Patents by Inventor Glade Harold Howell

Glade Harold Howell 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).

  • Catheter and method of making a catheter
    Publication number: 20040167472
    Abstract: An over-the-needle catheter assembly includes a tube made of a flexible, biocompatible material. The tube has a proximal portion, a distal portion and a catheter tip positioned on the distal portion remote from the proximal portion. A lumen extends through the tube, substantially co-axially with the tube, from the proximal portion, through the distal portion and through to the catheter tip. The lumen cross-section at the proximal portion is larger than the cross-section at the distal portion. A shoulder is disposed in the lumen between the distal portion and the proximate portion. A catheter land, having a predetermined length, is defined as the portion of the lumen disposed in the distal portion of the tube between the shoulder and the distal end. A needle is disposed in the lumen and has a substantially circular cross-section. A discontinuity is located on the needle at a predetermined position with respect to the needle tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Glade Harold Howell, Cynthia Anne Castro
  • Process of making a catheter
    Patent number: 6740277
    Abstract: An over-the-needle catheter assembly includes a tube made of a flexible, biocompatible material. The tube has a proximal portion, a distal portion and a catheter tip positioned on the distal portion remote from the proximal portion. A lumen extends through the tube, substantially co-axially with the tube, from the proximal portion, through the distal portion and through to the catheter tip. The lumen cross-section at the proximal portion is larger than the cross-section at the distal portion. A shoulder is disposed in the lumen between the distal portion and the proximate portion. A catheter land, having a predetermined length, is defined as the portion of the lumen disposed in the distal portion of the tube between the shoulder and the distal end. A needle is disposed in the lumen and has a substantially circular cross-section. A discontinuity is located on the needle at a predetermined position with respect to the needle tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Glade Harold Howell, Cynthia Anne Castro
  • Catheter and method of making a catheter
    Publication number: 20030204169
    Abstract: An over-the-needle catheter assembly includes a tube made of a flexible, biocompatible material. The tube has a proximal portion, a distal portion and a catheter tip positioned on the distal portion remote from the proximal portion. A lumen extends through the tube, substantially co-axially with the tube, from the proximal portion, through the distal portion and through to the catheter tip. The lumen cross-section at the proximal portion is larger than the cross-section at the distal portion. A shoulder is disposed in the lumen between the distal portion and the proximate portion. A catheter land, having a predetermined length, is defined as the portion of the lumen disposed in the distal portion of the tube between the shoulder and the distal end. A needle is disposed in the lumen and has a substantially circular cross-section. A discontinuity is located on the needle at a predetermined position with respect to the needle tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Glade Harold Howell, Cynthia Anne Castro
  • Protected needle catheter placement device having needle placement visualization features and method for its use
    Patent number: 5830190
    Abstract: An over-the-needle catheter placement assembly includes an elongate catheter with an open bore therethrough. The catheter has a tapered distal end and a proximal end with a hub. The assembly includes an elongate hollow handle with a distal end that has an opening therethrough and a proximal end. Included in the assembly is an elongate needle with a sharp distal point, a proximal end and an open passageway therethrough. The assembly has a substantially transparent elongate needle hub with a distal end portion with the proximal end of the needle fixedly attached therein. The needle is coaxially slidably disposed within the catheter bore with the catheter hub mounted on the distal end portion of the needle hub so that the sharp distal pointed end of the needle projects beyond the tapered distal end of the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Glade Harold Howell
  • Handle
    Patent number: D502542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Simon Cohn, Bart D. Peterson, Glade Harold Howell, John R. Montgomery, Paul Di Cesare
  • Disposable scalpel
    Patent number: D470587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Glade Harold Howell, Simon Cohn, Charles Hwang, John D. Montgomery, Paul DiCesare
  • Disposable scalpel
    Patent number: D470938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Glade Harold Howell, Simon Cohn, Charles Hwang, John R. Montgomery, Paul DiCesare
  • Disposable scalpel
    Patent number: D473649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Glade Harold Howell, Simon Cohn, Charles Hwang, John R. Montgomery, Paul DiCesare
  • Disposable scalpel
    Patent number: D475135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Glade Harold Howell, Simon Cohn, Charles Hwang, John R. Montgomery, Paul DiCesare
  • Handle
    Patent number: D482122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Simon Cohn, Glade Harold Howell, John R. Montgomery, Paul Di Cesare, Bart D. Peterson
  • Handle
    Patent number: D482449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Simon Cohn, Glade Harold Howell, John R. Montgomery, Paul Di Cesare, Bart D. Peterson
  • Blade carrier
    Patent number: D482788
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: John R. Montgomery, Paul Di Cesare, Glade Harold Howell, Simon Cohn
  • Blade carrier
    Patent number: D483123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: John R. Montgomery, Paul Di Cesare, Glade Harold Howell, Simon Cohn
  • Handle
    Patent number: D483124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Bart D. Peterson, Glade Harold Howell, Simon Cohn, John R. Montgomery, Paul Di Cesare, Chris N. Cindrich
  • Handle
    Patent number: D486232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Bart D Peterson, Glade Harold Howell, Simon Cohn, John R. Montgomery, Paul Di Cesare
  • Handle
    Patent number: D489457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Simon Cohn, Glade Harold Howell, John R. Montgomery, Paul Di Cesare, Bart D. Peterson
  • Blade carrier
    Patent number: D490153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: John R. Montgomery, Paul Di Cesare, Glade Harold Howell, Simon Cohn, Bart D. Peterson
  • Handle
    Patent number: D490154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Glade Harold Howell, Simon Cohn, John R. Montgomery, Paul Di Cesare
  • Integrated catheter
    Patent number: D491266
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Christopher Noel Cindrich, Glade Harold Howell
  • Introducer needle and integrated catheter assembly
    Patent number: D492031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Christopher Noel Cindrich, Glade Harold Howell, Weston F. Harding