Patents by Inventor Joseph Thomas Burkart

Joseph Thomas Burkart 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).

  • Simplified field use junctional tourniquets
    Patent number: 11931045
    Abstract: A junctional tourniquet apparatus and related methods of use. An exemplary tourniquet has an inverted cone shape, wherein a narrower end has a mushroom shaped base that is pressed against a compression target and a broader end has a plurality of pass-through slots for straps. Another exemplary tourniquet has a broad plate component and a handle component. The handle component has a mushroom shaped base on a first end and a handle on a second end. The handle component passes through the center of the plate component with threads that allow the handle component to compress a target by twisting the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: The United States of America, Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Burkart, Danielle E. Cafasso, Robert Henry Hayford, Huckelberry Finne, Jose Ramirez Vargas, Michael P Abbott
  • Simplified field use junctional tourniquets
    Patent number: 11931046
    Abstract: A junctional tourniquet apparatus and related methods of use. An exemplary tourniquet has an inverted cone shape, wherein a narrower end has a mushroom shaped base that is pressed against a compression target and a broader end has a plurality of pass-through slots for straps. Another exemplary tourniquet has a broad plate component and a handle component. The handle component has a mushroom shaped base on a first end and a handle on a second end. The handle component passes through the center of the plate component with threads that allow the handle component to compress a target by twisting the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Burkart, Danielle E. Cafasso, Robert Henry Hayford, Huckelberry A. Finne, Jose Ramirez Vargas, Michael P. Abbott
  • Simplified Field Use Junctional Tourniquets
    Publication number: 20230190301
    Abstract: A junctional tourniquet apparatus and related methods of use. An exemplary tourniquet has an inverted cone shape, wherein a narrower end has a mushroom shaped base that is pressed against a compression target and a broader end has a plurality of pass-through slots for straps. Another exemplary tourniquet has a broad plate component and a handle component. The handle component has a mushroom shaped base on a first end and a handle on a second end. The handle component passes through the center of the plate component with threads that allow the handle component to compress a target by twisting the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Burkart, Danielle E. Cafasso, Robert Henry Hayford, Huckelberry A. Finne, Jose Ramirez Vargas, Michael P. Abbott
  • Simplified field use junctional tourniquets
    Patent number: 11253268
    Abstract: A junctional tourniquet apparatus and related methods of use. An exemplary tourniquet has an inverted cone shape, wherein a narrower end has a mushroom shaped base that is pressed against a compression target and a broader end has a plurality of pass-through slots for straps. Another exemplary tourniquet has a broad plate component and a handle component. The handle component has a mushroom shaped base on a first end and a handle on a second end. The handle component passes through the center of the plate component with threads that allow the handle component to compress a target by twisting the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Burkart, Danielle E. Cafasso, Robert Henry Hayford, Huckelberry Finne, Jose Ramirez Vargas, Michael P. Abbott