Patents by Inventor David Dean Cunningham

David Dean Cunningham 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).

  • Apparatus and method for the collection of interstitial fluids
    Patent number: 6786874
    Abstract: The present invention involves apparatus and methods for use in collecting bodily fluids, such as interstitial fluids, from the epidermal layer of an animal. A preferred apparatus includes a pressure head and, optionally, a holder therefor for supplying a positive pressure to the head. The methods include the application of a positive pressure to the area surrounding an epidermal site from which stratum corneum has been breached, such as by laser ablation, to cause bodily fluids, such as interstitial fluids, to exude from the site and collecting the fluids exuding therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: John P. Grace, Neil W. Loomis, Thomas G. Schapira, Sie Ting Wong, Kristin M. Noonan, Michael G. Lowery, Pete M. Bojan, Daniel P. Schmidt, Tung-Ming Huang, Robert G. Hiltibran, Mark R. Pope, John J. Kotlarik, Brian Joseph Tarkowski, David Dean Cunningham
  • Apparatus and method for the collection of interstitial fluids
    Publication number: 20030114774
    Abstract: The present invention involves apparatus and methods for use in collecting bodily fluids, such as interstitial fluids, from the epidermal layer of an animal. A preferred apparatus includes a pressure head and, optionally, a holder therefor for supplying a positive pressure to the head. The methods include the application of a positive pressure to the area surrounding an epidermal site from which stratum corneum has been breached, such as by laser ablation, to cause bodily fluids, such as interstitial fluids, to exude from the site and collecting the fluids exuding therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: John P. Grace, Neil W. Loomis, Thomas G. Schapira, Sie Ting Wong, Kristin M. Noonan, Michael G. Lowery, Pete M. Bojan, Daniel P. Schmidt, Tung-Ming Huang, Robert G. Hiltibran, Jon G. Hiltibran, Mark R. Pope, John J. Kotlarik, Brian Joseph Tarkowski, David Dean Cunningham
  • Apparatus and method for the collection of interstitial fluids
    Patent number: 6468229
    Abstract: The present invention involves apparatus and methods for use in collecting bodily fluids, such as interstitial fluids, from the epidermal layer of an animal. A preferred apparatus includes a pressure head and, optionally, a holder therefor for supplying a positive pressure to the head. The methods include the application of a positive pressure to the area surrounding an epidermal site from which stratum corneum has been breached, such as by laser ablation, to cause bodily fluids, such as interstitial fluids, to exude from the site and collecting the fluids exuding therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: John P. Grace, Neil W. Loomis, Thomas G. Schapira, Sie Ting Wong, Kristin M. Noonan, Michael G. Lowery, Pete M. Bojan, Daniel P. Schmidt, Tung-Ming Huang, Robert G. Hiltibran, Mark R. Pope, John J. Kotlarik, Brian Joseph Tarkowski, David Dean Cunningham