Patents by Inventor Anton Gmeiner
Anton Gmeiner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
-
Patent number: 10791917Abstract: Described are various embodiments of micro-optical surgical probes and micro-optical probe tips and methods of manufacture therefor. In some embodiments, multichannel micro-optical probe tip structures are directly manufactured upon respective optical channel waveguides, or again manufactured to integrally define respective optical coupling to these waveguides. In some embodiments, micro-optical probe tip structures are manufactured via a 3D laser printing process. Specific embodiments include, but are not limited to, spectroscopic or particularly Raman spectroscopy probes and their associated multichannel probe tip structures, and multichannel endoscopes.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.Inventors: Timotheus Anton Gmeiner, Siu Wai Jacky Mak, Kresimir Franjic
-
Patent number: 10725136Abstract: A cerebrospinal diffusion phantom including a housing having a shape and size configured for insertion into a magnetic resonance coil in one or more preselected poses. A scaffold support structure is mounted on an interior of said housing and a plurality of elongated diffusion mimicking members supported on the support array. The elongated diffusion mimicking members are affixed to the scaffold support structure such that elongated diffusion mimicking members extend in directions needed to substantially emulate a 3 dimensional arrangement of cerebrospinal diffusion fiber tracts in a living organism; modules for elimination of resolution based-bias, angular accuracy evaluation, diffusion rate calibration, and quality assurance image referencing. Each elongated diffusion mimicking member includes an aqueous component which can undergo diffusion along the elongated diffusion mimicking member.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.Inventors: Fergal Kerins, Timotheus Anton Gmeiner, Jeff Alan Stainsby, Chad Tyler Harris, Sheryl Rae Thingvold, Gregory Allan Whitton
-
Patent number: 10559227Abstract: Simulated tissue products and methods involving an enhanced simulated tissue product, the enhanced simulated tissue product formed from a polyvinyl alcohol material having a molecular chain length in a range of at least approximately 7000 vinyl alcohol repeat units; and water, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol material has a preferred molecular chain length in a range of at least approximately 7150 vinyl alcohol repeat units; wherein the aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution involves an additive, and, wherein the additive involves a plurality of nanoparticles. The simulated tissue products and methods are further useful with multi-metric surgery simulator devices, systems, and methods, such as those for training surgical tasks.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.Inventors: Timotheus Anton Gmeiner, Fergal Kerins, Gregory Allan Whitton, Kimberly Bojanowski Hoang
-
Publication number: 20200029796Abstract: Described are various embodiments of micro-optical surgical probes and micro-optical probe tips and methods of manufacture therefor. In some embodiments, multichannel micro-optical probe tip structures are directly manufactured upon respective optical channel waveguides, or again manufactured to integrally define respective optical coupling to these waveguides. In some embodiments, micro-optical probe tip structures are manufactured via a 3D laser printing process. Specific embodiments include, but are not limited to, spectroscopic or particularly Raman spectroscopy probes and their associated multichannel probe tip structures, and multichannel endoscopes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.Inventors: Timotheus Anton Gmeiner, Siu Wai Jacky Mak, Kresimir Franjic
-
Patent number: 10510268Abstract: Multi-metric surgery simulator devices, systems, and methods, involving at least one sensor configured to collect surgical training performance data relevant to at least one surgical task, the at least one sensor configured to operate with a surgical navigation system comprising a processor, the processor configurable, by way of a set of executable instructions storable in relation to a non-transitory medium, to perform at least one of analyze collected data, transform the collected data, and provide feedback in relation thereto; and at least one surgery simulator apparatus operatively coupled with the at least one sensor, the at least one surgery simulator apparatus configured to operate with a tracking system, whereby collected data is obtainable and clinical performance in relation to the at least one surgical task is quantitatively evaluable and progressively improvable.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.Inventors: Timotheus Anton Gmeiner, Fergal Kerins, Aaron Yu Lai Cheung, Kimberly Bojanowski Hoang
-
Patent number: 10413167Abstract: Described are various embodiments of micro-optical surgical probes and micro-optical probe tips and methods of manufacture therefor. In some embodiments, multichannel micro-optical probe tip structures are directly manufactured upon respective optical channel waveguides, or again manufactured to integrally define respective optical coupling to these waveguides. In some embodiments, micro-optical probe tip structures are manufactured via a 3D laser printing process. Specific embodiments include, but are not limited to, spectroscopic or particularly Raman spectroscopy probes and their associated multichannel probe tip structures, and multichannel endoscopes.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Inventors: Timotheus Anton Gmeiner, Siu Wai Jacky Mak, Kresimir Franjic
-
Patent number: 10319259Abstract: Disclosed herein are anatomical simulators produced using three dimensional (3D) printing to produce interior components of the simulator. The method of producing void structures in an anatomical phantom, includes 3D printing one or more structures of one or more desired sub-anatomical features using a dissolvable material; supporting and enclosing the one or more structures in an interior of a mold of the anatomical phantom; filling a remaining internal volume in the interior of the mold between an outer surface of the one or more structures and an inner surface of the mold with a liquid precursor of a matrix material selected to mimic anatomical tissue and processing the liquid precursor to form a tissue mimic matrix material; and dissolving the one or more structures with a fluid selected to dissolve said dissolvable material to produce one or more internal cavities within the tissue mimic matrix material.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL (BARBADOS) INC.Inventors: Fergal Kerins, Gregory Allan Whitton, Joshua Lee Richmond, Timotheus Anton Gmeiner
-
Publication number: 20190065681Abstract: A system and methods for managing a plurality of medical equipment via distributed ledgers involving: a network device configured to communicate with the plurality of medical equipment; a mobile application storable in relation to, and configuring, each piece of medical equipment of the plurality of medical equipment to individually communicate with the network device, the mobile application comprising a set of executable instructions for automatically collecting usage data in relation to each piece of medical equipment of the plurality of medical equipment and for automatically transmitting the usage data to the network device; and a processor configured to receive the usage data from the network device and to generate billing data based on the usage data corresponding to each piece of medical equipment of the plurality of medical equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventor: Timotheus Anton GMEINER
-
Publication number: 20180344130Abstract: Described are various embodiments of micro-optical surgical probes and micro-optical probe tips and methods of manufacture therefor. In some embodiments, multichannel micro-optical probe tip structures are directly manufactured upon respective optical channel waveguides, or again manufactured to integrally define respective optical coupling to these waveguides. In some embodiments, micro-optical probe tip structures are manufactured via a 3D laser printing process. Specific embodiments include, but are not limited to, spectroscopic or particularly Raman spectroscopy probes and their associated multichannel probe tip structures, and multichannel endoscopes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Timotheus Anton GMEINER, Siu Wai Jacky MAK, Kresimir FRANJIC
-
Publication number: 20180308393Abstract: Simulated tissue products and methods involving an enhanced simulated tissue product, the enhanced simulated tissue product formed from a polyvinyl alcohol material having a molecular chain length in a range of at least approximately 7000 vinyl alcohol repeat units; and water, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol material has a preferred molecular chain length in a range of at least approximately 7150 vinyl alcohol repeat units; wherein the aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution involves an additive, and, wherein the additive involves a plurality of nanoparticles. The simulated tissue products and methods are further useful with multi-metric surgery simulator devices, systems, and methods, such as those for training surgical tasks.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Timotheus Anton GMEINER, Fergal KERINS, Gregory Allan WHITTON, Kimberly Bojanowski HOANG
-
Publication number: 20180116724Abstract: Multi-metric surgery simulator devices, systems, and methods, involving at least one sensor configured to collect surgical training performance data relevant to at least one surgical task, the at least one sensor configured to operate with a surgical navigation system comprising a processor, the processor configurable, by way of a set of executable instructions storable in relation to a non-transitory medium, to perform at least one of analyze collected data, transform the collected data, and provide feedback in relation thereto; and at least one surgery simulator apparatus operatively coupled with the at least one sensor, the at least one surgery simulator apparatus configured to operate with a tracking system, whereby collected data is obtainable and clinical performance in relation to the at least one surgical task is quantitatively evaluable and progressively improvable.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Timotheus Anton GMEINER, Fergal KERINS, Aaron Yu Lai CHEUNG, Kimberly Bojanowski HOANG
-
Publication number: 20180113186Abstract: Disclosed herein are cerebrospinal diffusion phantoms which include a housing having a shape and size configured for insertion into a magnetic resonance coil in one or more preselected poses. A scaffold support structure is mounted on an interior of said housing and a plurality of elongated diffusion mimicking members supported on the support array. The elongated diffusion mimicking members are affixed to the scaffold support structure such that elongated diffusion mimicking members extend in directions needed to substantially emulate a 3 dimensional arrangement of cerebrospinal diffusion fiber tracts in a living organism; as well as modules for elimination of resolution based-bias, angular accuracy evaluation, diffusion rate calibration, and quality assurance image referencing. Each elongated diffusion mimicking member includes an aqueous component which can undergo diffusion along the elongated diffusion mimicking member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Fergal KERINS, Timotheus Anton GMEINER, Jeff Alan STAINSBY, Chad Tyler HARRIS, Sheryl Rae THINGVOLD, Gregory Allan WHITTON
-
Patent number: 9880251Abstract: Disclosed herein are cerebrospinal diffusion phantoms which include a housing having a shape and size configured for insertion into a magnetic resonance coil in one or more preselected poses. A scaffold support structure is mounted on an interior of said housing and a plurality of elongated diffusion mimicking members supported on the support array. The elongated diffusion mimicking members are affixed to the scaffold support structure such that elongated diffusion mimicking members extend in directions needed to substantially emulate a 3 dimensional arrangement of cerebrospinal diffusion fiber tracts in a living organism; as well as modules for elimination of resolution based-bias, angular accuracy evaluation, diffusion rate calibration, and quality assurance image referencing. Each elongated diffusion mimicking member includes an aqueous component which can undergo diffusion along the elongated diffusion mimicking member.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.Inventors: Fergal Kerins, Timotheus Anton Gmeiner, Jeff Alan Stainsby, Chad Tyler Harris, Sheryl Rae Thingvold, Gregory Allan Whitton
-
Publication number: 20170291359Abstract: Disclosed herein are anatomical simulators produced using three dimensional (3D) printing to produce interior components of the simulator. The method of producing void structures in an anatomical phantom, includes 3D printing one or more structures of one or more desired sub-anatomical features using a dissolvable material; supporting and enclosing the one or more structures in an interior of a mold of the anatomical phantom; filling a remaining internal volume in the interior of the mold between an outer surface of the one or more structures and an inner surface of the mold with a liquid precursor of a matrix material selected to mimic anatomical tissue and processing said liquid precursor to form a tissue mimic matrix material; and dissolving the one or more structures with a fluid selected to dissolve said dissolvable material to produce one or more internal cavities within the tissue mimic matrix material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Fergal KERINS, Gregory Allan WHITTON, Joshua Lee RICHMOND, Timotheus Anton GMEINER
-
Publication number: 20170192076Abstract: Disclosed herein are cerebrospinal diffusion phantoms which include a housing having a shape and size configured for insertion into a magnetic resonance coil in one or more preselected poses. A scaffold support structure is mounted on an interior of said housing and a plurality of elongated diffusion mimicking members supported on the support array. The elongated diffusion mimicking members are affixed to the scaffold support structure such that elongated diffusion mimicking members extend in directions needed to substantially emulate a 3 dimensional arrangement of cerebrospinal diffusion fiber tracts in a living organism; as well as modules for elimination of resolution based-bias, angular accuracy evaluation, diffusion rate calibration, and quality assurance image referencing. Each elongated diffusion mimicking member includes an aqueous component which can undergo diffusion along the elongated diffusion mimicking member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Fergal KERINS, Timotheus Anton GMEINER, Jeff Alan STAINSBY, Chad Tyler HARRIS, Sheryl Rae THINGVOLD, Gregory Allan WHITTON
-
Patent number: 6516830Abstract: Apparatus and process for guiding portions of backwater produced or stored at different levels of a machine. The apparatus includes an upper backwater chamber arranged to receive first backwater, a lower backwater chamber arranged below the upper backwater chamber and to receive at least a portion of the first backwater from the upper backwater chamber. A plurality of hydraulic lines are arranged to couple the upper backwater chamber to the lower backwater chamber, and inlet openings of the plurality of hydraulic lines are arranged inside the upper backwater chamber and are arranged at different geodetic heights relative to one another. The process includes collecting first backwater in an upper backwater chamber, and guiding the first backwater from the upper backwater chamber to a lower backwater chamber through inlet openings to a plurality of hydraulic lines. The inlet openings are arranged at different geodetic heights relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2000Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbHInventor: Anton Gmeiner
-
Patent number: 6425986Abstract: Process and apparatus for degassing a flowing fibrous paper suspension. The process includes separating the suspension into partial streams, spraying the partial streams into a degassing chamber under vacuum, and exposing the suspension to the degassing vacuum for at least 10 seconds. In this manner, gas within the suspension is separated from the suspension. The process also includes suctioning the separated gas out of the degassing chamber. The apparatus includes a degassing chamber structured to subject the suspension to a vacuum sufficient for degassing, an element arranged at an inlet of said degassing chamber for dividing the suspension into a plurality of partial streams, and a suction device for removing separated gas from said degassing chamber. The apparatus is structured and arranged so that the suspension is subjected to the degassing vacuum for a duration of at least 10 seconds.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2000Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbHInventors: Anton Gmeiner, Michael Schwarz
-
Patent number: 5268077Abstract: The stock stream of a pre-cleaned paper stock suspension is sub-divided into extremely small partial jets in a chamber of a compartment. Each such partial jet or stream has a throughflow volume of approximately 50 liters/min. to 80 liters/min. and is directed with great turbulence against an impact wall within the closed chamber of the compartment at jet velocities in the order of about 10 m/sec. to 12 m/sec. and at an absolute pressure of about 0.5 to 0.8 bar absolute, the partial jets then being completely sprayed at such impact wall. The paper stock suspension which is to be deaerated has as large as possible surface area, so that the air is efficiently released at a negative pressure or vacuum of approximately 0.05 bar prevailing in the chamber and then can be suctionally removed. The division of the stream of the paper stock suspension into partial jets is accomplished by a distributor through which extends a predetermined number of throughflow openings defined by bores.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1992Date of Patent: December 7, 1993Assignee: Sulzer Esher Wyss GmbHInventors: Alfred Bubik, Anton Gmeiner, Walter Stein
-
Patent number: D790709Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL (BARBADOS) INC.Inventors: Timotheus Anton Gmeiner, Gregory Allan Whitton, Fergal Kerins
-
Patent number: D809927Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL (BARBADOS) INC.Inventors: William Wai-Leung Lau, Timotheus Anton Gmeiner, Fergal Kerins