Patents by Inventor Timothy L. Creamer

Timothy L. Creamer 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).

  • Probe for Ultrasound Imaging System
    Publication number: 20220370042
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe (“probe”) for use with an ultrasound imaging system is disclosed. In particular, the probe is sized and configured so as to be supported and readily used with as little as one finger on a single hand of a user of the imaging system. This configuration enables remaining fingers on the hand of the user to be employed for other purposes, such as skin traction and patient contact. In one embodiment, therefore, an ultrasound probe is disclosed, comprising a body, a lens included on head portion of the body, a stabilizing portion extending from the body and configured to stabilize the body on a skin surface of a patient without user assistance, and a finger grip portion configured to enable a user of the probe to grasp and maneuver the probe during use thereof with no more than two fingers on a single hand of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jeanette E. Southard, Matthew J. Prince, Tab Robbins, Timothy L. Creamer, Kent F. Beck, Paul T. Westwood, Andrew J. Lengyel
  • Ultrasound finger probe
    Patent number: 11413018
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe (“probe”) for use with an ultrasound imaging system is disclosed. In particular, the probe is sized and configured so as to be supported and readily used with as little as one finger on a single hand of a user of the imaging system. This configuration enables remaining fingers on the hand of the user to be employed for other purposes, such as skin traction and patient contact. In one embodiment, therefore, an ultrasound probe is disclosed, comprising a body, a lens included on head portion of the body, a stabilizing portion extending from the body and configured to stabilize the body on a skin surface of a patient without user assistance, and a finger grip portion configured to enable a user of the probe to grasp and maneuver the probe during use thereof with no more than two fingers on a single hand of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeanette E. Southard, Matthew J. Prince, Tab Robbins, Timothy L. Creamer, Kent F. Beck, Paul T. Westwood, Andrew J. Lengyel
  • Ultrasound Finger Probe
    Publication number: 20190076121
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe (“probe”) for use with an ultrasound imaging system is disclosed. In particular, the probe is sized and configured so as to be supported and readily used with as little as one finger on a single hand of a user of the imaging system. This configuration enables remaining fingers on the hand of the user to be employed for other purposes, such as skin traction and patient contact. In one embodiment, therefore, an ultrasound probe is disclosed, comprising a body, a lens included on head portion of the body, a stabilizing portion extending from the body and configured to stabilize the body on a skin surface of a patient without user assistance, and a finger grip portion configured to enable a user of the probe to grasp and maneuver the probe during use thereof with no more than two fingers on a single hand of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Jeanette E. Southard, Matthew J. Prince, Tab Robbins, Timothy L. Creamer, Kent F. Beck, Paul T. Westwood, Andrew J. Lengyel