Patents by Inventor John Michael Stuart

John Michael Stuart 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 and method for connecting a tracheostomy tube to a neckplate
    Patent number: 5778877
    Abstract: A tracheostomy system having a neckplate, a tracheostomy tube having an end adapted for insertion into a patient's breathing passage and an end provided with a trach head for swivel connection to the neckplate and a connection mechanism for swivelly connecting the trach head to the neckplate without deformation of the trach head or neckplate and without thermal processing. The present invention also relates to a method for swivelly connecting a trach head to a neckplate without deformation of the trach head or neckplate and without thermal processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: John Michael Stuart