Patents by Inventor Edward M. Litzie

Edward M. Litzie 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).

  • Adapter for portable negative pressure wound therapy device
    Patent number: 8066243
    Abstract: A holder for a therapeutic device for treating wounds of the type having a housing equipped with a fluid mover for one of raising, compressing, or transferring fluid, and a therapeutic member operably connected to the fluid mover and actuated thereby, the therapeutic member operably disposably used on a patient in a manner to deliver therapy to the patient as a function of actuation of said fluid mover, includes a removable receiving compartment for removably receiving the device therein, and an outwardly disposed connecting surface to provide for the compartment to be suspended on an object elevated from a floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Inventors: Pal Svedman, David M. Tumey, Edward M. Litzie, Mark S. Meents, Bradley D. Yakam
  • ADHESIVE FILM DRAPE FOR USE WITH NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110196278
    Abstract: A therapeutic adhesive film drape includes an outer transparent layer which has a printed grid across an outer surface thereof and an inner layer for application adjacent a wound which includes a semi-permeable transparent adhesive cover removably connected to the outer transparent layer. A method of treatment employs the therapeutic drape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Pal Svedman, Mark S. Meents, Edward M. Litzie
  • ADAPTER FOR PORTABLE NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110168857
    Abstract: A holder for a therapeutic device for treating wounds of the type having a housing equipped with a fluid mover for one of raising, compressing, or transferring fluid, and a therapeutic member operably connected to the fluid mover and actuated thereby, the therapeutic member operably disposably used on a patient in a manner to deliver therapy to the patient as a function of actuation of said fluid mover, includes a removable receiving compartment for removably receiving the device therein, and an outwardly disposed connecting surface to provide for the compartment to be suspended on an object elevated from a floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Pal Svedman, David M. Tumey, Edward M. Litzie, Mark S. Meents, Bradley D. Yakam