Patents by Inventor George E. Howe

George E. Howe 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).

  • Publication number: 20160346500
    Abstract: An application for a disposable support/resuscitation system includes a pressurized gas inlet connected to a pressure relief device. The pressure relief device has a first pressure relief valve that opens at a setable gas pressure and, optionally, has a second pressure relief valve that opens at a pre-determined maximum gas pressure. Changing the first pressure release valve from a low pressure range to a high pressure range requires activation of a pressure range actuation button. A manometer is connected to the pressure relief valve. A manually operated valve is connected to the manometer, and a patient interface port is connected with the manually operated valve. The manually operated valve selectively controls administration of the pressurized gas to the patient. The manometer, pressure relief device, and manually operated valve are made from non-ferromagnetic materials for proper operation in the vicinity of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging System.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: MERCURY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: George E. Howe, JR., Brian Maxfield, Jeffrey B. Ratner, James Russell Ritter, III
  • Publication number: 20140060543
    Abstract: An application for a disposable support/resuscitation system is disclosed includes a pressurized gas inlet and a pressure relief device interfaced to the pressurized gas inlet. The pressure relief device has a first pressure relief valve that opens at a setable gas pressure and, optionally, has a second pressure relief valve that opens at a pre-determined maximum gas pressure. A manometer is connected to the pressure relief valve. A manually operated valve is connected/interfaced to the manometer, and a patient interface port is connected/interfaced with the manually operated valve. The manually operated valve selectively controls administration of the pressurized gas to the patient and both the manometer and the manually operated valve are in close proximity to the patient. The manometer, pressure relief device, and manually operated valve are made from non-ferromagnetic materials for proper operation in the vicinity of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging System.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: MERCURY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: George E. Howe, JR., Brian Maxfield, Jeffrey B. Ratner
  • Patent number: 8534283
    Abstract: An application for a PEEP valve includes a filter media in the air flow between a patient interface and exit vent(s). The patient interface is connected to a patient airway system and the exit vents exhaust exhalation gasses into the atmosphere. The filter prevents or reduces the passage of microbes from the patient's exhalation gasses into the atmosphere. The PEEP valve provides positive gas pressure to a patient's lungs, requiring a predetermined exhalation gas pressure to be exceeded before releasing exhalation gasses into the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Mercury Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: George E. Howe, Jr., Brian Maxfield, Jeffrey B. Ratner
  • Publication number: 20120012107
    Abstract: An application for a disposable support/resuscitation system is disclosed includes a pressurized gas inlet and a pressure relief device interfaced to the pressurized gas inlet. The pressure relief device has a first pressure relief valve that opens at a setable gas pressure and, optionally, has a second pressure relief valve that opens at a pre-determined maximum gas pressure. A manometer is interfaced to the pressure relief valve, a manually operated valve is interfaced to the manometer, and a patient interface port is interfaced with the manually operated valve. The manually operated valve selectively controls administration of the pressurized gas to the patient and both the manometer and the manually operated valve are in close proximity to the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: MERCURY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: George E. Howe, JR., Brian Maxfield, Jeffrey B. Ratner
  • Publication number: 20120012111
    Abstract: An application for a PEEP valve includes a filter media in the air flow between a patient interface and exit vent(s). The patient interface is connected to a patient airway system and the exit vents exhaust exhalation gasses into the atmosphere. The filter prevents or reduces the passage of microbes from the patient's exhalation gasses into the atmosphere. The PEEP valve provides positive gas pressure to a patient's lungs, requiring a predetermined exhalation gas pressure to be exceeded before releasing exhalation gasses into the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: MERCURY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: George E. Howe, JR., Brian Maxfield, Jeffrey B. Ratner
  • Patent number: 4377099
    Abstract: A portable table assembly for a hand-held portable circular saw of the kind having a base plate and a motor rotated circular saw blade. A boxlike saw table has a substantially planar horizontal top pendently supporting the portable circular saw therebeneath with the blade rising up through a slot in the table top. The upstanding opposite sides of the upstanding rectilinear base of the table supports opposite edges of the table top. A boxlike, open bottom, back-up table is positionable behind the saw table for guiding portions of a workpiece cut by the saw and includes a horizontal top and upstanding rectilinear base with opposite sides supporting opposite edges of the top. Common, separable, knockdown leg units support both tables for use. The back-up table is invertable to nest the saw table therein and therewith to define a storage compartment sized to receive the knocked-down leg units for storage and transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1983
    Inventor: George E. Howe
  • Patent number: D672454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Mercury Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: George E. Howe, Jr., Brian Maxfield, Jeffrey B. Ratner
  • Patent number: D855795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Mercury Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Ritter, III, Jeffrey B. Ratner, George E. Howe, Jr.