Patents by Inventor David J. Nuckley

David J. Nuckley 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).

  • Spinal probe with tactile force feedback and pedicle breach prediction
    Patent number: 9549744
    Abstract: A spinal probe comprises a handle, a shaft coupled to the handle and a force sensor to detect forces applied to a tip of the shaft. A controller that executes a predictive algorithm to predict whether or not the tip of the shaft is going to breach a cortex of a pedicle based on the detected forces. The controller may be embedded within the spinal probe or external within a computer or other device coupled to the probe by a data acquisition component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Timothy J. Pommer, David W. Polly, Jr., David J. Nuckley, Evan M. Gustafson, Charles Gerald Tan Ledonio, Arthur G. Erdman
  • Clinical force sensing glove
    Patent number: 9345424
    Abstract: A clinical sensing glove system to quantify force, shear, hardness, etc., measured in manual therapies is disclosed. A sensor is disposed in a clinical glove. The sensor undergoes micro-bending, macro-bending, evanescent coupling, a change in resonance, a change in polarization, a change in phase modulation, in response to pressure/force applied. The amount of micro-bending, macro-bending, evanescent coupling, change in resonance, change in polarization, and/or change in phase modulation is proportional to the intensity of the pressure/force. A clinician can quantitatively determine the amount of pressure, force, shear, hardness, rotation, etc., applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Wang, David J. Nuckley, Per G. Reinhall, David Linders
  • SPINAL PROBE WITH TACTILE FORCE FEEDBACK AND PEDICLE BREACH PREDICTION
    Publication number: 20120179070
    Abstract: A spinal probe comprises a handle, a shaft coupled to the handle and a force sensor to detect forces applied to a tip of the shaft. A controller that executes a predictive algorithm to predict whether or not the tip of the shaft is going to breach a cortex of a pedicle based on the detected forces. The controller may be embedded within the spinal probe or external within a computer or other device coupled to the probe by a data acquisition component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Timothy J. Pommer, David W. Polly, JR., David J. Nuckley, Evan M. Gustafson, Charles Gerald Tan Ledonio, Arthur G. Erdman
  • CLINICAL FORCE SENSING GLOVE
    Publication number: 20110302694
    Abstract: A clinical sensing glove system to quantify force, shear, hardness, etc., measured in manual therapies is disclosed. A sensor is disposed in a clinical glove. The sensor undergoes micro-bending, macro-bending, evanescent coupling, a change in resonance, a change in polarization, a change in phase modulation, in response to pressure/force applied. The amount of micro-bending, macro-bending, evanescent coupling, change in resonance, change in polarization, and/or change in phase modulation is proportional to the intensity of the pressure/force. A clinician can quantitatively determine the amount of pressure, force, shear, hardness, rotation, etc., applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Wang, David J. Nuckley, Per G. Reinhall, David Linders