Patents by Inventor Kenneth C. PAULUS

Kenneth C. PAULUS 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).

  • Central Venous Access Trainer (CVAT)
    Patent number: 10127837
    Abstract: A training device for the preparation, execution and maintenance of central venous catheters comprising a central block including a cavern traversing through the block, a tube running through the cavern, a reservoir containing a liquid with a distal end of the tube engaged with the reservoir, a covering material secured over the central block, a guidewire extended through the covering material and within the tube, a hydraulic or pneumatic device operationally associated with the reservoir and allowing the reservoir and the tube to be filled and pressurized with the liquid, a scalpel or similar instrument for making a small incision in the covering material at the site where the guide wire extends through the covering material, a dilator to expand the incision opening and then remove from the incision and guidewire and a catheter to feed over the guidewire and into the incision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority
    Inventors: Laura L. Cragg, Dawn Marie Swiderski, Scott Wilson, Kenneth C. Paulus, Christopher Hutchison
  • Central Venous Access Trainer (CVAT)
    Publication number: 20160335922
    Abstract: A training device for the preparation, execution and maintenance of central venous catheters comprising a central block including a cavern traversing through the block, a tube running through the cavern, a reservoir containing a liquid with a distal end of the tube engaged with the reservoir, a covering material secured over the central block, a guidewire extended through the covering material and within the tube, a hydraulic or pneumatic device operationally associated with the reservoir and allowing the reservoir and the tube to be filled and pressurized with the liquid, a scalpel or similar instrument for making a small incision in the covering material at the site where the guide wire extends through the covering material, a dilator to expand the incision opening and then remove from the incision and guidewire and a catheter to feed over the guidewire and into the incision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Edison Nation Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Laura L. Cragg, Dawn Marie Swiderski, Scott Wilson, Kenneth C. Paulus, Christopher Hutchison
  • ELECTRICITY-GENERATING FABRIC PANEL UNIT
    Publication number: 20130319500
    Abstract: An electricity-generating fabric panel unit includes a panel of light-collecting fabric and an edge assembly disposed along an edge of the fabric panel and adapted to collect light from the fabric panel and convert it to electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Lee BIZZELL, Faramarz FARAHI, Jeremy Eric LOSAW, Raeshon Lamont MCNEIL, Kenneth C. PAULUS, Thomas James PHILPOTT, Juan Carlos PEREZ