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Elizabeth Houston

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 7384, Phone: (571)272-7134 , Office: P/3731 )

Most Active Art Unit
3731
Art Unit(s)
3773, 3731, 3771, 3753
Total Applications
629
Issued Applications
246
Pending Applications
29
Abandoned Applications
364

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/641860
Surgical robot arm Apr 21, 2024 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19510301 [patent_doc_number] => 20240341987 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-10-17 [patent_title] => AIR RELEASE QUANTIFICATION AND BACK-BLEED FLUSHING TECHNIQUES AND FEATURES FOR ENDOPROSTHESIS DELIVERY SYSTEM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/637257 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2024-04-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 10247 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -23 [patent_words_short_claim] => 147 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18637257 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/637257
AIR RELEASE QUANTIFICATION AND BACK-BLEED FLUSHING TECHNIQUES AND FEATURES FOR ENDOPROSTHESIS DELIVERY SYSTEM Apr 15, 2024 Pending
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18/613048
Clip instruments Mar 20, 2024 Issued
18/592134 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SELF-RELEASE MYOFASCIAL TOOL Feb 28, 2024 Abandoned
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18/582622
SELF-CINCHING SUTURE DEVICES AND METHODS Feb 19, 2024 Pending
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18/442312
FENESTRATED VASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR STENT, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Feb 14, 2024 Pending
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18/365437
DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CROSSING LESIONS IN A TISSUE LUMEN Aug 3, 2023 Abandoned
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18/115045
Dilator Feb 27, 2023 Issued
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18/107581
TREATMENT INSTRUMENT WITH VIBRATION GENERATING DEVICE Feb 8, 2023 Abandoned
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18/104493
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF DEFECTS IN THE VASCULATURE WITH A STENT RETRIEVER Jan 31, 2023 Abandoned
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18/721882
Robot-assisted Automatic Introduction Method and Device for Trocar Nov 23, 2022 Pending
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17/992433
THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT DEVICE WITH BRAIDED-STRAND MICROVALVE OCCLUDER HAVING MODIFIED FILTER COATING Nov 21, 2022 Pending
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17/978399
GASTRIC SIZING SYSTEMS INCLUDING INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF BARIATRIC SURGERY Oct 31, 2022 Pending
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17/978927
DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND DELIVERY ASSEMBLIES FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES, METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Oct 31, 2022 Pending
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17/973213
PERCUTANEOUS WOUND BARRIER Oct 24, 2022 Abandoned
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18/700255
DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING THE SKIN Oct 6, 2022 Pending
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17/952333
DILATOR Sep 25, 2022 Abandoned
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17/951727
SHEATH AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSCATHETER DEVICE IMPLANTATION Sep 22, 2022 Pending
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17/944172
METHOD TO STOP BLEEDING AFTER A CATHETERIZATION PROCEDURE USING A LARGE BORE SHEATH Sep 12, 2022 Pending
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17/899469
DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING A LEAFLET CLIP Aug 29, 2022 Pending
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