Patents by Inventor Phillip Snoke

Phillip Snoke 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).

  • Publication number: 20080058595
    Abstract: A medical device introduction system and method can include a medical introducer, a separate imaging device, and/or a separate working channel device, each of which may be movable independent of the other. The medical introducer can include a handle and an elongate introducer tube extending from the handle and having a plurality of lumens, and may be inserted into an interior body region of a patient. The separate imaging device may be inserted through the handle and positioned in one of lumens. The separate working channel device can include an elongate working channel tube and a position controller. The working channel tube can include at least one lumen defining a working channel. The position controller can be configured to control positioning of the working channel tube. The working channel device may be removably connected to the handle and positioned in another lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Phillip Snoke, Joe Massey, Marcus Finch, John McMillan, Mark Martel, Kenneth Cassidy, Philip Allred, Jon Wilson, Lawrence Rothstein
  • Publication number: 20070107605
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for cooking meat are provided. The apparatus preferably includes a base having at least one liquid container connected to an upper surface of the base and a liquid collecting cavity formed in the upper surface of the base between outer walls of the liquid container and outer peripheries of the base. The apparatus also preferably includes at least one separate meat infusor positioned to receive steam from the liquid container. The meat infusor preferably has an infusor body and a plurality of openings positioned in peripheries of the infusor body so that when liquid positioned in the liquid container heats, steam from the liquid travels through the infusor body, through the openings therein, and toward meat positioned to overlie the infusor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Ronald Scharbo, George McKerrow, Phillip Snoke
  • Publication number: 20050039609
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooking meat is provided. The apparatus preferably includes a base having at least one liquid container connected to an upper surface of the base and a holding cavity formed in the upper surface of the base between outer walls of the liquid container and outer peripheries of the base. The apparatus also preferably includes at least one separate meat infusor positioned register with the liquid container and receive steam from the liquid container. The meat infusor preferably has an infusor body and a plurality of openings positioned in side peripheries of the infusor body so that when liquid positioned in the liquid container heats, steam from the liquid travels through the infusor body, through the openings therein, and toward meat positioned to overlie the infusor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Ronald Scharbo, George McKerrow, Phillip Snoke