Patents by Inventor Martin J. Bruggeman

Martin J. Bruggeman 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).

  • System and method for fiducial deployment
    Patent number: 9072542
    Abstract: Embodiments include a fiducial deployment system with a handle configured for actuation of same. A fiducial may include one or more protuberances configured to engage one or more slots in a needle of the system. The needle may be configured to deliver a plurality of fiducials to a target location in serial fashion, one at a time. In certain embodiments, echogenic placement of fiducials may present certain advantages. The handle may include structures configured for incrementally or otherwise controlledly deploying one or more fiducials by advancing a stylet through and/or retracting the body of a needle in which fiducials are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Richard W. Ducharme, Vihar C. Surti, Tyler E. McLawhorn, Eugene Skelton, Martin J. Bruggeman
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FIDUCIAL DEPLOYMENT
    Publication number: 20110152611
    Abstract: Embodiments include a fiducial deployment system with a handle configured for actuation of same. A fiducial may include one or more protuberances configured to engage one or more slots in a needle of the system. The needle may be configured to deliver a plurality of fiducials to a target location in serial fashion, one at a time. In certain embodiments, echogenic placement of fiducials may present certain advantages. The handle may include structures configured for incrementally or otherwise controlledly deploying one or more fiducials by advancing a stylet through and/or retracting the body of a needle in which fiducials are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Richard W. Ducharme, Vihar C. Surti, Tyler E. McLawhorn, Eugene Skelton, Martin J. Bruggeman