Patents by Inventor Joan Vernikos

Joan Vernikos 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).

  • Human powered centrifuge
    Patent number: 5616104
    Abstract: A human powered centrifuge has independently established turntable angular velocity and human power input. A control system allows excess input power to be stored as electric energy in a battery or dissipated as heat through a resistor. In a mechanical embodiment, the excess power is dissipated in a friction brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Gerald M. Mulenburg, Joan Vernikos
  • Indomethacin-antihistamine combination for gastric ulceration control
    Patent number: 4230717
    Abstract: An anti-inflammatory and analgesic composition containing indomethacin and an H.sub.2 histamine receptor antagonist in an amount sufficient to reduce gastric distress caused by the indomethacin. Usable antagonists are metiamide and cimetidine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Inventors: Alan M. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with respect to an invention of Lovelace, Patricia A. Brown, Joan Vernikos