Patents by Inventor Bradley Stringer

Bradley Stringer 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).

  • Publication number: 20070016030
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for cannulation of blood vessels. The apparatus comprises a sensor assembly including two linear transducer arrays oriented perpendicular to each other to form a “T” shape to provide ultrasound images of at least one blood vessel in a portion of a patient's body in two perpendicular planes. The sensor assembly includes a housing having a graphically marked surface to facilitate orientation of the sensor assembly on the patient and guidance of a needle towards a desired target vessel during the cannulation procedure. The housing is configured to engage a frame element having a pair of wings extending laterally therefrom, the wings each bearing a magnet to cooperate with a reference location element secured to a patient's skin and bearing magnetically responsive shims thereon to place, align and secure the sensor assembly to the patient's skin at a desired location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Bradley Stringer
  • Publication number: 20050129673
    Abstract: The invention relates to chondrocytes and chondrocyte cell-lines for use especially in studying arthritic conditions and also for developing skeletal tissue for use in repair and/or replacement surgery. The use of articular chondrocyte cell-lines which mineralise calcium to determine potentially beneficial therapeutic agents is disclosed. Further, the means for producing such cell-lines is also disclosed as well as the characteristics of such cell-lines. The use of hypertrophic chondrocyte cell-lines to produce matrix tissue is also disclosed. Further means of producing hypertrophic chondrocyte cell-lines is also disclosed as well as the characteristics of such cell-lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventor: Bradley Stringer
  • Publication number: 20050053596
    Abstract: An extracellular material in freeze-dried form obtained from skeletal cells which has osseoinductive bone repair and regeneration activity in vivo, and compositions and methods involving the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventor: Bradley Stringer
  • Publication number: 20050020919
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and system for cannulation of blood vessels. The apparatus comprises a sensor assembly including two linear transducer arrays oriented perpendicular to each other to form a “T” shape to provide ultrasound images of at least one blood vessel in a portion of a patient's body in two perpendicular planes and optionally determine flow direction within the at least one blood vessel. The sensor assembly may be disposed within a graphically marked cover to facilitate orientation of the sensor assembly on the patient and guidance of a needle towards a desired target vessel during the cannulation procedure. The cover may also include associated structure to cooperate with a reference location element to place, align and secure the sensor assembly to the patient's skin at a desired location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Bradley Stringer, Gary Simmons, Douglas Christensen, Shayne Messerly, Cameron Ford, Robert Evensen