Patents by Inventor Ana Minchew

Ana Minchew 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: 20230058911
    Abstract: A urinary-catheter package (100) includes a container (120) including a urinary catheter (110) and a lubricant (140). The urinary catheter includes a catheter tube (112) and a drainage lumen extending through the urinary catheter, the drainage lumen fluidly coupling a plurality of eyelets in a distal-end portion of the catheter tube with an opening in a proximal end of the urinary catheter. The container includes a catheter section (122), a lubricant section (124) in a distal-end portion of the container, and a separator (126) between the catheter section and the lubricant section. The catheter section is configured to hold the urinary catheter, and the lubricant section is configured to hold the lubricant. The separator is configured to separate the lubricant in the lubricant section from the urinary catheter in the catheter section until the separator is broken by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Abigail Nabors, D. Claire Gloeckner, Russell Riescher, Tom Roberts, Ana Minchew
  • Publication number: 20220287875
    Abstract: A targeted temperature management (TTM) system is disclosed that includes a TTM module configured to provide a TTM fluid and a thermal pad configured to facilitate thermal energy transfer between the TTM fluid and a patient. The system further includes a fluid delivery line (FDL) coupled with the TTM module at a proximal end. A hub at the distal end of the FDL includes a delivery hub connector coupled with the delivery conduit connector, a return hub connector couples with the return conduit connector, and a locking mechanism is selectively configurable to alternate between a release configuration and a lock configuration. When the locking mechanism is in the lock configuration, it prevents at least one of separation of the delivery conduit connector from the delivery hub connector or separation of the return conduit connector from the return hub connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ana Minchew, Jill Walthall Jones, Gina Whitlock, Cassie L. Singleton, Sean E. Walker
  • Patent number: D967409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PureWick Corporation
    Inventors: Bhanu Prakash, Ana Minchew, Henri Madigan, Claire Gloeckner