Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100205724 | Energy absorbing and displacing structure for athletic protective equipment - An energy absorbing and displacing structure for athletic protective equipment, such as an athletic shin-guard, is provided using a flexible web-shaped body to hold a rigid band-shaped member in place. | 08-19-2010 |
20130247922 | Shock absorbing mouth guard - This invention is a shock absorbing mouth guard used by athletes to reduce the transfer of impact energy between the upper and lower jaw and thus prevent or greatly reduce injury to the mouth and jaw area. This is accomplished through the utilization of an outer and inner member. The outer member is made of a hard ridged material and acts as a support were as the inner member is made of a soft flexible rubber like material and acts like a shock absorber. | 09-26-2013 |
20140079233 | Electrolarynx - An electrolarynx includes a motor having a locating diaphragm, a bobbin, and a magnetic assembly. The bobbin includes a striker and coil wires wound about a coil cylinder of an electromagnet. The locating diaphragm maintains the position of the bobbin along the longitudinal axis of the housing. The magnetic assembly includes a magnet and a non-magnetic guide disc that sandwiches the magnet to the housing. The magnet and the coil wires drive the striker and, in turn, a contact diaphragm in the cap of the electrolarynx that makes contact with a patient's throat to produce vibrations similar to those produced by the larynx. To avoid “gravitational wear” of the coil wires against a magnetic cup used to center the coil wires, the walls of the cup are made thinner and the magnetic cup may be replaced with a non-magnetic cup or the magnetic cup is removed altogether. | 03-20-2014 |
20140275802 | SURGICAL RETRACTOR SUPPORT SYSTEM - A surgical retractor support system includes a body extending from a first end to a second end through an intermediate portion, and a surgical retractor retaining configuration arranged relative to the body. The surgical retractor retaining configuration including an opening configured and disposed to receive a handle end of a surgical retractor. | 09-18-2014 |
20150073466 | TISSUE MODIFICATION METHODS AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for treating a stricture in a body lumen. The method comprises (a) sensing pressure being exerted by a treatment device on the stricture, (b) determining if enough force is being exerted on the stricture, (c) if enough force is being exerted on the stricture, timing the application of enough force, (d) determining if too much force is being exerted by the treatment device on the stricture, (e) if too much force is being applied to the stricture, decrementing the force being applied to the stricture, (f) determining if not enough force is being applied to the stricture, (g) if not enough force is being applied to the stricture incrementing the force being applied to the stricture, and (h) repeating (a)-(g) until (i) a desired pressure has been maintained on the tissue for a desired time. The apparatus comprises a device for exerting pressure on the stricture, a controller for controlling the amount of pressure the device exerts on the stricture, and a pressure sensor for sensing the pressure being exerted on the stricture by the device. | 03-12-2015 |
20150123462 | Fueling station for unmaned arial vehicle of the vertical takeoff types - An unmanned self-sustained fuel dispensing station for fuels of all sorts (gasoline, pesticides, water, fertilizers etc.) a tank, docking, and coupling system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) of the vertical takeoff types. The station can be independent of public power and communication utilities and can operate by remote control without an on-site attendant. The preferred system has a central command center with a control computer in communication with a station control computer located at one or more satellite stations through a communications link. The station control computer can be controlled remotely by the command center. The station control computer programming has control over the activities of the station through an electrical generation subsystem with a solar array, battery bank, battery charger and standby generator; a fuel dispensing subsystem; a security subsystem with video cameras; a communications link and a status sensor subsystem. | 05-07-2015 |
20150128341 | Automatic Patient Turning and Lifting Method, System, and Apparatus - Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing automatically turning and lifting patients to prevent or treat wounds caused by patient immobility, including, for example, decubitus ulcers, more commonly known as bedsores. A patient turning and lifting device may comfortably and securely bracket the torso of the patient, with the use of a support structure, without bracketing of the patient's arms. In some embodiments, the device may be configured to imitate the movements of a healthy person during sleep. The device may do so by slowly and gently rolling the patient from side to side, according to one or more predetermined sequences of inflation and deflation of inflatable turning bladders positioned below the support structure, thus keeping the patient from remaining in one position for too long. The one or more predetermined sequences may be selected or modified based on sensors monitoring the device and/or patient. | 05-14-2015 |
20160029724 | Energy absorbing and displacing structure for body protective padding - This invention is an improved padding used by athletes and others to prevent or greatly reduce the instances of injury due to blows to the body. This is accomplished through the utilization of a radial expanding and contracting structure encapsulated in a foam type material. | 02-04-2016 |