Patents by Inventor Gregory P. Schimitz

Gregory P. Schimitz 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: 20110004207
    Abstract: Described herein are devices, systems and methods for determining if a nerve is nearby a device or portion of a device. The neural stimulation tools described herein are configured to be flexible and low-profile, so that they can be used within body regions that may be tortuous or difficult to reach, such as within a compressed or partially occluded neural foramen. In most cases, these tools described herein are ribbon-shaped and adapted to be manipulated bimanually, for example, by applying force to the ends of the devices from separate locations outside of the patient's body. Thus, in some of the exemplary neural localization devices described herein, the distal end region of the device are configured to couple to the proximal end of a guidewire. One or more surfaces of the devices may include an electrode or multi-polar network of electrodes configured to stimulate only nerves within a predetermined distance of a particular face of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Baxano, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Wallace, Benjamin Kao-Shing Sun, Michael Sheinberg, Jeffrey L. Bleich, Gregory P. Schimitz, Roy Leguidleguid, Gary A. Schniederman