Dominick EspositoAnsonia, CT

4699463, Oct 13, 1987

Nov 1, 1985

6/794491

Frank D. D'Amelio - Naugatuck CT
Dominick G. Esposito - Mamaroneck NY
Walter B. Kobyra - Bronx NY

Circon Corporation - Santa Barbara CA

G02B 606

350 9626

An elongated, tubular inspection instrument characterized as having a control head at its proximal end and an objective assembly at its distal end. Flexible fiber or rigid optics extend between the control head and the objective assembly for the purpose of transmitting to the control head an image viewed from the distal end. Optics located at the objective assembly can be manipulated at the control head to provide, rapidly in succession, either a forward looking view or a sideward looking view. The sideward looking view is always at a positively positioned predetermined angle from the forward looking view.

4659195, Apr 21, 1987

Jan 31, 1986

6/824846

Frank D. D'Amelio - Naugatuck CT
Michelle d. Maxfield - Stamford CT
Dominick G. Esposito - Mamaroneck NY
Walter B. Kobyra - Bronx NY

American Hospital Supply Corporation - Evanston IL

G02B 700

350574

An inspection system in which a fiber optic borescope has an elongated flexible body extending between a control head at a proximal end and an objective assembly at a distal end. The distal end is slidably inserted through a tubular elongated flexible guide member which has an operating head at a near end and a distal collar at a remote end capable of deflecting in four discrete directions. The objective assembly of the borescope is capable of deflecting in two discrete directions. A telescoping rigid support member connects the control head to the operating head and slidably receives the flexible body of the borescope. When the support member is retracted, the control head is proximate to the operating head and the objective assembly extends far beyond the distal collar. When the support member is extended, the control head is distant from the operating head and the objective assembly lies proximate to the distal collar. Cables for operating the distal collar extend between the near end and the remote end and each cable is operatively connected to the distal collar at one end and at the other end to an actuating element on the operating head for manual operation of the distal collar.

4823791, Apr 25, 1989

May 8, 1987

7/047666

Frank D. D'Amelio - Naugatuck CT
Dawn M. DeLemos - Cornwall NY
Dominick G. Esposito - Mamaroneck NY
Michelle D. Maxfield - Norwalk CT
Claude E. Petruzzi - Bronxville NY
Robert H. Quint - Jamaica NY

Circon ACMI Division of Circon Corporation - Stamford CT

A61B 1739

12330314

A disposable bipolar electrosurgical probe which can be readily applied to the tissue to be treated, then discarded. The probe comprises an elongated substrate member having a peripheral surface of dielectric material and a longitudinal axis extending between a working end and an attachment end. At least a pair of electrically isolated electrodes extend continuously on the peripheral surface of the substrate member between an active region at the working end and an electrical terminal region at the attachment end for quick connection and/or disconnection, respectively, to opposite poles of an RF generator. A handle with a quick disconnect mechanism is provided to physically support the probe and enable it to be selectively energized. The probes can be of a fail safe construction so as to assure that only a proper probe can be used for a desired treatment.

4936842, Jun 26, 1990

Feb 22, 1989

7/301658

Frank D. D'Amelio - Naugatuck CT
Dawn M. DeLemos - Cornwall NY
Dominick G. Esposito - Mamaroneck NY
Michelle D. Maxfield - Norwalk CT
Claude E. Petruzzi - Bronxville NY
Robert H. Quint - Jamaica NY

Circon Corporation - Santa Barbara CA

A61B 1739

606 42

A disposable bipolar electrosurgical probe which can be readily applied to the tissue to be treated, then discarded. The probe comprises an elongated substrate member having a peripheral surface of dielectric material and a longitudinal axis extending between a working end and an attachment end. At least a pair of electrically isolated electrodes extend continuously on the peripheral surface of the substrate member between an active region at the working end and an electrical terminal region at the attachment end for quick connection and/or disconnection, respectively, to opposite poles of an RF generator. A handle with a quick disconnect mechanism is provided to physically support the probe and enable it to be selectively energized. The probes can be of a fail safe construction so as to assure that only a proper probe can be used for a desired treatment.

4874364, Oct 17, 1989

Mar 22, 1988

7/171569

David L. Morris - Melton-Mobray, GB2
Mihail Filip - Shelton CT
Frank D. D'Amelio - Oxford CT
Dominick G. Esposito - Danbury CT
Robert H. Quint - Jamaica NY

Circon Corporation - Santa Barbara CA

A61M 100

604 35

A gas pressure neutralizing device for use with a working channel of an inspection instrument. The device comprises means for providing a first gas pressure buffer, a second gas pressure buffer, a chamber formed therebetween and means for reducing the pressure in the chamber whereby gases are substantially prevented from exiting the instrument through a working inlet of the device at an elevated pressure or high velocity.