Patents by Inventor Niren Angle

Niren Angle 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 Methods for Providing Inductive Sensing of Sharps and Other Medical Instruments
    Publication number: 20220104903
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a surgical needle counting system for an operating room. A system includes counting apparatus and a removable collecting enclosure positioned at an exit of the counting apparatus. The counting apparatus includes a sensor for sensing a surgical needle when it is dropped into the counting apparatus, and the counting apparatus is configured for storing a number of counted surgical needles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Michael P. Koclanes, Bill Brown, Lakmal Wijesekara, Jason Howe, Niren Angle, Jon Robinson, Paul Gallese
  • Surgical object tracking system
    Patent number: 9019078
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying and tracking surgical objects is disclosed. More specifically, a method and apparatus for identifying and tracking surgical objects such as needles, scalpels, blades, sponges and instruments in a medical industry using an identifier encoded on a fluorescent paint attached to the surgical object combined with detectors and software capable of retrieving the identifying information on the identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Thomas Hamelin, Niren Angle, Milan Makale, Wolfgang Wrasidlo, Sadik C. Esener
  • SURGICAL OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110163854
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying and tracking surgical objects is disclosed. More specifically, a method and apparatus for identifying and tracking surgical objects such as needles, scalpels, blades, sponges and instruments in a medical industry using an identifier encoded on a fluorescent paint attached to the surgical object combined with detectors and software capable of retrieving the identifying information on the identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Thomas Hamelin, Niren Angle, Milan Makale, Wolf Wrasidlo, Sadik C. Esener