Patents by Inventor Raul Guierrez

Raul Guierrez 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: 20070043291
    Abstract: A guide plate for inserting, into a body, instruments, such as needles, used for medical purposes, comprising a plurality of openings for receiving an instrument; for each of the openings, a sensor arrangement for detecting presence of an instrument when an instrument is received in an opening; and reporting apparatus for reporting sensing of an instrument by each respective sensor arrangement. The guide plate can be used with an imaging system, including a display for displaying an image of a portion of the body into which instruments are to be inserted. The imaging system can superimpose on the image an array corresponding to openings in the guide plate; a signal transmission means responsive to reports from respective reporting apparatus can transmit an output of the reporting apparatus to the imaging system. A display modification arrangement responsive to signals from the signal transmission means can modify elements of the array to indicate that an instrument has been inserted into a respective opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Howard Fidel, Raul Guierrez