Patents by Inventor Chuck Luddy

Chuck Luddy 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).

  • Double-row ratchet locking mechanism with single-bypass (‘arming’) functionality
    Patent number: 9687235
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wound closure device including: (a) a first opposing member and a second opposing member disposed on opposing sides of a central axis, each resiliently moveable between a closed position and open position relative to each other, each of the opposing members having a distal edge; (b) skin penetrating means for anchoring the device; (c) a pressure bar along each distal edge; (d) releasable locking means for biasing or maintaining the device in the closed position; and optionally (e) an accessory component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Innovative Trauma Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Atkinson, Dennis Filips, Prasanna Lakshminarasimhan, Steve Dralle, Kelly Mottet, Chuck Luddy, Kathleen McHugh, Christian Leon Haller
  • DOUBLE-ROW RATCHET LOCKING MECHANISM WITH SINGLE-BYPASS (‘ARMING’) FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20150164504
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wound closure device including: (a) a first opposing member and a second opposing member disposed on opposing sides of a central axis, each resiliently moveable between a closed position and open position relative to each other, each of the opposing members having a distal edge; (b) skin penetrating means for anchoring the device; (c) a pressure bar along each distal edge; (d) releasable locking means for biasing or maintaining the device in the closed position; and optionally (e) an accessory component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Ian Atkinson, Dennis Filips, Prasanna Lakshminarasimhan, Steve Dralle, Kelly Mottet, Chuck Luddy, Kathleen McHugh