Patents by Inventor Arthur Hugh Andrews

Arthur Hugh Andrews 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: 7115106
    Abstract: Bandage for an ankle joint comprising an elongated tape, wherein the elongated tape runs around a heel, across a lateral side of the ankle joint, across an instep in a medial plantar direction and across a sole of a foot in a lateral plantar direction. First and a second transverse edges of the elongated tape are fastened to the tape itself. A first bridle and a second bridle is attached to the elongated tape. The first bridle extends from a lateral side on a forefoot and the second bridle extends from a lateral side on the ankle joint. The second bridle is circularly closed around the ankle joint and extends to the lateral side of the ankle joint. The first bridle is guided on the forefoot across the instep to the ankle joint and is circularly closed around the ankle joint and over the second bridle. The first bridle extends to the lateral side of the ankle joint. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Stefan Bodenschatz, Arthur Hugh Andrews
  • Patent number: 6713659
    Abstract: Self-adhesive bandage consisting of a flexible carrier with a self-adhesive coating applied on one side, characterized in that the carrier is provided with a large number of apertures, thus giving rise to individual segments linked by way of connecting bridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Stefan Bodenschatz, Arthur-Hugh Andrews, Anthony David Harman
  • Patent number: 6673421
    Abstract: Stocking having a seamlessly attached antislip coating in the edge region of the upper opening of the stocking, the edge of the stocking producing a compressive pressure of from 3 to 45 mm Hg at an extension of from 10% to 350% and having a width-based flexural stiffness (DIN 53121) of at least 20 cN×mm and, in the region of the stocking opening, the bond strength of the coating to the stocking being at least 3 N/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Arthur-Hugh Andrews, Stefan Bodenschatz, Peter Himmelsbach
  • Publication number: 20030171707
    Abstract: Bandage for the ankle joint, comprising an elongated tape, whereby the elongated tape runs around the heel, across the lateral side of the ankle joint, across the instep in a medial plantar direction and across the sole of the foot in a lateral plantar direction, whereby the first and second transverse edge of the tape are fastened to the tape itself and whereby two bridles are attached to the elongated tape, the first extending from the lateral side on the forefoot and the second from the lateral side on the ankle joint, whereby the second bridle is circularly closed around the ankle joint and the first bridle is guided on the forefoot across the instep to the medial side of the ankle joint and then circularly closed around the ankle joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Stefan Bodenschatz, Arthur Hugh Andrews
  • Patent number: 6551704
    Abstract: Backing materials which have been given a self-adhesive treatment on at least one side, characterized in that the self-adhesive composition is a pressure-sensitive hotmelt adhesive composition which at a frequency of 0.1 rad/s has a dynamic-complex glass transition temperature of less than −3° C., preferably from −6° C. to −30° C. and, with particular preference, from −9° C. to −25° C., and their use, in particular, for producing medical products such as plasters, bandages or dressings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Peter Himmelsbach, Peter Jauchen, Andreas Albrod, Arthur-Hugh Andrews, Klaus Keite-Telgenbüscher, Reiner Leutz, Christian Scharnhorst, Thorsten Stradt, Andreas B. Kummer, Sebastian Trotter
  • Patent number: 6540704
    Abstract: Orthopedic bandage comprising a flexible backing material and an adhesive composition, characterized in that the adhesive composition has a thermoplastic behavior, is at least tacky above an activation temperature, forms at least partially crystalline structures below the activation temperature, and at a temperature below 40° C. has a shear modulus of more than 100,000 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: BSN Medical GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Bodenschatz, Arthur-Hugh Andrews, Anthony David Harman, Peter Himmelsbach
  • Publication number: 20010051482
    Abstract: Backing materials which have been given a self-adhesive treatment on at least one side, characterized in that the self-adhesive composition is a pressure-sensitive hotmelt adhesive composition which at a frequency of 0.1 rad/s has a dynamic-complex glass transition temperature of less than −3° C., preferably from −6° C. to −30 ° C. and, with particular preference, from −9° C. to −25 ° C., and their use, in particular, for producing medical products such as plasters, bandages or dressings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 1997
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: PETER HIMMELSBACH, PETER JAUCHEN, ANDREAS ALBROD, ARTHUR-HUGH ANDREWS, KLAUS KEITE-TELGENBUSCHER, REINER LEUTZ, CHRISTIAN SCHARNHORST, THORSTEN STRADT, ANDREAS B. KUMMER, SEBASTIAN TROTTER
  • Publication number: 20010018567
    Abstract: Orthopedic bandage comprising a flexible backing material and an adhesive composition, characterized in that the adhesive composition
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Stefan Bodenschatz, Arthur Hugh Andrews
  • Publication number: 20010001110
    Abstract: Self-adhesive bandage consisting of a flexible carrier with a self-adhesive coating applied on one side, characterized in that the carrier is provided with a large number of apertures, thus giving rise to individual segments linked by way of connecting bridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Publication date: May 10, 2001
    Inventors: Stefan Bodenschatz, Arthur-Hugh Andrews, Anthony David Harman
  • Patent number: 6099489
    Abstract: Medical arm bandage which surrounds and guides the forearm and the upper arm and shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Herzberg, Thorsten Stradt, Andreas Albrod, Harald Votsch, Oliver Reichert, Arthur-Hugh Andrews, Brigitte Rosenbaum