Patents by Inventor Mary G. Schoonmaker

Mary G. Schoonmaker 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).

  • Flexible electrical power strip
    Patent number: 10038272
    Abstract: An electrical power strip that may be flexibly configured is provided. The power strip includes a power cord having a plug configured to operably couple with a wall socket. A head block is electrically coupled to the power cord on an end opposite the first plug. The head block having a first outlet socket on one end configured to receive a first external power plug. The head block further includes a first, second and third female electrical connector located on different sides. A power block having a first male connector on a side is electrically coupled with one of the first, second or third female connector. The first power block having a second outlet socket configured to receive a second external power plug. The power block further having a fourth, fifth and sixth female connectors located on different sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Asa G. DeBlois, Jeremy Christopher Downs, Brooke Martin Kumnick, Paul D. Lisborg, Jonathan Clifford Schultz, Richard B. Mindek, Robert T. Gettens, Mary G. Schoonmaker, Glenn E. Vallee
  • FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL POWER STRIP
    Publication number: 20180062302
    Abstract: An electrical power strip that may be flexibly configured is provided. The power strip includes a power cord having a plug configured to operably couple with a wall socket. A head block is electrically coupled to the power cord on an end opposite the first plug. The head block having a first outlet socket on one end configured to receive a first external power plug. The head block further includes a first, second and third female electrical connector located on different sides. A power block having a first male connector on a side is electrically coupled with one of the first, second or third female connector. The first power block having a second outlet socket configured to receive a second external power plug. The power block further having a fourth, fifth and sixth female connectors located on different sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Asa G. DeBlois, Jeremy Christopher Downs, Brooke Martin Kumnick, Paul D. Lisborg, Jonathan Clifford Schultz, Richard B. Mindek, JR., Robert T. Gettens, Mary G. Schoonmaker, Glenn E. Vallee
  • TROCAR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180014908
    Abstract: A trocar device is provided. The trocar includes a body having a first passageway sized to receive a surgical instrument. A cannula is coupled to the body, the cannula having a second passageway that cooperates with the first passageway to allow the surgical instrument to pass therethrough. A plurality of orifices is operably coupled to one of the body or the cannula and arranged to direct a washing fluid onto at least a portion of the surgical instrument in one of the first passageway or the second passageway. An output port is fluidly coupled to receive the washing fluid from one of the first passageway or second passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Katz, Robert Gettens, Mary G. Schoonmaker, Nicolette R. LaPierre, Shaine Gregory Spencer, Samuel Thomas Mackerer, Marc Castiello, Trinh Thuy Pham