Patents by Inventor William B. Stetson

William B. Stetson 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).

  • System and method for teaching a surgical procedure
    Patent number: 11968408
    Abstract: A method of teaching a surgical procedure includes transmitting a first video, from a first location to a second location remote from the first location, of a surgeon in an operating room performing the surgical procedure on a patient with at least one surgical instrument. The method also includes transmitting a second video, from the first location to the second location, of the surgical instrument during the surgical procedure, annotating the second video with at least one annotation, and transmitting, from the first location to the second location, the at least one annotation overlaid on the second video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SurgTime, Inc.
    Inventor: William B. Stetson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE
    Publication number: 20220321925
    Abstract: A method of teaching a surgical procedure includes transmitting a first video, from a first location to a second location remote from the first location, of a surgeon in an operating room performing the surgical procedure on a patient with at least one surgical instrument. The method also includes transmitting a second video, from the first location to the second location, of the surgical instrument during the surgical procedure, annotating the second video with at least one annotation, and transmitting, from the first location to the second location, the at least one annotation overlaid on the second video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: William B. Stetson
  • System and method for teaching a surgical procedure
    Patent number: 11455900
    Abstract: A method of teaching a surgical procedure includes transmitting a first video, from a first location to a second location remote from the first location, of a surgeon in an operating room performing the surgical procedure on a patient with at least one surgical instrument. The method also includes transmitting a second video, from the first location to the second location, of the surgical instrument during the surgical procedure, annotating the second video with at least one annotation, and transmitting, from the first location to the second location, the at least one annotation overlaid on the second video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SURGTIME, INC.
    Inventor: William B. Stetson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE
    Publication number: 20200273359
    Abstract: A method of teaching a surgical procedure includes transmitting a first video, from a first location to a second location remote from the first location, of a surgeon in an operating room performing the surgical procedure on a patient with at least one surgical instrument. The method also includes transmitting a second video, from the first location to the second location, of the surgical instrument during the surgical procedure, annotating the second video with at least one annotation, and transmitting, from the first location to the second location, the at least one annotation overlaid on the second video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: William B. Stetson