Patents by Inventor Isabella K. Sharpe

Isabella K. Sharpe 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: 20150135423
    Abstract: An external voiding apparatus includes an oval/canoe shaped receiver cup, with an outlet at one end of the receiver cup, a check valve assembly, and a valve seat attached to the receiver. The receiver cup has open top and gradually sloping, walls that converge at the outlet adjacent a lower area of the cup. The valve assembly is disposed between the receiver cup on the valve seat in the reservoir. The cheek valve may comprise a valve body with an aperture covered downstream by an easily deflectable membrane, or a flat tube type valve. The fluid coupling assembly includes a coupling from the reservoir for a tube. A fluid collection container (e.g. a Foley bag) may be fluidly coupled to the drain tube connected to the reservoir drain. The gasket and receiver cup may include a phosphorescent polymer to provide a glow in the dark effect, a handle attached to the receiver cup and a removable cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Isabella K. Sharpe, Eric P. Stord
  • Publication number: 20110270203
    Abstract: An external voiding apparatus includes a triangular cup, an outlet at a vertex of the cup, a throat extending outwardly from the outlet of the cup, a check valve assembly, and a valve seat. The cup has an open top and gradually sloping walls that converge at the outlet adjacent a lower vertex of the cup. The valve assembly is disposed between the throat and the valve seat. A tube and a fluid coupling assembly connect (i.e., fluidly couple) the valve seat to the tube. The check valve may comprise a valve body with an aperture covered downstream by an easily deflectable membrane, or a duckbill valve. The fluid coupling assembly includes a funnel coupling from the reservoir to a tube. A fluid collection container (e.g. a Foley bag) may be fluidly coupled to the tube. The cup may include a phosphorescent polymer to provide a glow in the dark effect, a handle attached to the cup and a removable cover. A wide compressible resilient gasket is provided on the top edge of the cup, which may be anatomically contoured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Isabella K. Sharpe, Eric P. Stord