Patents by Inventor Tim Meder

Tim Meder 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: 20250032099
    Abstract: A puncture device guide includes a guide platform configured to releasably attach to an ultrasound probe, a guide tower slidingly coupled to the guide platform, and a needle holder device for coupling to a puncture device. The guide tower projects upwardly from the guide platform and includes a vertical guidance slot and a plurality of attachment positions for engaging the needle holder device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Willet Whitmore, Tim Meder, Paul Smith, Sam Moody, Hannah Pankow, Mackenzie Myhre, Caroline Myrand
  • Publication number: 20240299016
    Abstract: A needle guidance device includes a guide platform configured to removably couple to an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound probe has a length extending along a longitudinal axis of the ultrasound probe. A guide tower extends from the guide platform. A needle holder device is pivotably coupled to the guide tower. The needle holder device defines a central aperture therethrough configured to receive a puncture device. The needle holder device pivotably movable about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis with respect to the guide tower to move the puncture device from a first path angle orientation of a plurality of path angle orientations within a plane including the longitudinal axis to a second path angle orientation of the plurality of path angle orientations within the plane different from the first path angle orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Willet Whitmore, Tim Meder, Paul Smith, Sam Moody, Hannah Pankow, Mackenzie Myhre, Caroline Myrand
  • Patent number: 12075989
    Abstract: A puncture device guide includes a guide platform configured to releasably attach to an ultrasound probe, a guide tower slidingly coupled to the guide platform, and a needle holder device for coupling to a puncture device. The guide tower projects upwardly from the guide platform and includes a vertical guidance slot and a plurality of attachment positions for engaging the needle holder device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: CIVCO Medical Instruments Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Willet Whitmore, Tim Meder, Paul Smith, Sam Moody, Hannah Pankow, Mackenzie Myhre, Caroline Myrand
  • Publication number: 20220160339
    Abstract: A puncture device guide includes a guide platform configured to releasably attach to an ultrasound probe, a guide tower slidingly coupled to the guide platform, and a needle holder device for coupling to a puncture device. The guide tower projects upwardly from the guide platform and includes a vertical guidance slot and a plurality of attachment positions for engaging the needle holder device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Willet Whitmore, Tim Meder, Paul Smith, Sam Moody, Hannah Pankow, Mackenzie Myhre, Caroline Myrand