Patents by Inventor Joseph Sproviero

Joseph Sproviero 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).

  • Method for facilitating safe removal of ticks from host victim using electrical pulses
    Patent number: 5374274
    Abstract: A tick extracter consisting of a pair of manually operable, electrically insulated jaws in the form of tweezers adapted to grasp the body of the tick, and an electrical source to supply one or more electrical pulses to the jaws so as to jolt the tick and cause it to loosen its grip on the flesh of the victim. The electrical source can be a piezo-electric crystal connected to the jaws of the tweezers by a flexible electrical cord, and can be manually controlled as by another hand, to effect the production of the electrical pulses from the crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Inventors: Joseph Sproviero, Frank Ellul