Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Neaves

Jeffrey Neaves 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).

  • Devices for assembling strands comprising radioactive seeds
    Patent number: 8808157
    Abstract: A cartridge may include a housing configured to contain a plurality of like items and a track inside the housing. The track extends in a first direction, and a plunger may be slidable along the track in the first direction and configured to urge the items toward a first end of the housing. The cartridge may include a gate attached to the housing. The gate may be movable between a first position preventing the items from being removed from the housing and a second position allowing one of the items to be removed from the housing. The gate may be configured to remove the one item from being urged by the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Breese J. Watson, Michael W. Drobnik, Jeffrey Neaves, Robert Brownwell, Jr., Erick Rios
  • Devices for Assembling Strands Comprising Radioactive Seeds
    Publication number: 20080161635
    Abstract: A cartridge may include a housing configured to contain a plurality of like items and a track inside the housing. The track extends in a first direction, and a plunger may be slidable along the track in the first direction and configured to urge the items toward a first end of the housing. The cartridge may include a gate attached to the housing. The gate may be movable between a first position preventing the items from being removed from the housing and a second position allowing one of the items to he removed from the housing. The gate may be configured to remove the one item from being urged by the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Breese J. Watson, Michael W. Drobnik, Jeffrey Neaves, Robert Brownell, Erick Rios