Patents by Inventor Thomas Papanek

Thomas Papanek 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: 10166402
    Abstract: A method and device are presented for providing patient safe light to a wound. The device includes a radiation source producing flora lethal radiation wavelengths, a radiation conduit detachably optically coupled to the radiation source, and a patch remotely located from the radiation source configured to at least partially conform to a surface contour of the wound. The patch includes a flexible panel formed of a radiation transmitting material able to withstand sterilization, including at least one surface with a disturbed surface area configured to emit radiation upon the wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Excelitas Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin Brennan, Thomas Papanek
  • Publication number: 20140343478
    Abstract: A method and device are presented for providing patient safe light to a wound. The device includes a radiation source producing flora lethal radiation wavelengths, a radiation conduit detachably optically coupled to the radiation source, and a patch remotely located from the radiation source configured to at least partially conform to a surface contour of the wound. The patch includes a flexible panel formed of a radiation transmitting material able to withstand sterilization, including at least one surface with a disturbed surface area configured to emit radiation upon the wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Excelitas Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin Brennan, Thomas Papanek
  • Publication number: 20090269717
    Abstract: A dental handpiece having a distal end including an attachment for assembly of a removable workpiece and a handpiece body intermediate a proximal end and the distal end. The handpiece extends in a substantially axial direction. A coupler is included having a cylinder portion and a supply-end portion, the cylinder portion being assembled into the handpiece extending in the axial direction toward the distal end. The cylinder portion includes at least one seal that interfaces with an interior of the body so as to isolate a portion of the body interior into at least one distinct chamber. The supply-end portion of the coupler extends from the proximal end of the handpiece body at an angle from the axis. The supply-end portion also includes a plurality of outlets, the at least one distinct chamber in fluid communication with one of the outlets of the plurality of outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Papanek, Gene Novak, Don Heil, Bret Beane
  • Publication number: 20080003537
    Abstract: A dental handpiece having a distal end including an attachment for assembly of a removable workpiece and a handpiece body intermediate a proximal end and the distal end. The handpiece extends in a substantially axial direction. A coupler is included having a cylinder portion and a supply-end portion, the cylinder portion being assembled into the handpiece extending in the axial direction toward the distal end. The cylinder portion includes at least one seal that interfaces with an interior of the body so as to isolate a portion of the body interior into at least one distinct chamber. The supply-end portion of the coupler extends from the proximal end of the handpiece body at an angle from the axis. The supply-end portion also includes a plurality of outlets, the at least one distinct chamber in fluid communication with one of the outlets of the plurality of outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Thomas PAPANEK, Gene NOVAK, Don HEIL, Bret BEANE