Patents by Inventor Gregory James Stephens

Gregory James Stephens 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).

  • Apparatus for altering composition of nutritional product during enteral tube feeding
    Patent number: 6277092
    Abstract: An apparatus for modifying a liquid enteral nutritional product. The apparatus includes a chamber having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet of the chamber is constructed to be fluidly connected to a supply container containing a liquid enteral nutritional. The chamber defines an interior space. The apparatus further includes a retainer disposed in the interior space defined by the chamber. The retainer is constructed to receive one or more dosage form units of beneficial agent therein. The apparatus further includes at least one dosage form unit of beneficial agent retained by the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Rhonda L. Cole, Ronita K. Geckle, Terrence B. Mazer, Frank A. Murawski, Carl J. Piontek, Gregory James Stephens, Joseph E. Walton