Patents by Inventor Erik Kristian Walberg

Erik Kristian Walberg 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).

  • SIZING AND POSITIONING ADAPTER FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
    Publication number: 20190247040
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided apparatuses and methods for using a medical instrument including a sizing and positioning adapter. The apparatus comprises an adapter for a medical instrument, the adapt having a body having a shim portion and an instrument holding portion adjacent the shim portion, wherein the shim portion provides an enlarged peripheral surface adjacent the medical instrument such that when the medical instrument is held in the instrument holding portion and the medical instrument and body are inserted through an opening in a patient tissue, at least a portion of the enlarged peripheral surface is in contact with at least a portion of the periphery of the opening in the patient tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Laveille Kao Voss, Erik Kristian Walberg
  • Sizing and positioning adapter for medical instruments
    Patent number: 10327760
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided apparatuses and methods for using a medical instrument including a sizing and positioning adapter. The apparatus comprises an adapter for a medical instrument, the adapt having a body having a shim portion and an instrument holding portion adjacent the shim portion, wherein the shim portion provides an enlarged peripheral surface adjacent the medical instrument such that when the medical instrument is held in the instrument holding portion and the medical instrument and body are inserted through an opening in a patient tissue, at least a portion of the enlarged peripheral surface is in contact with at least a portion of the periphery of the opening in the patient tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Laveille Kao Voss, Erik Kristian Walberg
  • SIZING AND POSITIONING ADAPTER FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
    Publication number: 20170172566
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided apparatuses and methods for using a medical instrument including a sizing and positioning adapter. The apparatus comprises an adapter for a medical instrument, the adapt having a body having a shim portion and an instrument holding portion adjacent the shim portion, wherein the shim portion provides an enlarged peripheral surface adjacent the medical instrument such that when the medical instrument is held in the instrument holding portion and the medical instrument and body are inserted through an opening in a patient tissue, at least a portion of the enlarged peripheral surface is in contact with at least a portion of the periphery of the opening in the patient tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Laveille Kao Voss, Erik Kristian Walberg
  • Sizing and positioning adapter for medical instruments
    Patent number: 9592045
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided apparatuses and methods for using a medical instrument including a sizing and positioning adapter. The apparatus comprises an adapter for a medical instrument, the adapt having a body having a shim portion and an instrument holding portion adjacent the shim portion, wherein the shim portion provides an enlarged peripheral surface adjacent the medical instrument such that when the medical instrument is held in the instrument holding portion and the medical instrument and body are inserted through an opening in a patient tissue, at least a portion of the enlarged peripheral surface is in contact with at least a portion of the periphery of the opening in the patient tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Laveille Kao Voss, Erik Kristian Walberg
  • SIZING AND POSITIONING ADAPTER FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
    Publication number: 20140243854
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided apparatuses and methods for using a medical instrument including a sizing and positioning adapter. The apparatus comprises an adapter for a medical instrument, the adapt having a body having a shim portion and an instrument holding portion adjacent the shim portion, wherein the shim portion provides an enlarged peripheral surface adjacent the medical instrument such that when the medical instrument is held in the instrument holding portion and the medical instrument and body are inserted through an opening in a patient tissue, at least a portion of the enlarged peripheral surface is in contact with at least a portion of the periphery of the opening in the patient tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Laveille Kao Voss, Erik Kristian Walberg
  • Sizing and positioning adapter for medical instruments
    Patent number: 8715303
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided apparatuses and methods for using a medical instrument including a sizing and positioning adapter. The apparatus comprises an adapter for a medical instrument, the adapt having a body having a shim portion and an instrument holding portion adjacent the shim portion, wherein the shim portion provides an enlarged peripheral surface adjacent the medical instrument such that when the medical instrument is held in the instrument holding portion and the medical instrument and body are inserted through an opening in a patient tissue, at least a portion of the enlarged peripheral surface is in contact with at least a portion of the periphery of the opening in the patient tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Laveille Kao Voss, Erik Kristian Walberg