Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Matthias

Joseph A. Matthias 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: 20240139019
    Abstract: A nasal dilator with improved functionality by virtue of a resilient element comprised of at least three resilient bands, a first outer resilient band that is secured to run along the length of the nasal dilator truss member, a second outer resilient band that is spaced apart from the first resilient band and is secured to run along the length of the nasal dilator truss member and at least one intermediate resilient band positioned between said first and second outer resilient bands that is spaced apart from both first and second outer resilient bands and is also secured to run along the length of the nasal dilator truss member. The intermediate resilient band or bands alters the force vector characteristics of the nasal strip as a whole, thereby providing targeted spring force to a more concentrated area of the nose when in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph A. Matthias, Yu Y. Shao, Snigdha Mishra
  • Publication number: 20110000483
    Abstract: A nasal dilator with improved functionality by virtue of a resilient element comprised of at least three resilient bands, a first outer resilient band that is secured to run along the length of the nasal dilator truss member, a second outer resilient band that is spaced apart from the first resilient band and is secured to run along the length of the nasal dilator truss member and at least one intermediate resilient band positioned between said first and second outer resilient bands that is spaced apart from both first and second outer resilient bands and is also secured to run along the length of the nasal dilator truss member. The intermediate resilient band or bands alters the force vector characteristics of the nasal strip as a whole, thereby providing targeted spring force to a more concentrated area of the nose when in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Joseph A. Matthias, Snigdha Mishra, Yu Y. Shao
  • Publication number: 20040220833
    Abstract: A system and method which evaluates the efficacy of tailored online health related behavioral materials provided to a human subject. More particularly, a method of evaluating the efficacy of online behavioral material in a clinical study including enrolling a plurality of customers, performing a computerized initial, randomly segregating the plurality of customers into a first group which accesses tailored behavioral material online and a second group which accesses non-tailored behavioral material online, providing the first group with tailored behavioral material, providing the second group with non-tailored behavioral material, providing the first group and the second group with a computerized first and second series of questions, analyzing the responses of the first group and the second group to the first and second series of questions according to predetermined factors, and evaluating the efficacy of the behavioral material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventor: Joseph A. Matthias
  • Patent number: 6235008
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel douche nozzle suitable for vaginally administering a douche fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Bert D. Heinzelman, Theresa C. Desantis, Susan M. Clement, Robert W. Pritchard, Joseph A. Matthias, Jeffrey A. Karg
  • Patent number: 5695481
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel douche nozzle suitable for vaginally administering a douche fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Smithkline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Bert D. Heinzelman, Theresa C. Desantis, Susan M. Clement, Robert W. Pritchard, Joseph A. Matthias, Jeffrey A. Karg
  • Patent number: 4917894
    Abstract: An oral anesthetic composition comprising an anesthetically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R is alkyl of 2 to 8 carbon atoms or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an anesthetically effective amount of a rapid-onset anesthetic selected from the group consisting of benzyl alcohol, phenol, phenolate sodium, hexylresorcinol, menthol, salicyl alcohol and benzocaine in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, said carrier being in orally administrable form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Beecham Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Matthias, Kim L. Bildstein