Patents by Inventor Curt Toppel

Curt Toppel 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: 20250025209
    Abstract: A catheter extraction tool has a head that can be placed in position to significantly surround a diameter of a catheter. The head is shaped to have a low enough profile above the catheter to allow the head to be slid down the catheter and into a subdermal region in which the catheter is subdermal with respect to a patient. The head of the catheter extraction tool is expanded sufficiently to slide the head over a catheter cuff located in the subdermal region. After the head of the catheter extraction tool slides over the catheter cuff, the head is contracted to engage the catheter so that a user can pull the catheter out of the patient using the catheter extraction tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Qathex, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel Herscu, Curt Toppel, Elmer Tolentino
  • Patent number: 11744614
    Abstract: A catheter extraction tool has a head that can be placed in position to significantly surround a diameter of a catheter. The head is shaped to have a low enough profile above the catheter to allow the head to be slid down the catheter and into a subdermal region in which the catheter is subdermal with respect to a patient. The head of the catheter extraction tool is expanded sufficiently to slide the head over a catheter cuff located in the subdermal region. After the head of the catheter extraction tool slides over the catheter cuff, the head is contracted to engage the catheter so that a user can pull the catheter out of the patient using the catheter extraction tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: QATHEX LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel Herscu, Curt Toppel, Elmer Tolentino
  • Patent number: 11058456
    Abstract: A catheter extraction tool has a head that can be placed in position to significantly surround a diameter of a catheter. The head is shaped to have a low enough profile above the catheter to allow the head to be slid down the catheter and into a subdermal region in which the catheter is subdermal with respect to a patient. The head of the catheter extraction tool is expanded sufficiently to slide the head over a catheter cuff located in the subdermal region. After the head of the catheter extraction tool slides over the catheter cuff, the head is contracted to engage the catheter so that a user can pull the catheter out of the patient using the catheter extraction tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Qathex, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel Herscu, Curt Toppel, Elmer Tolentino
  • Publication number: 20210204977
    Abstract: A catheter extraction tool has a head that can be placed in position to significantly surround a diameter of a catheter. The head is shaped to have a low enough profile above the catheter to allow the head to be slid down the catheter and into a subdermal region in which the catheter is subdermal with respect to a patient. The head of the catheter extraction tool is expanded sufficiently to slide the head over a catheter cuff located in the subdermal region. After the head of the catheter extraction tool slides over the catheter cuff, the head is contracted to engage the catheter so that a user can pull the catheter out of the patient using the catheter extraction tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Qathex, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel Herscu, Curt Toppel, Elmer Tolentino
  • Publication number: 20180325550
    Abstract: A catheter extraction tool has a head that can be placed in position to significantly surround a diameter of a catheter. The head is shaped to have a low enough profile above the catheter to allow the head to be slid down the catheter and into a subdermal region in which the catheter is subdermal with respect to a patient. The head of the catheter extraction tool is expanded sufficiently to slide the head over a catheter cuff located in the subdermal region. After the head of the catheter extraction tool slides over the catheter cuff, the head is contracted to engage the catheter so that a user can pull the catheter out of the patient using the catheter extraction tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Qathex, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel Herscu, Curt Toppel, Elmer Tolentino
  • Patent number: 10052128
    Abstract: A catheter extraction tool has a head that can be placed in position to significantly surround a diameter of a catheter. The head is shaped to have a low enough profile above the catheter to allow the head to be slid down the catheter and into a subdermal region in which the catheter is subdermal with respect to a patient. The head of the catheter extraction tool is expanded sufficiently to slide the head over a catheter cuff located in the subdermal region. After the head of the catheter extraction tool slides over the catheter cuff, the head is contracted to engage the catheter so that a user can pull the catheter out of the patient using the catheter extraction tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Qathax, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel Herscu, Curt Toppel, Elmer Tolentino
  • Publication number: 20170056045
    Abstract: A catheter extraction tool has a head that can be placed in position to significantly surround a diameter of a catheter. The head is shaped to have a low enough profile above the catheter to allow the head to be slid down the catheter and into a subdermal region in which the catheter is subdermal with respect to a patient. The head of the catheter extraction tool is expanded sufficiently to slide the head over a catheter cuff located in the subdermal region. After the head of the catheter extraction tool slides over the catheter cuff, the head is contracted to engage the catheter so that a user can pull the catheter out of the patient using the catheter extraction tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Gabriel Herscu, Curt Toppel, Elmer Tolentino, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170056067
    Abstract: A catheter extraction tool has a head that can be placed in position to significantly surround a diameter of a catheter. The head is shaped to have a low enough profile above the catheter to allow the head to be slid down the catheter and into a subdermal region in which the catheter is subdermal with respect to a patient. The head of the catheter extraction tool is expanded sufficiently to slide the head over a catheter cuff located in the subdermal region. After the head of the catheter extraction tool slides over the catheter cuff, the head is contracted to engage the catheter so that a user can pull the catheter out of the patient using the catheter extraction tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: GABRIEL HERSCU, CURT TOPPEL, ELMER TOLENTINO
  • Publication number: 20160372155
    Abstract: A video bit processing system accesses video content. The video bit processing system has components that operate on a server and on a personal computing device. The video bit processing system converts the video content to a format recognized by the personal computing device. The video bit processing system plays the converted video content on a display of the personal computing device. A video bit is created in response to a user selection performed by a user while the video content is playing. An end time for the video bit is based on a selection time in which the user makes the user selection. A beginning time for the video bit is at a time in the video that is a predetermined length of time before the end time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Elmer Tolentino, JR., Curt Toppel, Gabriel Herscu