Patents by Inventor Steffanie Thompson Matthews

Steffanie Thompson Matthews 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).

  • Patent number: 12171600
    Abstract: A sterile drape can be used to cover a C-arm imaging machine used during a medical procedure. In some configurations, the drape includes a detector body cover, a C-arm body cover, and an elastic banding. The detector body cover can be positioned around a detector of the imaging machine. The C-arm body cover can include a tunnel portion that is positioned to surround a portion of the C-arm extending away from the detector. The elastic banding can extend about a perimeter of a junction between the detector body cover and the C-arm body cover. The elastic banding can provide a biasing force that draws the junction between the detector body cover and the C-arm body cover closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventor: Steffanie Thompson Matthews
  • Publication number: 20240268913
    Abstract: A surgical slush machine may be draped by positioning a portion of a surgical drape over a basin of the surgical slush system. The drape can carry a piston attachment member defining a receiving cavity on a bottom side of the surgical drape. The piston attachment member can be connected to a drape engagement member positioned on an end of a piston of the surgical slush machine. For example, the receiving cavity can be positioned over a drape engagement plate and one or more alignment members extending outwardly from the drape engagement plate. The piston attachment member of the surgical drape can be pressed downwardly on the drape engagement plate and the one or more alignment member and, in some configurations, rotationally interlocked together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Tracy White, Steffanie Thompson Matthews, Heidi Frances Hendrix, Nurit Golenberg
  • Publication number: 20220280127
    Abstract: A sterile drape can be used to cover a C-arm imaging machine used during a medical procedure. In some configurations, the drape includes a detector body cover, a C-arm body cover, and an elastic banding. The detector body cover can be positioned around a detector of the imaging machine. The C-arm body cover can include a tunnel portion that is positioned to surround a portion of the C-arm extending away from the detector. The elastic banding can extend about a perimeter of a junction between the detector body cover and the C-arm body cover. The elastic banding can provide a biasing force that draws the junction between the detector body cover and the C-arm body cover closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Steffanie Thompson Matthews
  • Patent number: 11246549
    Abstract: A sterile drape can be used to cover a C-arm imaging machine used during a medical procedure. In some configurations, the drape includes a detector body cover, a C-arm body cover, and an elastic banding. The detector body cover can be positioned around a detector of the imaging machine. The C-arm body cover can include a tunnel portion that is positioned to surround a portion of the C-arm extending away from the detector. The elastic banding can extend about a perimeter of a junction between the detector body cover and the C-arm body cover. The elastic banding can provide a biasing force that draws the junction between the detector body cover and the C-arm body cover closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microtek Medical Inc.
    Inventor: Steffanie Thompson Matthews
  • Publication number: 20200330061
    Abstract: A sterile drape can be used to cover a C-arm imaging machine used during a medical procedure. In some configurations, the drape includes a detector body cover, a C-arm body cover, and an elastic banding. The detector body cover can be positioned around a detector of the imaging machine. The C-arm body cover can include a tunnel portion that is positioned to surround a portion of the C-arm extending away from the detector. The elastic banding can extend about a perimeter of a junction between the detector body cover and the C-arm body cover. The elastic banding can provide a biasing force that draws the junction between the detector body cover and the C-arm body cover closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Steffanie Thompson Matthews