Patents by Inventor Christine McElhaney

Christine McElhaney 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: 7942279
    Abstract: The invention provides a device and method for packaging and merchandising personal healthcare products. A first aspect of the invention provides a device for storing health care products, comprising: a plurality of product containers, each product container including: a body; a dispensing portion; and an attachment feature; and a housing including a mating feature adapted to be compatible with the attachment feature of each of the plurality of product containers, wherein connection of the attachment feature of a product container and the mating feature of the housing substantially and non-fixedly secures the product container to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: McNeill-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford Grant, Erin Melcher Beam, William Doskoczynski, Ronald Jaketic, Opher Yom-Tov, Emily Ma, Anthony Pigliacampo, Hans-Christoph Haenlein, Alan Regala, Christine McElhaney, Arvind Gupta, Stephen Kim, Shilajeet Banerjee, Stephen Wahl, Larry Cheng, Prateek Lal
  • Publication number: 20070088248
    Abstract: The invention provides devices for the disruption of one or more layers of skin and methods of their use to administer therapeutic agents, e.g., antigens or drugs. The devices are designed to disrupt a defined area of skin. The defined area can approximate the area that a patch or other suitable vehicle for therapeutic agent, e.g., drug or vaccine, delivery is designed to contact. Exemplary devices employ a mask to define the area to be disrupted. Other devices disrupt a defined area by rotating in place. For devices that employ a mask that is secured to the skin, the invention provides methods of disrupting the stratum corneum by first securing the mask to the skin and then disrupting the skin. For rotating devices, the disrupting member is simply placed against the skin and actuated to effect disruption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: Iomai Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Glenn, Kyle Doerksen, Larry Ellingsworth, Diane Epperson, David Frerichs, Mervyn Hamer, Aaron Henningsgaard, Matthew Inouye, Adrian James, Jonathan Kaplan, John Lai, Robert Lister, David Lubensky, Peter MacDonald, Sally Madsen, Brian Mason, Christine McElhaney, Lionel Mohri, Anthony Pigliacampo, Gina Romero, Charles Steeves, Christina Villar, Jianmei Yu
  • Publication number: 20060231453
    Abstract: The invention provides a device and method for packaging and merchandising personal healthcare products. A first aspect of the invention provides a device for storing health care products, comprising: a plurality of product containers, each product container including: a body; a dispensing portion; and an attachment feature; and a housing including a mating feature adapted to be compatible with the attachment feature of each of the plurality of product containers, wherein connection of the attachment feature of a product container and the mating feature of the housing substantially and non-fixedly secures the product container to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Bradford Grant, Erin Beam, William Doskoczynski, Ronald Jaketic, Opher Yom-Tov, Emily Ma, Anthony Pigliacampo, Hans-Christoph Haenlein, Alan Regala, Christine McElhaney, Arvind Gupta, Stephen Kim, Shilajeet Banerjee, Stephen Wahl, Larry Cheng, Prateek Lal
  • Publication number: 20030202091
    Abstract: A modular assisted visualization system includes an image manipulation module in communication with a work piece manipulation device, a camera module and at least one remote image manipulation module. The camera module, which is coupled to the work piece manipulation device and includes a camera lens and a light, provides a visual image of a work area of the work piece manipulation device. The visual image provided is displayed on the image manipulation module. The image manipulation module lays down at least one of a grid and a cut line on a work piece, by using the camera lens. The grid or cut line is established by data received by the image manipulation module from an operator. The work piece manipulation device, controlled by the image manipulation module, is engaged upon the grid or cut line established on the work piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Jaime Garcia, Kathy Dekeyser, John Larkin, Dan Adams, Helen Diane Shaughnessy, Angela Wahab, Christine McElhaney, Sascha Retailleau, David Christopher Shafer, Kathy Hannon Davies
  • Patent number: D561838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Erin Melcher Beam, Stephen Wahl, Christine McElhaney