Patents by Inventor Kenneth C. Musgrave

Kenneth C. Musgrave 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).

  • Guidewire retention device
    Patent number: 5707363
    Abstract: A guidewire retention device for use with a catheter or other medical device is disclosed herein. The guidewire retention device can be connected to a standard adapter at the proximal end of the catheter. It has an opening therein which can be placed in communication with the catheter lumen. This opening includes a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion and is preferably keyhole shaped. The large diameter portion allows a guidewire to easily pass therethrough while the small diameter portion does not. Thus, when a guidewire is located in the catheter lumen in the proper position, the guidewire can be fitted into the small diameter portion of the keyhole shaped opening to lock the guidewire with respect to the catheter. A raised icon on the guidewire retention device provides an indication to the clinician of how to use the guidewire retention device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Mark A. Crawford, Glade H. Howell, Kenneth C. Musgrave, Timothy J. Erskine
  • Syringe needle destruction method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5076178
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for destroying syringe needles. The apparatus has an incinerator into which a syringe needle may be inserted, crimped by a crimper 30, burned by passing an electric current through the needle between the needle tip and a sealing crimp formed by the crimper 30, and the burned needle severed by a cutter 36.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Medical Safety Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad A. Kohl, Kenneth C. Musgrave, Randall D. Decker
  • Automotive test terminal
    Patent number: D329390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pedro M. Alfonso, Pedro E. Fernandez, John C. Irwin, Randall W. Martin, Robert W. Montedonico, Kenneth C. Musgrave, Mark S. Small
  • Needle inserter
    Patent number: D378405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Musgrave, Timothy J. Erskine, Glade H. Howell
  • Safety catheter introducer needle assembly
    Patent number: D381418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Timothy J. Erskine, Kenneth C. Musgrave
  • Single lumen catheter
    Patent number: D381419
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Musgrave, Glade H. Howell, Christopher N. Cindrich
  • Bilumen catheter
    Patent number: D381420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Musgrave, Glade H. Howell, Christopher N. Cindrich
  • Barbed luer
    Patent number: D382639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Musgrave, Glade H. Howell, Christopher N. Cindrich
  • Guidewire retention device
    Patent number: D383375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Timothy J. Erskine, Glade H. Howell, Kenneth C. Musgrave
  • Double lumen catheter with guidewire retainer
    Patent number: D384411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Musgrave, Glade H. Howell, Christopher N. Cindrich, Timothy J. Erskine
  • Single lumen catheter with a single threaded luer port
    Patent number: D384740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Musgrave, Glade H. Howell, Christopher N. Cindrich
  • Bilumen catheter with two threaded luer ports
    Patent number: D384741
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Musgrave, Glade H. Howell, Christopher N. Cindrich
  • Single lumen catheter with guidewire retainer
    Patent number: D392037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Musgrave, Glade H. Howell, Christopher N. Cindrich, Timothy J. Erskine