Patents by Inventor Joseph C. Mallinger

Joseph C. Mallinger 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).

  • Apparatus for preventing nerve damage positional injury during surgery
    Patent number: 7972284
    Abstract: A method of preventing nerve damage positional injury during surgery includes providing a nerve damage positional injury pressure monitoring system including a site sensor with a transducer in the form of a transducer element and a ring extending outward from the transducer element, and a monitor connected to the site sensor; adhering the ring of the site sensor to the patient so that the transducer element forms a protective barrier in front of the area of the patient prone to nerve damage positional injury during surgery; using the system to continuously monitor pressure on the protective barrier formed by the transducer element in front of the area of the patient prone to nerve damage positional injury during surgery with the site sensor and monitor; and causing an alarm to be actuated to alert medical personnel of a pressure condition when monitored pressure is greater than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Inventors: Joseph C. Mallinger, Raymond I. Linovitz, Arthur C. Perry
  • Apparatus for Preventing Nerve Damage Positional Injury During Surgery
    Publication number: 20100056959
    Abstract: A method of preventing nerve damage positional injury during surgery includes providing a nerve damage positional injury pressure monitoring system including a site sensor with a transducer in the form of a transducer element and a ring extending outward from the transducer element, and a monitor connected to the site sensor; adhering the ring of the site sensor to the patient so that the transducer element forms a protective barrier in front of the area of the patient prone to nerve damage positional injury during surgery; using the system to continuously monitor pressure on the protective barrier formed by the transducer element in front of the area of the patient prone to nerve damage positional injury during surgery with the site sensor and monitor; and causing an alarm to be actuated to alert medical personnel of a pressure condition when monitored pressure is greater than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph C. Mallinger, Raymond I. Linovitz, Arthur C. Perry
  • Method of preventing nerve damage positional injury during surgery
    Patent number: 7618380
    Abstract: A method of preventing nerve damage positional injury during surgery includes providing a nerve damage positional injury pressure monitoring system including a site sensor with a transducer in the form of a transducer element and a ring extending outward from the transducer element, and a monitor connected to the site sensor; adhering the ring of the site sensor to the patient so that the transducer element forms a protective barrier in front of the area of the patient prone to nerve damage positional injury during surgery; using the system to continuously monitor pressure on the protective barrier formed by the transducer element in front of the area of the patient prone to nerve damage positional injury during surgery with the site sensor and monitor; and causing an alarm to be actuated to alert medical personnel of a pressure condition when monitored pressure is greater than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph C. Mallinger, Ray Linovitz, Arthur C. Perry
  • Method of preventing eye-related positional injuries during spinal surgery
    Patent number: 7314454
    Abstract: A method of preventing eye-related positional injuries during spinal surgery includes providing an orbital area pressure monitoring system including a site sensor with transducer, and a monitor connected to the site sensor; using the orbital area pressure monitoring system to continuously monitor pressure on an orbital area of the patient with the site sensor and monitor; and causing an alarm to be actuated to alert medical personnel of a pressure condition when monitored pressure is greater than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph C. Mallinger, Ray Linovitz, Arthur C. Perry