17/03

606151

A novel single plane tissue repair patch is disclosed. The patch has a base member with an opening therethrough, and a closure member associated with the opening. The mesh may be used in open surgical procedures for hernia repairs and other repairs of body wall defects.

20130303845, Nov 14, 2013

Dec 19, 2012

13/720198

Emil Richard Skula - Wayne NJ, US
Robert J. Tannhauser - Bridgewater NJ, US
Michael Cardinale - Morristown NJ, US
Anthony Worthington - West Falmouth MA, US

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61B 1/018
A61B 17/08

600104, 606139, 600439

An applicator instrument for dispensing surgical fasteners includes a housing, a firing system disposed in the housing and moveable in distal and proximal directions along a first axis, a handle extending upwardly from the housing along a second axis that defines an acute angle with the first axis, and a trigger mounted on the handle. The applicator instrument includes a non-linear elongated shaft extending from the housing that has a distal section that is extends upwardly toward a top of said applicator instrument. A distal end cap is secured to the distal end of the elongated shaft. The applicator has an imaging system including an imaging device for detecting images at the distal end of said applicator instrument, and a light source for illuminating a field of view for the imaging device at the distal end of the applicator instrument.

20130317540, Nov 28, 2013

May 22, 2012

13/477474

Krasimira Hristov - Belle Mead NJ, US
Gaoyuan Gavin Chen - Hillsborough NJ, US
Mark T. Mooney - Johns Creek GA, US
James A. Matrunich - Mountainside NJ, US
Jianxin Guo - Livingston NJ, US
Emil Richard Skula - Wayne NJ, US

A61F 5/08

60620445

Novel bioabsorbable, universal kits used to form nasal implants are disclosed. The implants are useful in rhinoplasty and nasal reconstruction surgical procedures. The kit devices have a universal configuration and can be converted by the surgeon in the field into one or more individual nasal implant devices having different configurations and applications. The kits may have outlines of nasal implants thereon.

57880620, Aug 4, 1998

Feb 21, 1996

8/604200

Robert Cerwin - Pipersville PA
Marvin Alpern - Glen Ridge NJ
Yufei Huang - Piscataway NJ
Emil Richard Skula - Wayne NJ

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61B 1706

206 633

Suture dispensers for retaining armed sutures are disclosed. The dispenser disclosed is comprised of two flat panels of material that each have a central opening. A needle park is provided so that the needle is visible in and accessible though the central openings. In preferred embodiments, the needle park is made of a thin sheet of clear material. Several alternate needle park designs are also disclosed. The two panels are preferably locked together using edge locks in the form of corresponding slits and tabs formed on the panels themselves. In addition to being inexpensive, easy to manufacture and easy to fill, the disclosed dispensers is much thinner than current designs and thus requires less storage and shipping space. Methods of loading dispensers are also disclosed. By winding the suture material in a flat spiral around a set of winding pins, the disclosed dispensers can be easily and accurately filled, yet the resulting coiled suture can be withdrawn via the central openings without twisting or kinking the suture material.