Patents by Inventor Thaddeus A. Roppel

Thaddeus A. Roppel 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: 20140107718
    Abstract: An automated defibrillator attachment for an electronic device such as a smart phone includes an electronics module, at least two electrodes, and a connector. The at least two electrodes extend from the electronics module for connecting to a patient. The connector extends from the electronics module for coupling to at least one receptacle of the electronics device. The at least two electrodes provide at least one electrical shock to the patient that is supplied from an energy source of the electronic device. Other embodiments include an energy storage element to supply the at least one electrical shock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HEARTLIFE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas W. FOOTE, Thaddeus A. ROPPEL
  • Patent number: 4691662
    Abstract: A plasma apparatus which generates a radio frequency (UHF or microwave) disk plasma 16 and a hybrid plasma 45 derived from the disk plasma. The microwave plasma acts as a source of excited ion and free radical species and electrons for the second plasma which is hybrid in that it contains species from both microwave and dc (or rf depending on bias) excitation. The hybrid plasma can be used to treat an article 43 with different species than are present in the disk plasma and provides more control in this regard than a single plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Michigan State University
    Inventors: Thaddeus A. Roppel, Jes Asmussen, Donnie K. Reinhard