Patents by Inventor George J. Carpenter

George J. Carpenter 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).

  • Endoscope connector
    Patent number: 4947828
    Abstract: Piggyback endoscopes are disclosed which are connected together releasably where the scopes receive illumination from a single light source via a single fiber optic bundle which has been divided into at least two branches, one branch being individual to each scope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Schott Fiber Optics
    Inventors: George J. Carpenter, Walter P. Siegmund, John M. Smith
  • Molded objective head for fiberscopes with integral lenses
    Patent number: 4778247
    Abstract: An objective head for a fiberscope fabricated (cast or molded) from optically clear plastic having lenses molded integrally with the head to form a single piece-part and method of fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Warner Lambert Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: George J. Carpenter
  • Bronchoscope with small gauge viewing attachment
    Patent number: 4586491
    Abstract: A bronchoscope with usual and customary accessories such as working channels for irrigation, forceps, light and image fiber optic bundles where one channel is adapted to receive a small gauge catheterscope for reaching, viewing and inspecting remote small diameter bronchioli of a bronchial tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1986
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: George J. Carpenter
  • Flexible plastic tube for endoscopes and the like
    Patent number: 4580551
    Abstract: An elongated, flexible plastic tube with internal web and bore structure comprising a continuous sequence of connected vertebra-like elements useful in endoscopes and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter P. Siegmund, George J. Carpenter
  • Catheter with optimum resistance to bending and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 4576772
    Abstract: A multi-lumen fluid-tight catheter having optimum resistance to bending and method of manufacture. The catheter is notched about its periphery and along its length to create voids which are filled with a vulcanized polymeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: George J. Carpenter