Patents by Inventor Thomas Armentrout

Thomas Armentrout 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).

  • Sponge Counting System And Method For Ensuring Proper Removal Of Surgical Sponges Following A Medical Procedure
    Publication number: 20240120048
    Abstract: A sponge counting system for maintaining an inventory of articles used during a medical or surgical procedure, where, in the event an article for which the status needs to be reconciled is left in a patient, the system generates a record that the article is in a partially reconciled state and when a subsequent procedure is performed, the scanner employed during the procedure has the records of the partially reconciled articles associated with the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Stewart, Michael Roux, Thomas Armentrout
  • Sponge counting system and method for ensuring proper removal of surgical sponges following a medical procedure
    Patent number: 11894115
    Abstract: A sponge counting system for maintaining an inventory of articles used during a medical or surgical procedure, where, in the event an article for which the status needs to be reconciled is left in a patient, the system generates a record that the article is in a partially reconciled state and when a subsequent procedure is performed, the scanner employed during the procedure has the records of the partially reconciled articles associated with the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Stewart, Michael Roux, Thomas Armentrout
  • Sponge Counting System And Method For Ensuring Proper Removal Of Surgical Sponges following A Medical Procedure
    Publication number: 20220336072
    Abstract: A sponge counting system for maintaining an inventory of articles used during a medical or surgical procedure, where, in the event an article for which the status needs to be reconciled is left in a patient, the system generates a record that the article is in a partially reconciled state and when a subsequent procedure is performed, the scanner employed during the procedure has the records of the partially reconciled articles associated with the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Stewart, Michael Roux, Thomas Armentrout
  • System And Method For Recording Events That Occur During A Medical Procedure, Including Events Associated With The Inventorying Of Articles Used During The Procedure
    Publication number: 20180353256
    Abstract: A sponge reconciliation system for maintaining an inventory of articles used during a medical or surgical procedure, where, in the event an article for which the status needs to be reconciled is left in a patient, the system generates a record that the article is in a partially reconciled state and when a subsequent procedure is performed, the scanner employed during the procedure has the records of the partially reconciled articles associated with the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Stewart, Michael Roux, Thomas Armentrout