Patents by Inventor Eric D. Braden

Eric D. Braden 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).

  • Needle retention and disposal device
    Patent number: 11654249
    Abstract: A needle retention and disposal device including a cup having an interior compartment for receiving and retaining used needles and a skirt having a bottom open end. The cup is positioned inside the skirt and is springedly attached to the skirt. Two doors are rotatably attached to the interior compartment of the cup and are moveable between an open position and a closed position. The bottom open end of the skirt receives the neck of a sharps container such that the neck of the sharps container contacts the bottom surface of the cup. The doors are moveable from the closed position to the open position to release the used needles when the skirt is pushed down over the neck of the sharps container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Arkansas Children's, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric D. Braden
  • Needle Retention and Disposal Device
    Publication number: 20210220566
    Abstract: A needle retention and disposal device including a cup having an interior compartment for receiving and retaining used needles and a skirt having a bottom open end. The cup is positioned inside the skirt and is springedly attached to the skirt. Two doors are rotatably attached to the interior compartment of the cup and are moveable between an open position and a closed position. The bottom open end of the skirt receives the neck of a sharps container such that the neck of the sharps container contacts the bottom surface of the cup. The doors are moveable from the closed position to the open position to release the used needles when the skirt is pushed down over the neck of the sharps container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: Eric D. Braden