Patents by Inventor Eric Heegaard

Eric Heegaard 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).

  • METHOD OF PERFORATING A BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANE
    Publication number: 20080097474
    Abstract: Perforating a biological membrane by (i) obtaining a medical device having a longitudinally elongated shaft and a blunt tipped contact face disposed at the longitudinal distal end of the shaft, and (ii) concurrently pressing the contact face against a biological membrane and rotating the shaft about the longitudinal axis so as to effect rotation of the contact face and the biological membrane about a longitudinal centerpoint on the contact face until the membrane is perforated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: MEDTREO, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Heegaard, Roger Heegaard, John Lampe
  • Medical device for perforating a biological membrane
    Publication number: 20060161176
    Abstract: A medical device, comprising (i) a longitudinally elongated shaft with a contact face disposed at one end of the shaft effective for perforating a biological membrane when the contact face is pressed against the biological membrane and rotated about the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Eric Heegaard, Roger Heegaard, John Lampe