Patents by Inventor Chad H. Smith

Chad H. Smith 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: 11957609
    Abstract: A delivery device for controllably delivering multiple implants (e.g., intravascular implants) is described herein. The delivery device may include a lockout mechanism to prevent against inadvertent implant deployment prior to initial use. The delivery device may also include a re-sheath mechanism to allow for re-sheathing of an inner core assembly prior to removal of the delivery device from an initial deployment site. The delivery device may also further include a mechanism configured to prevent against re-sheathing of a partially-deployed implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: INTACT VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Longo, Chad J. Smith, Igor Tentler, Michael A. Dotsey, Evan E. Aamodt, Leif E. Malm, Kevin Y. Shin, Erin H. Morrissey, Patrick B. Nolan, Noah E. Dingler
  • Patent number: 10219619
    Abstract: A hanging safety harness rack having a plurality of latches for holding individual safety harnesses. Each latch includes an individual locking feature which locks its safety harness in place. Also included is a shared locking feature that preventing all latches from opening and thus locking all safety harnesses in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventor: Chad H. Smith
  • Patent number: 5947933
    Abstract: A hypodermic syringe assembly is provided with a syringe barrel and a safety shield telescoped over the syringe barrel and movable from a proximal position to a distal position. The safety shield is irreversibly lockable in the distal position on the syringe barrel to protectively shield a used needle cannula. The safety shield is releasably retained in a proximal position by engagement of a protrusion on the barrel and a groove on the shield. Engagement between the protrusion and the stop block can be overcome by rotating the safety shield. The safety shield may then be moved into an irreversible shielding position surrounding the needle cannula. The releasable retention of the safety shield in its proximal position prevents inadvertent distal movement of the safety shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Eric P. Reichenbach, Robert B. Odell, Chad H. Smith, Robyn L. Tucker