Patents by Inventor Tor Inge Garvik

Tor Inge Garvik 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: 9972219
    Abstract: The invention provides a simulator for training of personnel for immediate postpartum medical treatment, distinctive in that the simulator comprises a representation of an immediate postpartum stage uterus, a cervix, a vagina and a resilience member, the uterus is arranged at an angle to the vagina and the resilience member is arranged for allowing said angle to be straightened out by pressing horizontally forward on the uterus. The invention also provides a simulator for training of personnel for immediate postpartum medical treatment, distinctive in that the simulator comprises a representation of an immediate postpartum stage uterus, a cervix and a vagina, the uterus comprises a transparent top or intermediate layer allowing visual observation, and preferably a removable or foldable non-transparent top layer over the transparent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Laerdal Global Health AS
    Inventors: Tor Inge Garvik, Paulina Quinonez
  • Publication number: 20150132733
    Abstract: The invention provides a simulator for training of personnel for immediate postpartum medical treatment, distinctive in that the simulator comprises a representation of an immediate postpartum stage uterus, a cervix, a vagina and a resilience member, the uterus is arranged at an angle to the vagina and the resilience member is arranged for allowing said angle to be straightened out by pressing horizontally forward on the uterus. The invention also provides a simulator for training of personnel for immediate postpartum medical treatment, distinctive in that the simulator comprises a representation of an immediate postpartum stage uterus, a cervix and a vagina, the uterus comprises a transparent top or intermediate layer allowing visual observation, and preferably a removable or foldable non-transparent top layer over the transparent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Laerdal Global Health AS
    Inventors: Tor Inge Garvik, Paulina Quinonez
  • Patent number: 8939770
    Abstract: Device for simulating birth and birth related complications, the device being adapted to be attached to a real human being 5 and having an outer skin 1 with a simulated vaginal opening 6, said opening being adapted to be situated adjacent the lower part of the person 5, further having a simulated uterus 18 adapted to contain a foetus manikin 29, said uterus 18 having an opening 20 coinciding with the vaginal opening 6 of the outer skin 1, said uterus 18 further a uterus simulator 51 for simulating uterus conditions between a simulated atonic state and a simulated contracted state, and further comprising a first conveyor 27 for conveying simulated blood from a blood container 33 to the simulated vaginal opening 6, when the simulated uterus 53 is in the atonic state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Laerdal Medical AS
    Inventors: Paulina Gonzalez Quinones, Tor Inge Garvik, Lise Lørup, Jens Petter Ianke
  • Publication number: 20120202181
    Abstract: Device for simulating birth and birth related complications, the device being adapted to be attached to a real human being 5 and having an outer skin 1 with a simulated vaginal opening 6, said opening being adapted to be situated adjacent the lower part of the person 5, further having a simulated uterus 18 adapted to contain a foetus manikin 29, said uterus 18 having an opening 20 coinciding with the vaginal opening 6 of the outer skin 1, said uterus 18 further a uterus simulator 51 for simulating uterus conditions between a simulated atonic state and a simulated contracted state, and further comprising a first conveyor 27 for conveying simulated blood from a blood container 33 to the simulated vaginal opening 6, when the simulated uterus 53 is in the atonic state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Paulina Gonzales Quinones, Tor Inge Garvik, Lise Lørup, Jens Petter Ianke