Patents by Inventor Joel Engel

Joel Engel 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).

  • Patent number: 6299629
    Abstract: An automatic tourniquet system (10) including variable pressure cuff apparatus (60) for applying a variable pressure to a limb or artery of a patient in order to occlude blood flow thereat and control apparatus (40) for determining the operative pressure of the variable pressure cuff (20) apparatus and including apparatus for estimating the minimum effective cuff pressure required for complete occlusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignees: FMS-Future Medical System, S.A., Future Medical Systems, S.A.
    Inventors: Frank Vincenz Jonas Gruenfeld, Alexander Opatowsky, Joel Engel, Yehouda David, Ofer Levy
  • Patent number: 5842996
    Abstract: An automatic tourniquet system (10) including variable pressure cuff apparatus (60) for applying a variable pressure to a limb or artery of a patient in order to occlude blood flow thereat and control apparatus (40) for determining the operative pressure of the variable pressure cuff (20) apparatus and including apparatus for estimating the minimum effective cuff pressure required for complete occlusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignees: FMS-Future Medical System, S.A., Future Medical Systems, S.A.
    Inventors: Frank Vincenz Jonas Gruenfeld, Alexander Opatowsky, Joel Engel, Yehouda David, Ofer Levy