Patents by Inventor Bruce Hammer

Bruce Hammer 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: 20060236449
    Abstract: The present invention involves a new and improved stable and portable bath transfer system that provides a disabled person complete access to bathroom facilities without having to transfer apparatus. The invention comprises a chair portion, a connector bridge portion, and a bathtub portion. The chair portion includes a base section with two or more support members and an upper chassis section including an adjustable backrest, a collapsible chair seat, and two swing-away armrests. The connector bridge portion includes connecting members attached by a cross member. The bathtub portion includes a base and four adjustable support members that provide increased stability and fine adjustment capability to match the chair portion height. The bath transfer system includes an interlocking system containing a continuous groove and lipped brackets to prevent the upper chassis section from tipping or lifting, and anti-roll mechanisms and a volitional latch to prevent undesired sliding of the upper chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Bruce Hammer, Davey Ijams
  • Publication number: 20060206199
    Abstract: Devices for treating aneurysms are disclosed. The devices are adapted and configured to modify blood flow at the aneurysm. More specifically, the invention discloses devices for treating cerebral aneurysms using devices adapted and configured to be delivered to a blood vessel in the brain on a distal tip of a microcatheter. The aneurysm devices comprise: a device adapted to be delivered to a blood vessel aneurysm on a distal tip of a catheter and further adapted to modify blood flow at the aneurysm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Stacey Churchwell, Bruce Hammer, Jodi Prosise, Andrew Schieber, Charles Euteneuer
  • Publication number: 20060206198
    Abstract: Devices and methods for treating aneurysms are disclosed. The devices are adapted and configured to modify blood flow at the aneurysm. More specifically, the invention discloses devices and methods for treating cerebral aneurysms using devices adapted and configured to be delivered to a blood vessel in the brain on a distal tip of a microcatheter. The aneurysm devices comprise: a device adapted to be delivered to a blood vessel aneurysm on a distal tip of a catheter and further adapted to modify blood flow at the aneurysm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Stacey Churchwell, Bruce Hammer, Jodi Prosise, Andrew Schieber, Charles Euteneuer
  • Publication number: 20050240098
    Abstract: Medical devices incorporate therein imaging materials having selected MRI detectable nuclei to provide useful magnetic resonance images of the medical devices and proximate body tissue. Also, a method generates MRI images of such a medical device, and involves performing first and second MRI processes on a body portion including at least a portion of the medical device to obtain, respectively, first and second image data. The first MRI process is adapted to detect MRI detectable nuclei present in the proximate body tissue, and the second MRI process is adapted to detect the selected MRI detectable nuclei contained in the device's imaging material. The selected MRI detectable nuclei incorporated in the imaging material is not the same nuclei that the first MRI process is adapted to detect. The second image data are combined with the first image data to produce image data for the medical device and the proximate body tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Sheng-Ping Zhong, Michael Helmus, Scott Smith, Bruce Hammer