Patents by Inventor Reinhold D. Schmieding

Reinhold D. Schmieding 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: 20170252521
    Abstract: A system for positioning a distal end of a surgical device within a patient to conduct a surgical procedure or administer a fluid to the patient, or both, is disclosed. The system may use ultrasound to accurately position a surgical device within a patient while being as minimally invasive as possible. As such, the system may include first inserting a needle into a patient under guidance of ultrasound, inserting a guide wire into the needle, removing the needle and inserting a surgical device into the patient along the at least one guide wire. As such, the minimally intrusive needle is first inserted into the patient in a correct position before a larger medical device is inserted to prevent unnecessary intrusion into the patient. In at least one embodiment, the surgical device may be positioned within a patient using a drive handle removably attached to a portion of the surgical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Guerra, Reinhold D. Schmieding, Philip S. O'Quinn