Patents by Inventor David A. Blackney

David A. Blackney 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).

  • Medicinal aerosol delivery system and method of use
    Patent number: 5287849
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for administering medicinal aerosol to a patient's lungs through an endotracheal tube (22) connected to a ventilator (100) or other respiratory apparatus, in which a charging volume (26) connected to a nebulizer (102) for generating medicinal aerosol is inserted between the ventilator (100) and the endotracheal tube (22), such that the charging volume (26) is filled with medicinal aerosol during patient exhalation, and the medicinal aerosol in the charging volume (26) is delivered into the endotracheal tube during patient inhalation. Additional amounts of medicinal aerosol are delivered into the endotracheal tube (22) during patient inhalation through hose (24) between the charging volume (26) and the nebulizer (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Vortran Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel D. Piper, David A. Blackney, Lysa S. Kinoshita, Russell T. Reid, Otto G. Raabe, James I. C. Lee