Alexander J Sinton

6793635, Sep 21, 2004

Jun 28, 2002

10/187276

Thomas P. Ryan - Flemington NJ
Alexander J. Sinton - Doylestown PA

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61I 100

601 2, 606 28

A device for thermal ablation therapy having emitting means for emitting ultrasound energy capable of heating tissue and moving means for moving the emitting means between an undeployed position, in which the emitting means is in a first orientation which facilitates insertion of the device, and a deployed position, in which the emitting means is in a different second orientation that is selected to efficiently deliver ultrasound energy to the tissue to be ablated. The moving means includes one or more movable carriers and the emitting means is one or more piezoelectric transducers that are securely mounted on the carriers for conjoint movement therewith. A method for thermal ablation therapy using ultrasound energy involves positioning an ultrasound device in an undeployed position proximate to tissue to be heated; moving the ultrasound device from its undeployed position to a deployed position; and activating the ultrasound device to emit ultrasound energy for a predetermined period of time.

6881213, Apr 19, 2005

Oct 23, 2002

10/278235

Thomas P. Ryan - Flemington NJ, US
David Y. Yuan - Somerset NJ, US
Roddi J. Simpson - Jersey City NJ, US
Scott A. Ciarrocca - Stockton NJ, US
Alexander J. Sinton - Doylestown PA, US

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61B018/18

606 41, 607101

A medical device is provided and includes an elongated tube that has a longitudinal axis and an expandable member attached to the tube. The expandable member is expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. A plurality of electrodes is attached to the expandable member. The electrodes are used to emit energy. Each of the electrodes is arranged generally coaxially relative to the tube when the expandable member is in its collapsed and expanded configurations.

6929642, Aug 16, 2005

Oct 23, 2002

10/278466

Jia Hua Xiao - Bridgewater NJ, US
Thomas P. Ryan - Flemington NJ, US
Roddi J. Simpson - Jersey City NJ, US
Alexander J. Sinton - Doylestown PA, US

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61B018/18

606 41, 128898

An electrode instrument is provided and includes an electrode head and a pair of electrodes for emitting RF energy for use in thermal ablation therapy. The electrodes are movable between a collapsed configuration and deployed configuration. When collapsed, the electrodes are proximate to each other, and when deployed, the electrodes are spaced apart from each other. The electrode instrument includes linkage mechanisms that are used to maintain the electrodes in their deployed configuration.

7003209, Feb 21, 2006

Oct 13, 2004

10/963906

Christopher Corrado - Hatfield PA, US
Joseph F. Cairone - Collegeville PA, US
David G. Reed - Langhorne PA, US
Alexander J. Sinton - Doylestown PA, US

Greene, Tweed of Delaware, Inc. - Wilmington DE

G02B 6/00

385134, 385147

A tool for manipulating a fiber optic connector includes a handle portion having a first major axis and first and second ends. An intermediate support arm having a second major axis extends from the first end of the handle portion. First and second jaws extend from the intermediate support arm. Each jaw extends generally perpendicular to the second major axis of its respective intermediate support arm and generally orthogonal to the first major axis. Each jaw includes a gripping portion having a generally concave shape configured to complementarily receive a portion of the fiber optic connector. Movement of the handle portion moves the jaws between an open position in which the jaws are spaced apart for loosely receiving a fiber optic connector, and a closed position in which the jaws securely grip the fiber optic connector.

7178685, Feb 20, 2007

Jun 9, 2003

10/457254

Craig A. Hidalgo - Langhorne PA, US
Thomas J. Powers - Fairless Hills PA, US
Alexander J. Sinton - Doylestown PA, US
Joseph F. Brewin - Franklin MA, US
John A. Hession - Braintree MA, US

The First Years Inc. - Avon MA

B65D 51/00
B65D 41/16
A47G 19/22

220229, 220709, 220780, 2202541

A lids for a child's drinking cup has a projection extending integrally from an underside of the lid, the projection defining, in an upper surface of the lid body, a straw receptacle. The projection defines a plurality of break lines, such as slits, terminating at break line ends and defining separable segments of the projection. The break line ends are spaced from the base of the projection in a region of the straw receptacle having a cross-section approximately equal in extent to a cross-section of a corresponding drinking straw, such that inserting the straw into the straw receptacle and through the projection forces the projection segments apart, the segment bases engaging an outer surface of the inserted straw to inhibit leakage. Some of the projections include molded stiffening ribs.

D572407, Jul 1, 2008

Nov 20, 2007

29/293370

Nina C. Cook - Belle Mead NJ, US
Thomas J. Powers - Titusville NJ, US
Alexander J. Sinton - Doylestown PA, US
Craig Hidalgo - Langhorne PA, US

Distinctive Design, LLC - Mead NJ

2802

D28 7

7461589, Dec 9, 2008

May 14, 2005

10/908499

Alexander J Sinton - Doylestown PA, US

A47J 27/00
A47J 27/12
A47J 36/00

99348, 99328, 99334, 99335, 99339, 219428, 219429, 219432

A countertop cooking device for automating the preparation of food that requires stirring, heating, and the addition of liquid is proposed. The cooking device comprises a body containing a heated cooking pot, one or more separately heated reservoirs, and a means for transferring liquid to the cooking pot from the reservoir(s). The cooking device also comprises a means for stirring the contents of the cooking pot and scraping the inner surfaces of the cooking pot. A means is provided to control the temperatures of the cooking pot and reservoir(s), the sequence and duration of steps, and the stirring of the cooking pot. The sequence and duration of events may be controlled by a predetermined schedule, or based upon information from sensors in the device. The usefulness of the proposed cooking device is demonstrated in the application by describing its use in the preparation of risotto. This device may optionally be used in the preparation of other dishes such as rice and bulgur pilaf, or polenta.

8240936, Aug 14, 2012

Feb 22, 2007

11/677622

Joe Vazquez - Hamilton NJ, US
Douglas J. Hohlbein - Pennington NJ, US
Thomas J. Boyd - Metuchen NJ, US
Rensl Dillon - Ewing NJ, US
Gary Gerard Bredael - Langhorne PA, US
Craig Anthony Hidalgo - Langhorne PA, US
Alexander James Sinton - Doylestown PA, US
Thomas John Powers - Titusville NJ, US

Colgate-Palmolive Company - New York NY

A46B 11/04
A47L 13/26

401282, 401 37, 401 39, 401184, 401270

An oral care implement includes a head and a plurality of cleaning elements for enhanced cleaning of the teeth and soft tissue of the oral cavity. One tooth cleaning element has a plurality of bristles adapted to clean teeth. Another cleaning element is connected to the head and has structure defining a channel. The channel is configured to direct fluid in contact with the head toward an edge of the head when the implement is moved. The head also defines a reservoir that is configured to receive a dentifrice therein.