Donald L Golden

44717814, Sep 18, 1984

Feb 3, 1982

6/345307

John Di Giovanni - Irvington NJ
Glen C. Dorband - Somerville NJ
Donald M. Golden - Cherry Hill NJ
William P. McVay - Clearwater FL

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61B 1700

128334R

A structure is provided for accommodating the rotation of a front housing of an instrument to a selected position relative to the rear housing of the instrument to permit an operating member in the front housing to be located in a desired orientation. The front housing has an annular portion in which a cylindrical portion of the rear housing is received to permit the two housings to be rotated relative to each other about a common longitudinal axis. The front housing annular portion defines a plurality of bores arranged at selected azimuthal locations about the axis of rotation and the rear housing carries a reciprocative engaging member adapted to be moved partially into one of the bores to lock the two housings in a selected relative orientation.

45000247, Feb 19, 1985

Jun 9, 1983

6/502855

John DiGiovanni - Irvington NJ
Donald M. Golden - Cherry Hill NJ

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61B 1732
A61B 1712

227 19

An apparatus for housing, feeding and applying multiple ligating clips, including a handle which houses a delivery and feeding mechanism, and a cartridge which holds the clips. The handle employs a scissors-type action to set a clip which has been delivered to the jaws by the feeding and ratcheting mechanism. The feeding mechanism provides a relatively long stroke motion to deliver a clip from the end of a cartridge to the end of the nose. The mechanism also provides a relatively short stroke motion for operating the ratchet mechanism of the cartridge for feeding clips through the cartridge. The feeding, ratcheting and setting of the clip is all done by a single, scissors-type action employing only a small motion envelope so that the overall shape of the handle may be small and compact and readily adaptable for use deep in an incision site. The cartridge includes a fixed and moving ratchet rack which are operated by the short stroke ratcheting mechanism of the handle. Clips are fed from the end of the ratchet into the nose of the handle by a delivery means which may either push the clip into the nose or physically hold and carry the clip into the nose.

46216391, Nov 11, 1986

Jul 31, 1984

6/636440

James A. Transue - Union NJ
Donald M. Golden - Cherry Hill NJ

Ethicon, Inc - Somerville NJ

A61B 1704

128339

A hand-operated surgical instrument of closing wounds with a fastener. The instrument has a movable operating member extending from a movable handle which actuates the operating member. A hydraulic actuator comprising first and second cylinders is connected between the handle and the operating member for effecting the movement of the operating member when the handle is moved relative to the instrument. A biasing member is provided for returning the operating member and the handle means to the unactuated position. The surgical instrument includes a housing and a needle extending outwardly from one end of the housing. A plurality of fasteners are located within the housing such that when the operating member is actuated, the fasteners are forced out through the needle by the force of the operating member.

44872054, Dec 11, 1984

Apr 26, 1982

6/371845

John Di Giovanni - Irvington NJ
Glen C. Dorband - Somerville NJ
Donald M. Golden - Cherry Hill NJ

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61B 1712

128326

Hemostatic clips made from non-resilient polymeric materials. The clips comprise a pair of leg members rotatable about a hinge portion to be closed over a vessel.

44309970, Feb 14, 1984

Nov 19, 1980

6/208368

John DiGiovanni - Irvington NJ
Donald M. Golden - Cherry Hill NJ

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61B 1712

128326

An apparatus for housing, feeding and applying multiple ligating clips, including a handle which houses a delivery and feeding mechanism, and a cartridge which holds the clips. The handle employs a scissors-type action to set a clip which has been delivered to the jaws by the feeding and ratcheting mechanism. The feeding mechanism provides a relatively long stroke motion to deliver a clip from the end of a cartridge to the end of the nose. The mechanism also provides a relatively short stroke motion for operating the ratchet mechanism of the cartridge for feeding clips through the cartridge. The feeding, ratcheting and setting of the clip is all done by a single, scissors-type action employing only a small motion envelope so that the overall shape of the handle may be small and compact and readily adaptable for use deep in an incision site. The cartridge includes a fixed and moving ratchet rack which is operated by the short stroke ratcheting mechanism of the handle. Clips are fed from the end of the ratchet into the nose of the handle by a delivery means which may either push the clip into the nose or physically hold and carry the clip into the nose.