Patents by Inventor Cindy Lou Ancona

Cindy Lou Ancona 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).

  • Ventilator tube retention strap for use with endotracheal or tracheostomy tube
    Patent number: 6612309
    Abstract: A ventilator tube retention strap for releasably securing a medical ventilator tube to a tracheotomy tube apparatus. The ventilator tube retention strap is comprised of an elongate, flexible strap and a sheath or cover, which substantially encloses the elongate, flexible strap. The flexible strap is defined by first and second opposing ends, each of which is configured as a loop enclosing an aperture. The ventilator tube retention strap is wrapped around the neck of a patient, and the loops are coaligned to receive in frictional engagement the medical ventilator tube, which is then attached to an external tube of the tracheotomy tube apparatus and maintained thereon by the ventilator tube retention strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventor: Cindy Lou Ancona