Patents by Inventor Howard L. Howell

Howard L. Howell 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).

  • Patent number: 11890422
    Abstract: An improved anesthetic nerve block and method is disclosed comprising a dispenser including a storage body, a transfer body and a tip for positioning adjacent to the nerve. A local short acting anesthetic is in the storage body. A physiologic carbonate base is in the storage body. The local short acting anesthetic and the physiologic carbonate base are dispensed from the tip of the dispenser where the local short acting anesthetic facilities the penetration of the physiologic carbonate base through the nerve membrane and into the axon. A local long acting anesthetic is in the storage body. The local long acting anesthetic is dispensed from the tip of the dispenser and penetrates through the nerve membrane and into the axon. The local long acting anesthetic and the physiologic carbonate base cause a precipitate and form a crystallization compound for creating a prolonged local nerve block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: PFOF LLC
    Inventors: Howard L. Howell, Ralf Blackstone
  • Publication number: 20230355916
    Abstract: An improved anesthetic nerve block and method is disclosed comprising a dispenser including a storage body, a transfer body and a tip for positioning adjacent to the nerve. A local short acting anesthetic is in the storage body. A physiologic carbonate base is in the storage body. The local short acting anesthetic and the physiologic carbonate base are dispensed from the tip of the dispenser where the local short acting anesthetic facilities the penetration of the physiologic carbonate base through the nerve membrane and into the axon. A local long acting anesthetic is in the storage body. The local long acting anesthetic is dispensed from the tip of the dispenser and penetrates through the nerve membrane and into the axon. The local long acting anesthetic and the physiologic carbonate base cause a precipitate and form a crystallization compound for creating a prolonged local nerve block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Howard L. Howell, Ralf Blackstone
  • Patent number: 7282225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional dietary supplement composition comprising a combination of effective amounts of vitamins, minerals, carotenoids, antioxidants, natural herbal extracts in an inert stabilizing carrier, which stabilizes and or enhances visual function and acuity. The present invention also relates to methods for treating or preventing macular degeneration comprising administering an effective amount of the dietary supplement composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Occular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Davis, Howard L. Howell