Patents by Inventor Heather Elizabeth Owston

Heather Elizabeth Owston 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).

  • Magnetic Shape-Forming Surgical Continuum Manipulator
    Publication number: 20230138992
    Abstract: Magnetic shape-forming surgical continuum manipulator (“CM”) comprising an elastomeric base material and a plurality of magnetic elements, the plurality of magnetic elements being located at a plurality of points along a length of the CM and each magnetic element having a predetermined magnetic profile, whereby the shape of the CM can be magnetically manipulated substantially along said length by the application of an external magnetic field and a magnetic field gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Pietro Valdastri, James Henry Chandler, Giovanni Pittiglio, Peter Robert Lloyd, Tomás Guerreiro Da Veiga, Zaneta Milena Koszowska, Onaizah Onaizah, Russell Anthony Harris, Heather Elizabeth Owston, Stephen John Russell