Patents by Inventor Barbara Anne Collins

Barbara Anne Collins 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: 20190167868
    Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for applying reduced pressure to subcutaneous tissue site. In one illustrative embodiment, the apparatus includes a sleeve adapted for placement at a subcutaneous tissue site. The sleeve is further adapted to receive a manifold. The sleeve may also have an opening operable to transfer reduced pressure from the manifold to the subcutaneous tissue site. In one embodiment, the apparatus may also include a manifold that is insertable into the sleeve. The manifold may include at least one aperture, and may be operable to deliver reduced pressure to the subcutaneous tissue site via at least one aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventor: Barbara Anne COLLINS
  • Publication number: 20170053073
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for treating a tissue site are described. In some embodiments, the method may include receiving input information related to a tissue site of a patient, processing the input information in a processor to generate options for a user to select a desired action, and executing the desired action to provide output information related to the tissue site. The method may further include communicating the output information to a user via a communications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Diwi L. Allen, Gustavo GALAN, Hannah I. GROTHUES, Robert HILL, Barbara Anne COLLINS, Chester R. EDLUND, Kristine M. KIESWETTER, Somesh DASGUPTA, Joshua HAGGERTY
  • Patent number: 8795245
    Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for applying reduced pressure to subcutaneous tissue site. In one illustrative embodiment, the apparatus includes a sleeve adapted for placement at a subcutaneous tissue site. The sleeve is further adapted to receive a manifold. The sleeve may also have an opening operable to transfer reduced pressure from the manifold to the subcutaneous tissue site. In one embodiment, the apparatus may also include a manifold that is insertable into the sleeve. The manifold may include at least one aperture, and may be operable to deliver reduced pressure to the subcutaneous tissue site via at least one aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventor: Barbara Anne Collins
  • Publication number: 20120203144
    Abstract: Methods and systems of treating a hoof on an ungulate mammal involve delivering reduced pressure to an interior portion of a hoof to promote profusion. In one instance, a method includes forming one or more apertures in a hoof wall of the hoof proximate to laminae that is proximate to a phalanx (P3) of the hoof, disposing a distribution manifold proximate to the one or more apertures, covering the distribution manifold and a portion of the ungulate mammal's exterior tissue with a sealing member to form a sealed space in which the distribution manifold is disposed, and providing reduced pressure to the distribution manifold in the sealed space. Other methods and systems are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventor: Barbara Anne Collins
  • Publication number: 20100168692
    Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for applying reduced pressure to subcutaneous tissue site. In one illustrative embodiment, the apparatus includes a sleeve adapted for placement at a subcutaneous tissue site. The sleeve is further adapted to receive a manifold. The sleeve may also have an opening operable to transfer reduced pressure from the manifold to the subcutaneous tissue site. In one embodiment, the apparatus may also include a manifold that is insertable into the sleeve. The manifold may include at least one aperture, and may be operable to deliver reduced pressure to the subcutaneous tissue site via at least one aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Barbara Anne Collins