Patents by Inventor W. Keith Sootsman

W. Keith Sootsman 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).

  • Image-guide therapy of a tissue
    Patent number: 9510909
    Abstract: Image-guided therapy of a tissue can utilize magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or another medical imaging device to guide an instrument within the tissue. A workstation can actuate movement of the instrument, and can actuate energy emission and/or cooling of the instrument to effect treatment to the tissue. The workstation and/or an operator of the workstation can be located outside a vicinity of an MRI device or other medical imaging device, and drive means for positioning the instrument can be located within the vicinity of the MRI device or the other medical imaging device. The instrument can be an MRI compatible laser probe that provides thermal therapy to, e.g., a tissue in a brain of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: MONTERIS MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Grant, Eric Andrews, W. Keith Sootsman, Richard Tyc, Salman Qureshi, Luis Filipe Silva Fernandes, Daniel Prazeres Carreira, John Schellhorn