Patents by Inventor Sara A. Nichols

Sara A. Nichols 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENSING PRESENCE OF MEDICAL TOOLS
    Publication number: 20210153975
    Abstract: A system including a tool recognition assembly comprising a first target reader with a first detection zone. The system also includes a tool configured to be installed in the tool recognition assembly, wherein the first reader detects a first reading indicating a presence or absence of the first target in the first detection zone during an installation of the tool in the tool recognition assembly, the detected first reading being at least a part of a detected insertion signature, and provides the detected insertion signature to initiate a comparison of the detected insertion signature to one or more model signatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Andrey Polonsky, Eric J. Eamst, Jean-Marc Gery, Andrew J. Hazelton, Sara A. Nichols