Patents by Inventor Ståle Nordgård

Ståle Nordgård 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).

  • Intervention Device
    Publication number: 20240156923
    Abstract: A device for interventions within the body, the device comprising: an end piece 6 for insertion into the body at a distal end thereof, the end piece 6 including a rigid lumen for holding an instrument 10 and guiding the instrument 10 to the distal end of the end piece; and a body section 4 supporting the lumen and being rigidly connected thereto, the body section including a navigation array 14 for guidance of the device using a surgical navigation system and/or including an anchor point 20 for a standard navigation array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Fossum Bratbak, Ståle Nordgård
  • Intervention device
    Patent number: 11712464
    Abstract: A device for interventions within the body, the device comprising: an end piece 6 for insertion into the body at a distal end thereof, the end piece 6 including a rigid lumen for holding an instrument 10 and guiding the instrument 10 to the distal end of the end piece; and a body section 4 supporting the lumen and being rigidly connected thereto, the body section including a navigation array 14 for guidance of the device using a surgical navigation system and/or including an anchor point 20 for a standard navigation array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
    Inventors: Daniel Fossum Bratbak, Ståle Nordgård
  • Intervention Device
    Publication number: 20210077595
    Abstract: A device for interventions within the body, the device comprising: an end piece 6 for insertion into the body at a distal end thereof, the end piece 6 including a rigid lumen for holding an instrument 10 and guiding the instrument 10 to the distal end of the end piece; and a body section 4 supporting the lumen and being rigidly connected thereto, the body section including a navigation array 14 for guidance of the device using a surgical navigation system and/or including an anchor point 20 for a standard navigation array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Fossum Bratbak, Ståle Nordgård
  • Intervention device
    Patent number: 10716834
    Abstract: A device for interventions within the body, the device comprising: an end piece 6 for insertion into the body at a distal end thereof, the end piece 6 including a rigid lumen for holding an instrument 10 and guiding the instrument 10 to the distal end of the end piece; and a body section 4 supporting the lumen and being rigidly connected thereto, the body section including a navigation array 14 for guidance of the device using a surgical navigation system and/or including an anchor point 20 for a standard navigation array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
    Inventors: Daniel Fossum Bratbak, Ståle Nordgård
  • Treatment of headache by injection of neuroinhibitory substance to sphenopalatine ganglion or otic ganglion
    Patent number: 9579368
    Abstract: A neuroinhibitory substance for use in a method for treating or preventing headache comprising injecting a neuroinhibitory substance such as botulinium toxin in close proximity to the sphenopalatine ganglion or otic ganglion wherein an injection device comprising said neuroinhibitory substance is brought into close proximity to the sphenopalatine ganglion or otic ganglion by inserting said injection device into the patient transnasally or infrazygomatically and the neuroinhibitory substance injected in close proximity to the SPG or OG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
    Inventors: Daniel Fossum Bratbak, Ståle Nordgård
  • TREATMENT OF HEADACHE BY INJECTION OF NEUROINHIBITORY SUBSTANCE TO SPHENOPALATINE GANGLION OR OTIC GANGLION
    Publication number: 20150306188
    Abstract: A neuroinhibitory substance for use in a method for treating or preventing headache comprising injecting a neuroinhibitory substance such as botulinium toxin in close proximity to the sphenopalatine ganglion or otic ganglion wherein an injection device comprising said neuroinhibitory substance is brought into close proximity to the sphenopalatine ganglion or otic ganglion by inserting said injection device into the patient transnasally or infrazygomatically and the neuroinhibitory substance injected in close proximity to the SPG or OG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Fossum Bratbak, Ståle Nordgård
  • INTERVENTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150265769
    Abstract: A device for interventions within the body, the device comprising: an end piece 6 for insertion into the body at a distal end thereof, the end piece 6 including a rigid lumen for holding an instrument 10 and guiding the instrument 10 to the distal end of the end piece; and a body section 4 supporting the lumen and being rigidly connected thereto, the body section including a navigation array 14 for guidance of the device using a surgical navigation system and/or including an anchor point 20 for a standard navigation array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Fossum Bratbak, Ståle Nordgård
  • Medical instrument
    Patent number: D830551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
    Inventors: Daniel Fossum Bratbak, Ståle Nordgård