Patents by Inventor Lawrence A. Potter

Lawrence A. Potter 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: 4659328
    Abstract: A stylet 2 for stiffening a pliable infusion tube 38 comprising a wire 4 extending between a proximal and a distal end, a coiled spring 22 providing a flexible tip to the distal end of the stylet 2 for more easily feeding the stylet 2 through a convoluted infusion tube 38, a reduced diameter portion 26 of the coiled spring 22 telescoped over the distal end 20 of the wire 4 and bonded thereto, an enlarged end 32 of the coiled spring 22 for preventing the wire tip from exiting from the tube 38 through the tube wall or through openings 58, 60 in the tube 38, and a crimped coil 68 in the spring 22 for limiting the position of the distal end of the wire 4 in the spring 22, a connector 40 mounted on the tube proximal end, a bolus 50 mounted on the tube distal end, a connector 10 mounted on the proximal end of the wire 4, spring 22 being adapted to be seated in the bolus 50, wire 4 being longer than tube 38, whereby when proximal end connector 40 of the tube abuts the proximal end connector 10 of the wire 4, the bol
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Biosearch Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Potter, James Sgro
  • Patent number: 4031325
    Abstract: This invention pertains to systems servicing coin operated telephones and, more specifically, to apparatus in such systems for preventing called party fraud in simulating coin deposit signals. During intermediate coin deposit periods, the network connection between the calling and called stations is split into calling and called portions and then these portions are extended and reconnected. A filter is inserted in the extended called station portion to attenuate fraudulent coin deposit signals originating from the called station. A coin tone detector connected to the extended calling station portion is still actuated by valid coin deposit signals from the calling station, but does not detect the attenuated fraudulent signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Ronald Michael Dudonis, Charles Glenn Morrison, Robert Lawrence Potter, Kenneth Streisand