Patents by Inventor Aaron Kurtiss Kirkemo

Aaron Kurtiss Kirkemo 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).

  • Surgical guidance devices, methods, and systems
    Patent number: 10918412
    Abstract: A device for improving the efficiency and safety of medical imaging in a medical procedure is disclosed. The device may have a shaft extending along a shaft axis. The shaft may have at least two markers spaced along the shaft axis and a blade extending along the shaft axis. The device may have a needle guide extending away from the shaft along a needle guide axis transverse with the shaft axis. The needle guide may have at least one guide structure offset from the shaft axis along the needle guide axis. Each guide structure may be adapted to receive a needle in a direction parallel to the shaft axis. Related methods and systems are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Kurtiss Kirkemo
  • SURGICAL GUIDANCE DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20170172619
    Abstract: A device for improving the efficiency and safety of medical imaging in a medical procedure is disclosed. The device may have a shaft extending along a shaft axis. The shaft may have at least two markers spaced along the shaft axis and a blade extending along the shaft axis. The device may have a needle guide extending away from the shaft along a needle guide axis transverse with the shaft axis. The needle guide may have at least one guide structure offset from the shaft axis along the needle guide axis. Each guide structure may be adapted to receive a needle in a direction parallel to the shaft axis. Related methods and systems are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Kurtiss Kirkemo