Patents by Inventor Michael W. WALTERS

Michael W. WALTERS 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: 20110083983
    Abstract: An instrument holder for use alone or in combination with a hose/cable organizer. The holder can be made in several forms; the preferred embodiment being an elongate plastic body with fold-up wing structures carrying opposed sets of instrument receivers such as spring fingers, loops, cups and combinations thereof. The holder may be used alone or in combination with a hose/cable organizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Progressive Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. WALTERS, Jeffrey L. Cornell, David R. Mead, Michael S. Smith
  • Publication number: 20110084039
    Abstract: An organizer for surgical instruments and the like comprising a T-shaped plastic body defining an interior channel having two inlets and an outlets, a cover for the channel which may be hingedly attached to the body or connected by way of snap fittings. A plurality of split cylinder instrument holders are mounted to the top surface of the cover in side-by-side parallel relationship to receive and hold elongate instruments or tools with flexible tubes, hoses or cables gathered and held in the body channel. Two-sided tape may be used to secure the organizer to a surgical drape. The organizer is preferably packaged in a sterile condition inside of a hermetically-sealed plastic package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: PROGRESSIVE DYNAMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael W. WALTERS, Jeffrey L. CORNELL, David R. MEAD, Michael S. SMITH