Patents by Inventor Drew J. Smith
Drew J. Smith 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).
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Patent number: 11285085Abstract: Gastric and intestinal feeding tube devices and methods can be enhanced to provide better patient outcomes. For example, this document provides gastric and intestinal feeding tube devices that include an external bumper with pressure sensors and pressure indicators that facilitate usage of the feeding tube devices within an appropriate range of skin surface pressure. This document also provides external bumpers with deflectable elements that facilitate the application of a controlled amount of force between the external bumpers and the skin surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and ResearchInventors: Paul A. Lorentz, Manpreet S. Mundi, Drew J. Smith, Stephen M. Corner
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Publication number: 20200170891Abstract: Gastric and intestinal feeding tube devices and methods can be enhanced to provide better patient outcomes. For example, this document provides gastric and intestinal feeding tube devices that include an external bumper with pressure sensors and pressure indicators that facilitate usage of the feeding tube devices within an appropriate range of skin surface pressure. This document also provides external bumpers with deflectable elements that facilitate the application of a controlled amount of force between the external bumpers and the skin surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and ResearchInventors: Paul A. Lorentz, Manpreet S. Mundi, Drew J. Smith, Stephen M. Corner
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Patent number: 10588827Abstract: Gastric and intestinal feeding tube devices and methods can be enhanced to provide better patient outcomes. For example, this document provides gastric and intestinal feeding tube devices that include an external bumper with pressure sensors and pressure indicators that facilitate usage of the feeding tube devices within an appropriate range of skin surface pressure. This document also provides external bumpers with deflectable elements that facilitate the application of a controlled amount of force between the external bumpers and the skin surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and ResearchInventors: Paul A. Lorentz, Manpreet S. Mundi, Drew J. Smith, Stephen M. Corner
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Patent number: 7740134Abstract: An infusion cap for a bottle having a threaded neck is screwed onto the threaded neck and by removing a locking tab a portion of the cap may be pressed toward the bottle to discharge an infusion substance into the bottle. In a modified embodiment instead of pushing against the cap, a portion of the cap is rotated on the bottle threads to discharge a substance to be infused from the cap into the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2006Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Theodore Sweeney & CompanyInventors: Theodore J. Sweeney, Jr., Drew J. Smith
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Patent number: 7568576Abstract: An infusion cap for a bottle having a threaded neck is screwed onto the threaded neck of a bottle; and, by removing a locking tab, a portion of the cap can be pressed toward the bottle to discharge an infusion substance into the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2006Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Theodore Sweeney & Company, Inc.Inventors: Theodore J. Sweeney, Jr., Drew J. Smith
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Publication number: 20080073307Abstract: An infusion cap for a bottle having a threaded neck is screwed onto the threaded neck of a bottle; and, by removing a locking tab, a portion of the cap can be pressed toward the bottle to discharge an infusion substance into the bottle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2006Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: Theodore J. Sweeney & Company, Inc.Inventors: Theodore J. Sweeney, Drew J. Smith
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Publication number: 20070267442Abstract: An infusion cap for a bottle having a threaded neck is screwed onto the threaded neck and by removing a locking tab a portion of the cap may be pressed toward the bottle to discharge an infusion substance into the bottle. In a modified embodiment instead of pushing against the cap, a portion of the cap is rotated on the bottle threads to discharge an infusion substance in the cap into the bottle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2006Publication date: November 22, 2007Applicant: Theodore J. Sweeney & Company, Inc.Inventors: Theodore J. Sweeney, Drew J. Smith
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Publication number: 20020134489Abstract: A self-dispensing fastener for attachment to a substrate by a quick-setting photocuring adhesive has a UV transparent flange for placement against the substrate and UV opaque adhesive reservoir for containing the adhesive in the fastener, and upon pressing the fastener against the substrate the adhesive is expelled into the interface formed between the flange and the substrate for curing by UV radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Inventors: Theodore J. Sweeney, Drew J. Smith, Aron R. Lorenz
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Patent number: 6164343Abstract: A method of verifying an encapsulation of quick-setting adhesive in a small hermetically sealed reservoir cup from which the adhesive is dispensed on depression of a reservoir piston sealing the mouth of the reservoir cup. The method includes feeding a group of small reservoir cups to a filling station, determining an alignment of the group of small reservoir cups within the filling station, and flooding the interior of each cup at the station with cure preventing gas, if the group of small reservoir cups is determined to be aligned. The method further includes depositing a predetermined amount of quick-setting adhesive into each of the reservoir cups, immediately after flooding, and inserting a piston into each of the reservoir cups on top of the adhesive while flooding. The method involves the use of an apparatus for encapsulating the adhesive in the reservoir cups with the piston. The method ensures that the apparatus will properly encapsulate the quick-setting adhesive in each reservoir cup as designed.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2000Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Assignee: Theodore Sweeney & Company, Inc.Inventors: Theodore J. Sweeney, Jr., Drew J. Smith
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Patent number: 6076565Abstract: An adhesive fastener for securement to a substrate which has a reservoir comprising a reservoir cup and a piston located therein blocking entry of atmospheric water vapor and preventing unintentional leakage of adhesive from the reservoir and a wall portion of the reservoir may be displaced to prevent hydraulic lock as the piston is pushed into the reservoir during assembly of the fastener and also when the fastener is being deployed against the substrate. Apparatus and a method of filling the reservoir cups and inserting pistons therein while excluding atmospheric water vapor is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1998Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Assignee: Theodore Sweeney & CompanyInventors: Engelbert A. Meyer, Drew J. Smith, Theodore J. Sweeney, Jr.
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Patent number: 6012888Abstract: An adhesive fastener for securement to a substrate which has a reservoir comprising a reservoir cup and a piston located therein blocking entry of atmospheric water vapor and preventing unintentional leakage of adhesive from the reservoir and a wall portion of the reservoir may be displaced to prevent hydraulic lock as the piston is pushed into the reservoir during assembly of the fastener and also when the fastener is being deployed against the substrate. Apparatus and a method of filling the reservoir cups and inserting pistons therein while excluding atmospheric water vapor is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1997Date of Patent: January 11, 2000Assignee: Theodore Sweeney & Co.Inventors: Engelbert A. Meyer, Drew J. Smith, Theodore J. Sweeney, Jr.