Patents by Inventor Eric Pollock

Eric Pollock 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATION OF A VACUUM TRANSPORT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220009727
    Abstract: Methods and system for waste collection and transport systems are provided. Systems of the present disclosure comprise at least one of a loading station and a chute providing a point of ingress for materials into a larger system. A plurality of vertical risers or branches are provided. The system and related methods generate a priority order of emptying loading stations based at least in part on loading stations that are provided on the same riser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Sayon Chandrakanthan, Michael Boyd, Eric Pollock, Greg Arbour
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AIRFLOW AND CONTAMINATION IN LOADING STATIONS AND CHUTES OF TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210172629
    Abstract: Methods and system for waste collection and transport systems are provided. Systems of the present disclosure comprise a loading station providing a point of ingress and storage for materials into a larger system. The chute may temporarily house materials. Venting features are provided wherein the chute or load station is provided in fluid communication with an additional component of the system or an exterior environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Eric Pollock
  • C-tourniquet
    Patent number: 10548615
    Abstract: A blood vessel compression device including a C-shaped spring and a clamp at an end of the spring to compress a blood vessel. The clamp may have a flat shaped cross section or spatulate cross section with an edge where the edge confronts a blood vessel to compress it. The clamp may have a channel and a sac inflatable with air to compress the blood vessel. The device may be positioned on body to clamp an external jugular vein or cephalic vein for cannula insertion. The C-shaped spring may be spaced from a front of the neck to not compress a windpipe of the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventor: James Eric Pollock
  • C-TOURNIQUET
    Publication number: 20160045203
    Abstract: A blood vessel compression device including a C-shaped spring and a clamp at an end of the spring to compress a blood vessel. The clamp may have a flat shaped cross section or spatulate cross section with an edge where the edge confronts a blood vessel to compress it. The clamp may have a channel and a sac inflatable with air to compress the blood vessel. The device may be positioned on body to clamp an external jugular vein or cephalic vein for cannula insertion. The C-shaped spring may be spaced from a front of the neck to not compress a windpipe of the neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventor: James Eric POLLOCK