Patents by Inventor Curtis N. Sessler

Curtis N. Sessler 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).

  • Prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)
    Patent number: 10751494
    Abstract: Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) may be prevented in a patient, or its occurrence reduced in a population of patients, by using an anti-VAP device or an anti-VAP material such as an anti-VAP mouthpiece that absorbs secretions. By reducing the problem of bacterial-containing secretions that otherwise build up in the airway of, and elsewhere in, the intubated patient, VAP can be prevented from occurring in intubated patients, such as patients intubated with an endotracheal tube (ETT) or a nasogastric tube. Anti-VAP mouthpieces also are useable in non-intubated patients to maintain oral hygiene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University
    Inventors: Kevin R. Ward, Curtis N. Sessler, Mary Jo Grap, Laurence J. DiNardo, Bruce D. Spiess, Rao R. Ivatury, Cindy Munro
  • Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)
    Publication number: 20170007791
    Abstract: Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) may be prevented in a patient, or its occurrence reduced in a population of patients, by using an anti-VAP device or an anti-VAP material such as an anti-VAP mouthpiece that absorbs secretions. By reducing the problem of bacterial-containing secretions that otherwise build up in the airway of, and elsewhere in, the intubated patient, VAP can be prevented from occurring in intubated patients, such as patients intubated with an endotracheal tube (ETT) or a nasogastric tube. Anti-VAP mouthpieces also are useable in non-intubated patients to maintain oral hygiene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin R. Ward, Curtis N. Sessler, Mary Jo Grap, Lawrence J. Dinardo, Bruce D. Spiess, Rao R. Ivatury, Cindy Munro
  • Prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)
    Patent number: 9457163
    Abstract: Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) may be prevented in a patient, or its occurrence reduced in a population of patients, by using an anti-VAP device or an anti-VAP material such as an anti-VAP mouthpiece that absorbs secretions. By reducing the problem of bacterial-containing secretions that otherwise build up in the airway of, and elsewhere in, the intubated patient, VAP can be prevented from occurring in intubated patients, such as patients intubated with an endotracheal tube (ETT) or a nasogastric tube. Anti-VAP mouthpieces also are useable in non-intubated patients to maintain oral hygiene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University
    Inventors: Kevin R. Ward, Curtis N. Sessler, Mary Jo Grap, Laurence J. Dinardo, Bruce D. Spiess, Rao R. Ivatury, Cindy Muare
  • PREVENTION OF VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (VAP)
    Publication number: 20120006331
    Abstract: Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) may be prevented in a patient, or its occurrence reduced in a population of patients, by using an anti-VAP device or an anti-VAP material such as an anti-VAP mouthpiece that absorbs secretions. By reducing the problem of bacterial-containing secretions that otherwise build up in the airway of, and elsewhere in, the intubated patient, VAP can be prevented from occurring in intubated patients, such as patients intubated with an endotracheal tube (ETT) or a nasogastric tube. Anti-VAP mouthpieces also are useable in non-intubated patients to maintain oral hygiene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Kevin R. Ward, Curtis N. Sessler, Mary Jo Grap, Laurence J. Dinardo, Bruce D. Spiess, Rao R. Ivatury, Cindy Munro
  • Prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)
    Patent number: 8042544
    Abstract: Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) may be prevented in a patient, or its occurrence reduced in a population of patients, by disposing in a patient airway an anti-VAP device or an anti-VAP material. By reducing the problem of bacterial-containing secretions that otherwise build up in the airway of the intubated patient, VAP can be prevented from occurring in intubated patients, such as patients intubated with an endotracheal tube (ETT) or a nasogastric tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University
    Inventors: Kevin R. Ward, Curtis N. Sessler, Mary Jo Grap, Laurence J. Dinardo, Bruce D. Spiess, Rao R. Ivatury, Cindy Munro