Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Whitaker, MD, FACS

Elizabeth Whitaker, MD, FACS 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: 20220005329
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a vibrating finger device useful in a medical setting includes a device body configured to fit on a finger of a wearer, a vibrating unit, a touch sensitive sensor, and a control module including a computerized processor. The control module includes programming configured to monitor an activation input to the device, determine the monitored activation input to indicate a threshold desired vibration activation input, and activate a vibration cycle within the vibrating unit based upon the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: Elizabeth Whitaker, MD, FACS
  • Publication number: 20190371136
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a vibrating finger device useful in a medical setting includes a device body configured to fit on a finger of a wearer, a vibrating unit, a touch sensitive sensor, and a control module including a computerized processor. The control module includes programming configured to monitor an activation input to the device, determine the monitored activation input to indicate a threshold desired vibration activation input, and activate a vibration cycle within the vibrating unit based upon the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventor: Elizabeth Whitaker, MD, FACS