William C Mcjames

8315700, Nov 20, 2012

Dec 28, 2009

12/648126

Mark Citron - Montclair NJ, US
William McJames - Hillsborough NJ, US

TYRX, Inc. - Monmouth Junction NJ

A61N 1/02
A61N 1/36
A61N 1/372
A61N 1/39
A61M 5/142
A61F 2/12

607 5, 607 36, 607 2, 607151, 623 8

Biodegradable polymer-coated surgical meshes formed into pouches are described for use with cardiac rhythm management devices (CRMs) and other implantable medical devices. Such meshes are formed into a receptacle, e. g. , a pouch or other covering, capable of encasing, surrounding and/or holding the cardiac rhythm management device or other implantable medical device and preventing or retarding the formation of a biofilm.

20090112304, Apr 30, 2009

Jan 2, 2009

12/348139

KEVIN WEADOCK - HILLSBOROUGH NJ, US
WILLIAM MCJAMES - BELLE MEAD NJ, US
PETER DOUGLAS - HILLSDALE NJ, US
DANIEL GORDON - KEYPORT NJ, US
WILHELMUS JOSEPH LEONARDUS SUYKER - ZWOLLE, NL
PAULUS THOMAS WILHELMUS SUYKER - AMSTERDAM, NL
JASON L. HARRIS - MASON OH, US
MARK HOWANSKY - UNION CITY NJ, US
STEPHANIE M. KUTE - STEWARTSVILLE NJ, US
RODDI J. SIMPSON - QUINCY MA, US
CLIFFORD G. VOLPE - HAMPTON NJ, US
CHRISTINA J. D'ARRIGO - HOBOKEN NJ, US

A61F 2/06
A61B 19/00

623 111, 128898, 623 136, 623 112

A method for performing a coronary artery bypass graft procedure on a patient to connect a bypass vessel to a target vessel includes the steps of creating an opening in the patient that communicates with the thoracic cavity of the patient; providing a bypass vessel having a lumen and at least one free end; passing the free end of the bypass vessel from the thoracic cavity through the opening to a position outside the body of the patient; attaching a connector to the free end of bypass vessel while the free end of the bypass vessel is outside the body of the patient; passing the free end of the bypass vessel from the position outside the body of the patient through the opening and into the thoracic cavity; and connecting the free end of the bypass vessel to a target vessel with the connector.

20120185004, Jul 19, 2012

Nov 10, 2011

13/293816

William McJames - Hillsborough NJ, US
Frank Do - Jersey City NJ, US
Satish Pulapura - Bridgewater NJ, US
Qing Ge - Solon OH, US

TYRX, Inc. - Monmouth Junction NJ

A61M 37/00
A61N 1/39
A61N 1/362

607 3

An anchorage device comprising a mesh substrate coupled to an implantable medical device is disclosed, where the mesh substrate has a coating comprising a polymer, and the mesh further comprises at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient. The active pharmaceutical agent is designed to elute from the mesh over time. The mesh substrate can be configured to reduce the mass of the anchorage device such that tissue in-growth and/or scar tissue formation at the treatment site is reduced. In some embodiments, the mesh substrate can be formed with a mesh having a low areal density. In some embodiments, the mesh substrate can include one or more apertures or pores to reduce the mass of the substrate.

57307326, Mar 24, 1998

Dec 4, 1996

8/759491

Timothy Sardelis - Somerset NJ
William McJames - Belle Mead NJ

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61M 532

604272

A non-magnetic surgical needle. The needle is made from Type 316 stainless steel or ERSTE 4456CA stainless steel and is work hardened to have mechanical properties substantially equivalent to a surgical needle made from conventional magnetic stainless steel. The needle is useful in the magnetic field of a magnetic resonance imaging diagnostic apparatus.

57979618, Aug 25, 1998

Aug 19, 1997

8/916964

Daniel J. Smith - Manalapan NJ
Carl Gucker - Branchburg NJ
Zivko Elik - Bound Brook NJ
Paul Parisi - Bridgewater NJ
Randolph Ruetsch - Branchburg NJ
William McJames - Belle Mead NJ
Emil Richard Skula - Wayne NJ

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61B 1706

606222

A cutting edge surgical suture needle. The suture needle is an elongated member having a proximal suture mounting end and a distal piercing tip. The distal section of the needle has a cross-section having a top side with opposed edges. The cross-section also has opposed curved concave lateral sides having top edges and bottom edges. The top edges of the concave sides and the opposed sides of the top side are coextensive and form cutting edges. The bottom edges of the opposed concave sides are coextensive and form a bottom cutting edge.

59351381, Aug 10, 1999

Sep 24, 1997

8/937655

William C. McJames - Belle Mead NJ
Donald G. Miller - Three Bridges NJ
Thomas Nering - Milford NJ
Robert Nering - Sergeantsville NJ
Joseph Rollero - Whitehouse Station NJ
Lester E. Schaible - Somerville NJ

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61B 1710

606139

A needle for endoscopic surgery is curved into an arc of more than 180. degree. and twisted, so that it forms a part of a spiral, with a lateral offset between the needle point and barrel. The needle is sized to fit through a 10 mm trocar and is also blackened, to improve its visibility in a bloody field. The needle curvature is preferably not constant over its entire length, so that different sections have different radii of curvature. The needle is particularly well adapted for performing laporascopically a procedure (Burch Colposuspension) that is used to treat female stress incontinence.

61742201, Jan 16, 2001

Jan 10, 2000

9/480099

Jerry W. Stametz - Freemonsburg PA
William C. McJames - Belle Mead NJ
Eric W. Hinrichs - Pipersville PA
Craig S. Matthews - Perth Amboy NJ

B24B 100

451 35

A method of manufacturing blunt tip surgical needles. Taper point needles having conventional piercing tips are placed into a vessel containing a grinding media. The needles are maintained in the vessel for a sufficient amount of time to convert the piercing point into a blunt. Additionally, the needles may be separated from the grinding media using a rotating magnetic drum such that the needles remain engaged with the magnetic drum while the grinding media is directed away to a collection tray. Needles are later removed from the magnetic drum.

57762686, Jul 7, 1998

Jun 25, 1997

8/882064

William McJames - Belle Mead NJ
Bernard M. Willis - East Brunswick NJ
Daniel Smith - Manalapan Townshiip NJ
Eugene Reynolds - Freehold NJ
Carl Gucker - Branchburg NJ
Michael Nordmeyer - Neshanic Station NJ

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

C21D 600

148656

A process for progressively manufacturing cutting edge needles or wire members. Needle blanks or wire blanks are cut from a roll of wire and mounted to a carrier strip. The carrier strip and needles are moved through a succession of coining dies and at least one trimming die, wherein the first coining die is an open coining die and the one or more successive coining dies are closed coining dies. The needle blanks or wire members are optionally curved, heat treated and electrochemically treated resulting in cutting edge needles or wire members formed without a grinding step and without adversely affecting point ductility.