Patents by Inventor Sherman W. Horn

Sherman W. Horn 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: 4739756
    Abstract: An endotracheal tube comprises: a main flexible hollow tube member including an annular wall for forming a large central lumen for the input transport of oxygen and for the output transport of the products of respiration or of suctioning; a small lateral lumen being located in such hollow tube member annular wall for the input transport of medication to be delivered distally to the internal lining of the lungs; and an ejection ring being located at the most distal annular surface of such hollow tube member annular wall, such ejection ring including a rear input channel for receiving the medication from such small lateral lumen, and including a plurality of uniformly spaced apart front output openings or orifices for ejecting such medication as a spray distally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Inventor: Sherman W. Horn