Patents Assigned to Microtek Medical, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11730555
    Abstract: A drape for a piece of equipment used during a medical procedure may be formed of a flexible sheet of polymeric material. The flexible sheet can have a basin portion shape-indexed to a basin or reservoir of the piece of equipment over which the drape is intended to be draped. The flexible sheet can also have a side sheet portion connected to the basin portion. The side sheet portion can drape down the basin or reservoir of the piece of equipment over which the drape is draped. The basin portion of the flexible sheet can be collapsible. As a result, the drape can be collapsed into planar package for storage. Upon being removed from the package, the basin portion of the drape can be expanded to conform to the walls of the basin of the piece of equipment over which the drape is deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Heidi Frances Hendrix, David Richard Rawlings, Michelle Wilson
  • Patent number: 11246549
    Abstract: A sterile drape can be used to cover a C-arm imaging machine used during a medical procedure. In some configurations, the drape includes a detector body cover, a C-arm body cover, and an elastic banding. The detector body cover can be positioned around a detector of the imaging machine. The C-arm body cover can include a tunnel portion that is positioned to surround a portion of the C-arm extending away from the detector. The elastic banding can extend about a perimeter of a junction between the detector body cover and the C-arm body cover. The elastic banding can provide a biasing force that draws the junction between the detector body cover and the C-arm body cover closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microtek Medical Inc.
    Inventor: Steffanie Thompson Matthews
  • Patent number: 11013867
    Abstract: A weighing system for medical applications may include a basin that has a base and a sloped sidewall that collectively form a bounded cavity with open top surface that receives and holds the material to be weighed. The basin may be free floating above the weighing device within a restricted range of travel. In some examples, the weighing system includes a thermal treatment device to adjust the temperature of the material in the basin. The rate at which heat is delivered to the basin may vary depending on the weight of the contents in the basin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Heidi Frances Hendrix, David Richard Rawlings, Sean Corrigan, David B. Richmond, David Davis
  • Patent number: 10960148
    Abstract: A weighing system for medical applications may include a basin that has a base and a sloped sidewall that collectively form a bounded cavity with open top surface that receives and holds the material to be weighed. The basin may be free floating above the weighing device within a restricted range of travel. In some examples, the weighing system includes a thermal treatment device to adjust the temperature of the material in the basin. The rate at which heat is delivered to the basin may vary depending on the weight of the contents in the basin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Heidi Frances Hendrix, David Richard Rawlings, Sean Corrigan, David B. Richmond, David Davis
  • Patent number: 10918810
    Abstract: A surgical fluid thermal treatment system can be used during a procedure to heat or cool surgical fluid, e.g., prior to introducing the fluid into the body of a patient. In some examples, the system includes an open basin into which fresh surgical fluid is dispensed and a heater that heats the fluid in the basin. The system may also include a volume measurement device that measures the volume of fluid in the basin. The system may have a user interface that a user interacts with to check fresh fluid into the basin. The user may also interact with the user interface to check medical tools into the basin and check medical tools out of the basin. A controller associated with the system can track the volume of fluid removed from the basin during the course of a procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Heidi Frances Hendrix, David Richard Rawlings, Sean Corrigan, Tomas Matusaitis
  • Patent number: 8641694
    Abstract: A fluid containment pouch is provided that includes a first layer of material having a first thermal characteristic and a second layer of material having a second thermal characteristic. The first layer of material is thermally compatible with a patient covering upon which it is to be thermally bonded. Thermal bonds between the fluid containment pouch and the patient covering form fluid containment channels that retain expelled body fluids during a patient's operation to help maintain a sterile operating environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Delorse Louise Price, Richard H. Taylor
  • Patent number: 8356597
    Abstract: Airway devices and tube securing devices are disclosed. Methods of making and using airway devices and tube securing devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick John Miller, Michael D. Hall, David Alan Daugherty
  • Patent number: 8020561
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus used for collecting fluids during a medical procedure includes a fluid collection pouch having an open end, an inflatable bladder substantially surrounding a perimeter of the open end, and a pump coupled to the inflatable bladder. The pump is operable to inflate the inflatable bladder. According to another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus used for collecting fluids during a medical procedure includes a fluid collection pouch having an open end with a perimeter, a channel surrounding approximately one half of the perimeter of the open end, an inflatable bladder disposed within the channel, and a pump disposed within the channel and coupled to the inflatable bladder. The pump is operable to inflate the inflatable bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan R. Lee, Michael A. Gil, Lewis D. Cox, Lloyd G. B. Cooper
  • Patent number: 8020552
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a helmet suitable for use in an operating room setting, an emergency room setting, a hospital setting, or a lab. The helmet of the present invention provides one or more of the following features: (i) superior barrier protection to a surgeon (or other operating room personnel) during a surgical procedure, (ii) a desired degree of air flow through the helmet so as to minimize the potential for carbon dioxide buildup within the helmet, and (iii) an integrated battery pack positioned within the helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Dillon, Youzhen Ding
  • Patent number: 7992568
    Abstract: Disposable operating room surgical draping systems are disclosed. Methods of using disposable operating room surgical draping systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Deborah M. Wooley
  • Patent number: 7937775
    Abstract: A surgical protective assembly having an air movement device and a head gear assembly carrying the air movement device. The head gear assembly includes an outer wall, an inner wall, a front end, a back end and a middle portion between the front end and the back end. The outer wall has an upper opening, the inner wall has an array of openings, and the inner and outer wall define a front opening at the front end. The head gear assembly has a passageway that fluidly connects together, the upper opening, the array and the front opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Salvatore Manzella, Jr., David K. Platt, Michael C. Shaughnessy, Kevin T. Pullen, Keith A. Larson, Alison J. Sanders
  • Patent number: 7806267
    Abstract: Article suitable for use as a medical device cover are disclosed. Methods of making and using the articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Ginger Carol Pack-Walden, Mark S. Dillon, David Alan Daugherty
  • Publication number: 20090320857
    Abstract: Disposable operating room surgical draping systems are disclosed. Methods of using disposable operating room surgical draping systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: MICROTEK MEDICAL, INC
    Inventor: Deborah M. Wooley
  • Patent number: 7604007
    Abstract: Disposable operating room surgical draping systems are disclosed. Methods of using disposable operating room surgical draping systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Deborah M. Wooley
  • Publication number: 20080144178
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a microscope drape disposable lens cover system includes a coupling member configured to couple to an objective lens barrel of a microscope. A lens housing is coupled to the coupling member. The lens housing includes a transparent protective lens positioned such that a geometric normal of the transparent protective lens forms an angle with respect to an optical axis of an objective lens housed within the objective lens barrel when the housing is coupled to the objective lens barrel. At least a portion of a fitting is disposed between the coupling member and the lens housing. The fitting is frictionally retained adjacent the coupling member to prevent the rotation of the fitting relative to the coupling member but enables the rotation of lens housing with respect to the objective lens barrel coupling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Dillon, Ginger C. Pack-Walden, Tammy C. Adams, Youzhen Ding
  • Patent number: D637296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffanie Matthews, Tammy C. Adams
  • Patent number: D654174
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffanie Matthews, Tammy Adams
  • Patent number: D869683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Heidi Frances Hendrix, David Richard Rawlings, Michelle Wilson
  • Patent number: D873994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Heidi Frances Hendrix, David Richard Rawlings, Antonio Belton, Elvis Campana
  • Patent number: D953572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Heidi Frances Hendrix, David Richard Rawlings, Michelle Wilson