Patents by Inventor Sherrod A. Woods

Sherrod A. Woods 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: 20090240525
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for treating a healthcare patient. The method includes the steps of establishing a audio/visual teleconference between a processor of the patient at a first location and a processor of a physician located at a second, remote location different from the first location and displaying a set of biometric parameters of the patient in real time to the physician at the remote location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Errick Sadler, Melanie Mencer-Parks, William Langford, Randy S. Sessler, Joseph Boucree, Sherrod A. Woods
  • Publication number: 20080161731
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for monitoring the range of motion of a patient's knee includes a knee sleeve, a number of sensor circuits coupled to the knee sleeve, and a communication circuit coupled to the knee sleeve and electrically coupled to the sensor circuits. Each sensor circuit includes a sensor configured to generate data indicative of the position of the respective sensor. The communication circuit is configured to wirelessly transmit the data to a computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Sherrod A. Woods, Thomas J. Sullivan, Robert S. Hastings, Jason T. Sherman, Edward J. Caylor
  • Publication number: 20080154127
    Abstract: A method and system for registering a bone of a patient with a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system includes retrieving an image of the bone having indicia of the position of a magnetic source coupled thereto, determining first data indicative of the position of the magnetic source in a bone coordinate system, determining second data indicative of a correlation between a coordinate system of the image and the bone coordinate system based on the first data; and displaying an image of the bone based on the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Mark R. DiSilvestro, Jason T. Sherman, Sherrod A. Woods
  • Publication number: 20070272747
    Abstract: A system and method for managing inventories of orthopaedic implants includes receiving a medical image of a bone of a patient from a healthcare provider, performing a digital templating procedure on the medical image to determine an orthopaedic implant for use with the bone of the patient; transmitting the digital templated medical image to the healthcare provider, and shipping the orthopaedic implant to the healthcare provider in response to an electronic approval of the digital templated medical image received from the healthcare provider. Implant constraint data may also be received from the healthcare provider and used in determining the orthopaedic implant. In addition, a number of orthopaedic implants having a range of different sizes based on the size of the determined orthopaedic implant may be shipped to the healthcare provider. In some embodiments, the healthcare provider may perform the digital templating procedure on the medical image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Sherrod A. Woods, Mark R. DiSilvestro