Patents by Inventor Betty Sedlacek

Betty Sedlacek 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).

  • Method and system for reduction of contamination in needle guides
    Patent number: 11660112
    Abstract: A system and method for reducing the risk of contamination of interior regions of a needle guide which is disposed on an endocavity transducer, which system includes an elastic membrane forming a pocket which covers a needle exit hole in the needle guide. The pocket is disposed on a sheath which is both; disposed around the endocavity transducer and between the endocavity transducer and the needle guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Aspen Surgical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Betty Sedlacek, Rick L. Pruter
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCTION OF CONTAMINATION IN NEEDLE GUIDES
    Publication number: 20200345392
    Abstract: A system and method for reducing the risk of contamination of interior regions of a needle guide which is disposed on an endocavity transducer, which system includes an elastic membrane forming a pocket which covers a needle exit hole in the needle guide. The pocket is disposed on a sheath which is both; disposed around the endocavity transducer and between the endocavity transducer and the needle guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Rick L. PRUTER, Betty SEDLACEK
  • Method and system for reduction of contamination in needle guides
    Patent number: 10736655
    Abstract: A system and method for reducing the risk of contamination of interior regions of a needle guide which is disposed on an endocavity transducer, which system includes an elastic membrane forming a pocket which covers a needle exit hole in the needle guide. The pocket is disposed on a sheath which is both; disposed around the endocavity transducer and between the endocavity transducer and the needle guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventors: Rick L. Pruter, Betty Sedlacek