Patents by Inventor Erika Trent

Erika Trent 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).

  • DEVICES THAT COOPERATE WITH ULTRASOUND PROBES FOR MUSCOSKELETAL EVALUATIONS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170164929
    Abstract: Adaptors for ultrasound probes can have an adaptor body can have an open lower end that allows a distal end of the ultrasound probe to extend therethrough to contact skin of a patient. The adaptor can include a plurality of spaced apart resilient members held by the adaptor body that, in operation, are able to change in length such that the resilient members translate from a first longer length to a second shorter length when the probe applies compressive force to the target tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: David Kwartowitz, Erika Trent, Fuad Mefleh, Vipul Pai Raikar, Delphine Dean
  • Devices that cooperate with ultrasound probes for muscoskeletal evaluations and related systems and methods
    Patent number: 9615815
    Abstract: Adaptors for ultrasound probes can have an adaptor body can have an open lower end that allows a distal end of the ultrasound probe to extend therethrough to contact skin of a patient. The adaptor can include a plurality of spaced apart resilient members held by the adaptor body that, in operation, are able to change in length such that the resilient members translate from a first longer length to a second shorter length when the probe applies compressive force to the target tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Clemson University Research Foundation
    Inventors: David Kwartowitz, Erika Trent, Fuad Mefleh, Vipul Pai Raikar, Delphine Dean
  • DEVICES THAT COOPERATE WITH ULTRASOUND PROBES FOR MUSCOSKELETAL EVALUATIONS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140094701
    Abstract: Adaptors for ultrasound probes can have an adaptor body can have an open lower end that allows a distal end of the ultrasound probe to extend therethrough to contact skin of a patient. The adaptor can include a plurality of spaced apart resilient members held by the adaptor body that, in operation, are able to change in length such that the resilient members translate from a first longer length to a second shorter length when the probe applies compressive force to the target tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: David Kwartowitz, Erika Trent, Fuad Mefleh, Vipul Pai Raikar, Delphine Dean