Patents by Inventor Dennis STREPPA

Dennis STREPPA 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).

  • Methods and systems for identifying, marking, and inventorying large quantities of unique surgical instruments
    Patent number: 9305218
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatically identifying a surgical instrument, the apparatus comprising a capture module, an attribute database, a comparison module, and an exporting module, the capture module comprising hardware operable to capture multiple attributes of the surgical instrument, the attribute database comprising multiple stored attributes of a plurality of reference surgical instruments, the comparison module programmed to generate a comparison score for the surgical instrument, wherein the comparison module is programmed to generate the comparison score by receiving multiple attributes captured by the capture module and comparing it to the multiple attributes stored in the attribute database, and the exporting module configured to receive and export the comparison score generated by the comparison module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: PREZIO HEALTH
    Inventors: Russell F. Lewis, Dennis Streppa, Gary Keith Stroud
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING, MARKING, AND INVENTORYING LARGE QUANTITIES OF UNIQUE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
    Publication number: 20130336554
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatically identifying a surgical instrument, the apparatus comprising a capture module, an attribute database, a comparison module, and an exporting module, the capture module comprising hardware operable to capture multiple attributes of the surgical instrument, the attribute database comprising multiple stored attributes of a plurality of reference surgical instruments, the comparison module programmed to generate a comparison score for the surgical instrument, wherein the comparison module is programmed to generate the comparison score by receiving multiple attributes captured by the capture module and comparing it to the multiple attributes stored in the attribute database, and the exporting module configured to receive and export the comparison score generated by the comparison module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: PREZIO HEALTH
    Inventors: Russell F. LEWIS, Dennis STREPPA, Gary Keith STROUD