Patents by Inventor Joseph Edward Okies

Joseph Edward Okies 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 supporting medical lines
    Patent number: 8679065
    Abstract: An exemplary line holder comprises a sheet having creases that extend between opposing sides and define a plurality of panels. The creases are foldable in alternating opposite directions such that the sheet is foldable along the creases between an open configuration and a pleated configuration. The line holder further comprises aligned groups of holes that are arranged along a direction substantially transverse to the creases, with each aligned group of holes comprising one hole in each of the panels. The line holder further comprises slots, each connecting a pair of the holes and intersecting one of the creases. When the sheet is in the pleated configuration, each aligned group of holes forms a corridor through the panels, and the slots are aligned to form pathways extending from the intersected creases to the corridors, such that medical lines can be inserted into the corridors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Innovative Design Solutions Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Schuman, Earl Schuman, Joseph Edward Okies, Kathryn V. Schach, Edward Harber, Nathan Demarest, Samuel E. Bowman, Adriana Lyn Focke
  • APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MEDICAL LINES
    Publication number: 20130138044
    Abstract: An exemplary line holder comprises a sheet having creases that extend between opposing sides and define a plurality of panels. The creases are foldable in alternating opposite directions such that the sheet is foldable along the creases between an open configuration and a pleated configuration. The line holder further comprises aligned groups of holes that are arranged along a direction substantially transverse to the creases, with each aligned group of holes comprising one hole in each of the panels. The line holder further comprises slots, each connecting a pair of the holes and intersecting one of the creases. When the sheet is in the pleated configuration, each aligned group of holes forms a corridor through the panels, and the slots are aligned to form pathways extending from the intersected creases to the corridors, such that medical lines can be inserted into the corridors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Richard Schuman, Earl Schuman, Joseph Edward Okies, Kathryn V. Schach, Edward Harber, Nathan Demarest, Samuel Bowman, Adriana Lyn Focke