Patents by Inventor Lloyd R. Armstrong

Lloyd R. Armstrong 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).

  • Incontinence device insertion kit
    Patent number: 6895972
    Abstract: A kit to facilitate self-placement of an incontinence prevention device within the urethra includes a deployment base member, a deployment tube, a deployment pusher along with the incontinence prevention device in a sterile pack. The base member includes a rigid shaft of a predetermined length having a finger grip member at one end and a hook member at its opposite end. The shaft of the base member is adapted to fit through the lumen of the deployment tube with the hook projecting out from a proximal end of the deployment tube and with the hook engaging a retention loop on the incontinence prevention device when in its sterile package. Upon removal of the kit components, the deployment tube is slid off the deployment base member and, in doing so, the incontinence prevention device becomes loaded into the deployment tube. The pusher is then used to urge the incontinence prevention device from the deployment tube into the urethra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: ContiCare Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Tihon, Mark A. Rydell, Alan P. Lonneman, Lloyd R. Armstrong
  • Incontinence device insertion kit
    Publication number: 20040200482
    Abstract: A kit to facilitate self-placement of an incontinence prevention device within the urethra includes a deployment base member, a deployment tube, a deployment pusher along with the incontinence prevention device in a sterile pack. The base member includes a rigid shaft of a predetermined length having a finger grip member at one end and a hook member at its opposite end. The shaft of the base member is adapted to fit through the lumen of the deployment tube with the hook projecting out from a proximal end of the deployment tube and with the hook engaging a retention loop on the incontinence prevention device when in its sterile package. Upon removal of the kit components, the deployment tube is slid off the deployment base member and, in doing so, the incontinence prevention device becomes loaded into the deployment tube. The pusher is then used to urge the incontinence prevention device from the deployment tube into the urethra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: ContiCare Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Tihon, Mark A. Rydell, Alan P. Lonneman, Lloyd R. Armstrong
  • Incontinence device insertion kit
    Patent number: 6739341
    Abstract: A kit to facilitate self-placement of an incontinence prevention device within the urethra includes a deployment base member, a deployment tube, a deployment pusher along with the incontinence prevention device in a sterile pack. The base member includes a rigid shaft of a predetermined length having a finger grip member at one end and a hook member at its opposite end. The shaft of the base member is adapted to fit through the lumen of the deployment tube with the hook projecting out from a proximal end of the deployment tube and with the hook engaging a retention loop on the incontinence prevention device when in its sterile package. Upon removal of the kit components, the deployment tube is slid off the deployment base member and, in doing so, the incontinence prevention device becomes loaded into the deployment tube. The pusher is then used to urge the incontinence prevention device from the deployment tube into the urethra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: ContiCare Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Tihon, Mark A. Rydell, Alan P. Lonneman, Lloyd R. Armstrong
  • Incontinence device insertion kit
    Publication number: 20030213494
    Abstract: A kit to facilitate self-placement of an incontinence prevention device within the urethra includes a deployment base member, a deployment tube, a deployment pusher along with the incontinence prevention device in a sterile pack. The base member includes a rigid shaft of a predetermined length having a finger grip member at one end and a hook member at its opposite end. The shaft of the base member is adapted to fit through the lumen of the deployment tube with the hook projecting out from a proximal end of the deployment tube and with the hook engaging a retention loop on the incontinence prevention device when in its sterile package. Upon removal of the kit components, the deployment tube is slid off the deployment base member and, in doing so, the incontinence prevention device becomes loaded into the deployment tube. The pusher is then used to urge the incontinence prevention device from the deployment tube into the urethra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: CONTICARE MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Claude Tihon, Mark A. Rydell, Alan P. Lonneman, Lloyd R. Armstrong