Patents by Inventor Donald L. Dixon

Donald L. Dixon 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: 20200168344
    Abstract: This invention discloses a method for selection of a proper prosthetic device for a patient utilizing joint decision making and information gathering by a patient, clinician, and physician utilizing a computerized Physician Communication System, wherein a clinician evaluates a patient and enters the patient's information into a smart device that communicates with a computer system and a dynamic database that stores the information and also has prosthetic device specific information where software is capable of propagating the information through other devices, a computer system and the database in real time where the clinician selects a prosthetic device for a patient, uploads the selection, and a physician consults the database to evaluate the choice of device for the patient, and can accept, change, or otherwise edit the information and choice based on the physician's examination of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Donald L Dixon
  • Patent number: 6052849
    Abstract: A cranial suspension apparatus to prevent positional plagiocephaly in an infant by distributing loads on the head of the infant lying in the supine position on a horizontal surface. The infant is placed in the apparatus such that the head of the infant is supported on a flexible porous support material with the tension of the material adjusted to support the head just above or just touching the sleep surface. The flexible porous support material may be a net with an open weave. The apparatus prevents localized pressure on the infant's head in an area contacting a sleep surface when infants are routinely placed in the supine position, which is recommended to avoid sudden infant death syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Center for Orthotic & Prosthetic Care, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Donald L. Dixon, Robert L. Havens
  • Patent number: 5938068
    Abstract: A container for storing food items comprising a cover hingedly mounted to a tray. The hinge comprising one or more hinge lines. A line of weakness is provided to aid in the removal of the cover from the tray. The line of weakness preferably comprises a series of closed crests and troughs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Dart Container
    Inventors: Todd Atkins, Donald L. Dixon, Jr.
  • Patent number: D445297
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Dart Container Corporation
    Inventors: Todd Atkins, Donald L. Dixon