Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Jenifer E. Haeckl, Esq.
  • Patent number: 6773428
    Abstract: An implantable delivery system of the invention for managing a patient's erectile dysfunction, generally comprises: one or more reservoir members adapted to be substantially implanted in the patient's scrotal pouch and to at least temporarily store one or more pharmacologic agents; one or more diaphragms for accessing and refilling one or more of the reservoir members with one or more of the pharmacologic agents; one or more distal end members comprising one or more perforations for dispensing at least a portion of the pharmacologic agents into one or both of the patient's cavernosal bodies; one or more conduits for transporting at least a portion of the pharmacologic agents from the reservoir member to the distal end member; and one or more pumps for causing at least a portion of the pharmacologic agents to be transported from the reservoir member to the distal end member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Inventor: Stephen M. Zappala
  • Patent number: 6741726
    Abstract: A system or method for electronically simulating fabrics to assist in grading yarn and fabric qualities, in which the diameter or other qualities of one or more yarn samples along the total length of the samples is measured, and representations of the measured yarn qualities are evaluated in a fabric pattern to assist evaluation of the effects of the yarn quality variations on fabric which potentially would be produced from the sampled yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Lawson-Hemphill, Inc.
    Inventors: Avishai Nevel, Kendall W. Gordon, Jr., David Bonneau
  • Patent number: 6648872
    Abstract: A preferred embodiment of the device of the invention, which is adapted to be applied circumferentially about a phallus, having a perimeter, and to facilitate intracavernosal anesthesia, generally comprises: a strip having a length at least slightly greater than the perimeter of the phallus, and a first end and a second end; and a hook and loop closure for releasably fixing at least a portion of the strip proximate the first end to a second portion of the strip
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Inventor: Stephen M. Zappala