Patents by Inventor Andrew Robert Beeson

Andrew Robert Beeson 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).

  • REINFORCED MEDICO-SURGICAL TUBES AND THEIR MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20230137005
    Abstract: A tracheostomy tube (1) has a shaft (10, 10) including a helical reinforcing wire (30) overmoulded by a plastics material, such as of silicone. The wire has an indented path (31) traversing its turns in which is received a small-bore tube (32) so that this does not project above the surface of the shaft, or only forms a small projection. The small-bore tube (32) acts as an inflation line and opens at its patient end (33) within a sealing cuff (13). The machine end of the tube (32) is terminated by a combined inflation indicator and connector (36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: John Jay Quackenbush, Andrew Robert Beeson, Yaling Fan