Patents by Inventor Harry A. Puryear, Jr.

Harry A. Puryear, Jr. 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).

  • Enteral feeding system utilizing gastrointestinal myoelectrography
    Patent number: 4921481
    Abstract: An improved system for initially positioning and for continuous or intermittent monitoring of the location of the distal end of a feeding tube in a patient's gastrointestinal tract and for selectively controlling a feeding device associated therewith by detecting and processing myoelectric signals unique to different areas of the gastrointestinal tract, such signals being detected by electrodes carried by the distal end of the feeding tube and transmitted by leads extending through the feeding tube to a monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Roger G. Danis, Ronald M. Isaac, Harry A. Puryear, Jr.