Patents by Inventor John P. Sopp

John P. Sopp 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).

  • Body fluid sampler
    Patent number: 6614522
    Abstract: A sampling apparatus for sampling body fluid includes a sampler having an external geometry selected to mate with an internal geometry of a testing apparatus such that the sampler may be inserted within the testing apparatus in a predetermined alignment-and with a sampling location positioned accurately within a light path for detecting an amount of a desired constituent within fluid collected by the sampler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Integ, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Sopp, Scott T. Latterell, Paul D. Brinda, Timothy J. Erskine
  • Stiffening pharyngeal wall treatment
    Publication number: 20030149488
    Abstract: A pharyngeal airway having a pharyngeal wall of a patient at least partially surrounding and defining the airway is treated by selecting an implant dimensioned so as to be implanted at or beneath a mucosal layer of the pharyngeal wall and extending transverse to said wall. The implant has mechanical characteristics for the implant, at least in combination with a fibrotic tissue response induced by the implant, to stiffen said pharyngeal wall to resist radial collapse. The implant is implanted into the pharyngeal wall transverse to a longitudinal axis of the airway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Anja K. Metzger, Brian J. Erickson, John P. Sopp, Mark B. Knudson, Timothy R. Conrad
  • Body fluid sampler
    Publication number: 20020196425
    Abstract: A sampling apparatus for sampling body fluid includes a sampler having an external geometry selected to mate with an internal geometry of a testing apparatus such that the sampler may be inserted within the testing apparatus in a predetermined alignment-and with a sampling location positioned accurately within a light path for detecting an amount of a desired constituent within fluid collected by the sampler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: John P. Sopp, Scott T. Latterell, Paul D. Brinda, Timothy J. Erskine
  • Body fluid sampler
    Patent number: 6152889
    Abstract: A sampling apparatus for sampling body fluid includes a sampler having an external geometry selected to mate with an internal geometry of a testing apparatus such that the sampler may be inserted within the testing apparatus in a predetermined alignment--and with a sampling location positioned accurately within a light path for detecting an amount of a desired constituent within fluid collected by the sampler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Integ, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Sopp, Scott T. Latterell, Paul D. Brinda, Timothy J. Erskine
  • Body fluid sampler
    Patent number: 5879310
    Abstract: A sampling apparatus for sampling body fluid includes a sampler having an external geometry selected to mate with an internal geometry of a testing apparatus such that the sampler may be inserted with in the testing apparatus in a predetermined alignment-and with a sampling location positioned accurately within a light path for detecting an amount of a desired constituent within fluid collected by the sampler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Integ, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Sopp, Scott T. Latterell, Paul D. Brinda, Timothy J. Erskine