Abstract: Methods and structures for detecting a physiologic parameter of a target anatomical environment. The device including a housing with a distal portion first port couplable to a probe and a proximal portion; and a sensing unit, a processing unit, and an output unit carried by the housing, the output unit configured to output a reporting signal based on the determined physiologic parameter value such as pressure; the sensing unit, processing unit, and output unit being disposed substantially between the first port and the proximal portion of the housing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 24, 2014
Date of Patent:
February 13, 2018
Assignee:
Mirador Biomedical
Inventors:
Justin Hulvershorn, Karl Schmidt, Douglas Swartz
Abstract: Methods and devices for detecting positioning of a probe in a tissue of a patient. A method can include providing a detection device; advancing a device coupled probe through the tissue of the patient and toward the patient's spinal canal; detecting a change in pressure about the distal portion of the coupled probe during advancing, where the detected pressure change indicates probe positioning in the patient's spinal canal; outputting the detected pressure change or indication of probe positioning to a visual display.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 2, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 7, 2016
Assignee:
Mirador Biomedical
Inventors:
Justin Hulvershorn, Karl Schmidt, Douglas Swartz
Abstract: Methods and structures for detecting a physiologic parameter of a target anatomical environment. The device including a housing with a distal portion first port couplable to a probe and a proximal portion; and a sensing unit, a processing unit, and an output unit carried by the housing, the output unit configured to output a reporting signal based on the determined physiologic parameter value such as pressure; the sensing unit, processing unit, and output unit being disposed substantially between the first port and the proximal portion of the housing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 19, 2010
Date of Patent:
January 6, 2015
Assignee:
Mirador Biomedical
Inventors:
Justin Hulvershorn, Karl Schmidt, Douglas Swartz
Abstract: Methods and devices for detecting positioning of a probe in a tissue of a patient. A method can include providing a detection device; advancing a device coupled probe through the tissue of the patient and toward the patient's spinal canal; detecting a change in pressure about the distal portion of the coupled probe during advancing, where the detected pressure change indicates probe positioning in the patient's spinal canal; outputting the detected pressure change or indication of probe positioning to a visual display.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 19, 2010
Date of Patent:
August 26, 2014
Assignee:
Mirador Biomedical
Inventors:
Justin Hulvershorn, Karl Schmidt, Douglas Swartz
Abstract: Methods and structures for detecting a physiologic parameter of a target anatomical environment. The device including a housing with a distal portion first port couplable to a probe and a proximal portion; and a sensing unit, a processing unit, and an output unit carried by the housing, the output unit configured to output a reporting signal based on the determined physiologic parameter value such as pressure; the sensing unit, processing unit, and output unit being disposed substantially between the first port and the proximal portion of the housing.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 19, 2010
Publication date:
March 10, 2011
Applicant:
Mirador Biomedical
Inventors:
Justin Hulvershorn, Karl Schmidt, Douglas Swartz
Abstract: Methods and devices for detecting positioning of a probe in a tissue of a patient. A method can include providing a detection device; advancing a device coupled probe through the tissue of the patient and toward the patient's spinal canal; detecting a change in pressure about the distal portion of the coupled probe during advancing, where the detected pressure change indicates probe positioning in the patient's spinal canal; outputting the detected pressure change or indication of probe positioning to a visual display.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 19, 2010
Publication date:
March 3, 2011
Applicant:
Mirador Biomedical
Inventors:
Justin Hulvershorn, Karl Schmidt, Douglas Swartz
Abstract: Methods and devices for detecting positioning of a probe in a tissue of a patient. A method can include providing a detection device; advancing a device coupled probe through the tissue of the patient and toward the patient's target tissue; detecting a change in pressure about the distal portion of the coupled probe during advancing, where the detected pressure change indicates probe positioning in a vein or artery of the patient; outputting the detected pressure change or indication of probe positioning to a visual display.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 19, 2010
Publication date:
February 24, 2011
Applicant:
Mirador Biomedical
Inventors:
Justin Hulvershorn, Karl Schmidt, Douglas Swartz