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	PATENTS & PATENT PENDING APPLICATIONS: INFORMATION TO BE UPDATED I. Endoscopic/Laparoscopic Stapler Endoscopic/Laparoscopic Stapler: 5,015,249 Licensed to Ethicon Endosurgery 2001 New Staple Designs: 5,049,153 Multiple Fire Stapler: 5,156,609 Endoscopic Stapling Device and Staple: 5,222,961 Deep Tissue Endoscopic Staple and Stapler: Patent Pending Multiple Deep Tissue Endoscopic Stapler and Staples: Patent Pending Endoscopic Stapling Device and Method: 5,049,153 II. Endoscopic Cauterization Snares with Attached Retrieval Device Trademark: Nakao Snare™. The Nakao Snare Line was licensed to ConMed Endoscopic Technologies in 2005. Endoscopic/Laparoscopic Cauterization Snare/w Attached Retrieval Device: 5,201,740 New Snare Designs: 5,190,542 Snare with Net for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: 5,234,439 Snare with Net for Retrieval of Common Bile Duct Stones: 5,347,273 Cauterization Snare with Net and Marking Devices: 5,336,227 Snare with Detachable Net: 5,486,182 Dual Channel snare and retrieval devices: 5,759,187 Triple Lumen: Inject, Cauterize, Capture: 5,741,271 Snare with Ringlets: 5,782,840 Triple Lumen: Extended Claims: 5,997,547 Multi-sized cautery snare: Patent Pending Double tiered cutting and retrieval snare: Patent Pending Short tether cutting and retrieval snare: Patent Pending Endoscopic Snare Cautery with Suture Tie 5,814,052 III. Nakao Ejection Biopsy Forceps; Trademark: Nakao Ejector™ Biopsy Forceps with Tissue Ejection Means: 5,575,806 Biopsy Ejecting Forceps: 5,573,546 Biopsy Ejecting Forceps with Needle: Patent Pending IV. Quick Trap; Trademark: Nakao Quick Trap™ Licensed to ConMed endoscopic Technologies in 2005 Licensed to Stryker Corporation in 2005 for use in 2005 Suction Trap and Associated Method: 5,363,860 Endoscope Suction Trap and Associated Method: 5,347,991 V. Endoscope Sheath: Trademark: ZipSheath™ Endoscope Sheath: 5,217,001 Endoscope Sheath Attached by Balloon: 5,353,783 Endoscope Sheath with Biopsy Channel Liner: 5,746,694 C-I-P: Extended Claims: 5,938,586 Endoscope Sheaths with Dilators and Compression Balloons: 5,400,770 Endoscopic Sheath Assembly and associated Method: 6,929,601 B2 VI. Intravenous access devices Automatic Heparin Lock: 5,195,967 Automatic Heparin Lock: New Design: 5,336,181 Intravenous Catheter with Anesthetic Needle: 5,282,788 Steerable Catheter: 5,396,879 IV Flow Regulator: 5,360,412 Medical Instrument for Fluid Injection and related Method: Patent Pending Intravenous Bubble Check 5,318,520 VII. Endoscopic interventional Devices Endoscopic Fine Layer Tissue Resector: Patent Pending Endoscopic Tissue Anchoring and Cinching Device: Patent Pending Endoscopic Retractor: 6,913,610 Endoscopic Retractor Instrument and Method: Patent Pending Endoscopic Retractor Instrument and Method: CIP Patent Pending Endoscopic Retractor and Sheath Assembly: Patent Pending Temperature Biased Endoscopic Suturing Needle and related Method: Patent Pending Endoscopic Sewing Device and related Method: Patent Pending VIII. Surgical Devices Breast Prosthesis Device and Associated Method: Improved Laparoscopic Trocar Reducing Port: 5,221,264 Divisional: Extended Claims: 5,906,620 IX. Interventional Endoscopes Endoscope with Multiple Working Segments: Patent Pending Endoscope with Open Channels: Patent Pending PUBLICATIONS Ginsberg GG. Barkun AN. Bosco JJ. Burdick JS. Isenberg GA. Nakao NL. Petersen BT. Silverman WB. Slivka A. Kelsey PB. Endoscope repair by original equipment manufacturers and independent service organizations. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2003, 57(6): 639-42. Ginsberg GG. Barkun AN. Bosco JJ. Burdick JS. Isenberg GA. Nakao NL. Petersen BT. Silverman WB. Slivka A. Kelsey PB. Endoscopic anti-reflux procedures. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2002, 56(5): 625-8. Ginsberg GG. Barkun AN. Bosco JJ. Burdick JS. Isenberg GA. Nakao NL. Petersen BT. Silverman WB. Slivka A. Kelsey PB. Endoscopic tattooing. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2002, 55(7): 811-4. Ginsberg GG. Barkun AN. Bosco JJ. Burdick JS. Isenberg GA. Nakao NL. Petersen BT. Silverman WB. Slivka A. Kelsey PB. The argon plasma coagulator. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2002, 55(7): 807-10. Nelson DB. Barkun AN. Block KP. Burdick JS. Ginsberg GG. Greenwald DA. Kelsey PB. Nakao NL. Slivka A. Smith P. Vakil N. Technology status evaluation report. Endoscopic hemostatic devices. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2001, 54(6): 833-40. Nelson DB. Barkun AN. Block KP. Burdick JS. Ginsberg GG. Greenwald DA. Kelsey PB. Nakao NL. Slivka A. Smith P. Vakil N. Technology Status Evaluation report. Colonoscopy preparations. May 2001. Comment in: Gastrointest Endosc. 2002 Sep;56(3):463; Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2001, 54(6): 829-32. Nakao, NL. Status Evaluation Report: Propofol. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2001; 53(7); 876–79. Nelson DB. Barkun AN. Block KP. Burdick JS. Ginsberg GG. Greenwald DA. Kelsey PB. Nakao NL. Slivka A. Smith P. Vakil N. Technology status evaluation report. Transmission of infection by gastrointestinal endoscopy. May 2001. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2001, 54(6): 824-8. Nelson DB. Barkun AN. Block KP. Burdick JS. Ginsberg GG. Greenwald DA. Kelsey PB. Nakao NL. Slivka A. Smith P. Vakil N. American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Technology Committee. Propofol use during gastrointestinal endoscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2001, 53(7): 876-9. Nakao, NL. Cautery Retrieval Snare: 62 nd Annual Scientific Meeting, American College of Gastroenterology Poster Session. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Abstract, 1998. Nakao NL. Combined cautery and retrieval snares for gastrointestinal polypectomy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 1996, 44(5): 602-5. Nakao, NL, Interferon alpha 2A therapy in mononeuritis multiplex due to cryoglobulinemic vasculitis in a patient with hepatitis C. 62 nd Annual Scientific Meeting, American College of Gastroenterology poster session. American Journal of Gastroenterology. Abstract, 1996. Nakao NL. Gelb AM. Stenger RJ. Siegel JH. A case of chronic liver disease due to tolazamide. Gastroenterology. 1985, 89(1):192-5. Nakao NL. Siegel JH. Stenger RJ. Gelb AM. Tumors of the ampulla of vater: early diagnosis by intraampullary biopsy during endoscopic cannulation. Two case presentations and a review of the literature. Gastroenterology. 1982, 83(2): 459-64.