Patents by Inventor Gerald A. Power

Gerald A. Power 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).

  • Force regulating device applicators
    Patent number: 9131900
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatus and techniques for applying a device to a subject. Such apparatus and techniques may provide feedback to an operator and/or regulate the force used to apply the device, yielding an improved result. Particularly useful embodiments include apparatus and techniques for applying a medical device, such as a skin surface electrode or microneedle array, to a patient's tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Afanasewicz, Robert P. Harhen, Adam J. Young, Rafael M. Cordero, Gerald Powers
  • FORCE REGULATING DEVICE APPLICATORS
    Publication number: 20130023749
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatus and techniques for applying a device to a subject. Such apparatus and techniques may provide feedback to an operator and/or regulate the force used to apply the device, yielding an improved result. Particularly useful embodiments include apparatus and techniques for applying a medical device, such as a skin surface electrode or microneedle array, to a patient's tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Afanasewicz, Robert P. Harhen, Adam J. Young, Rafael M. Cordero, Gerald Powers
  • Thermally depolymerisable polyoxalate or polymalonate polymers containing hydrocarbon groups with 6-30 carbon atoms and a tertiary carbon atoms attached to bridging oxygen atom
    Patent number: 5412062
    Abstract: Thermally depolymerizable polyoxalate and polymalonate polymers which contain hydrocarbon groups having from 6 to 30 carbon atoms and a tertiary carbon atom attached to at least one of the bridging oxygen atoms in the structure are usable as binders for powdered glass ceramic or metallic materials, and as rheological control agents in paste formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Cookson Group plc
    Inventors: Gerald A. Power, Alison M. Wagland, Andrew C. Mackie