Patents by Inventor Steve Trebotich

Steve Trebotich 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: 7900630
    Abstract: A gas delivery mask apparatus is provided. The mask apparatus may include a mask body, a face mask, and a bellows. The mask body may include a tube configured to extend upwardly adjacent a subject's forehead. The face mask may be configured to deliver gas to the subject and may include a flexible cushion portion configured to interface with the subject's face and a substantially rigid base portion configured to support the cushion portion. The bellows may be configured to couple the tube with the substantially rigid base portion of the face mask. The bellows may be flexible to allow movement of the face mask relative to the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventors: Edward M. Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Erik Holverson, Brian Woodard, Steve Trebotich
  • Publication number: 20090030338
    Abstract: Devices and methods for guiding surgical tools are disclosed. The guided surgical tools can be used to extract body tissue from an enclosed body cavity. The guide can have multiple channels for the surgical tools to pass through the guide. The channels can converge and exit at a single exit port. The channels can have distinct entry ports. The guide can have a configuration to provide stable seating at or adjacent to the target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: StemCor Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Crocker, Steve Trebotich, Tom Brockman, Daniel Kraft
  • Publication number: 20070276352
    Abstract: Devices and methods for extraction of body tissue from an enclosed body cavity are disclosed. The devices can have one or more whisks extending from the distal end of flexible or rigid cannula. The devices can have aspiration and/or irrigation systems configured to provide aspiration pressure and/or irrigate with fluid at the distal end of the cannula. The cannula can be configured to rotate and/or oscillate. Methods for using the devices to disrupt the matrix of cancellous bone or bone marrow and extract in vivo cancellous bone or bone marrow from a subject are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: StemCor Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Crocker, Steve Trebotich, Daniel Kraft
  • Publication number: 20060283456
    Abstract: A gas delivery mask apparatus is provided. The mask apparatus may include a mask body, a face mask, and a bellows. The mask body may include a tube configured to extend upwardly adjacent a subject's forehead. The face mask may be configured to deliver gas to the subject and may include a flexible cushion portion configured to interface with the subject's face and a substantially rigid base portion configured to support the cushion portion. The bellows may be configured to couple the tube with the substantially rigid base portion of the face mask. The bellows may be flexible to allow movement of the face mask relative to the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Edward Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Erik Holverson, Brian Woodard, Steve Trebotich