Patents by Inventor Kenneth Michael Dokken

Kenneth Michael Dokken 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).

  • Antiseptic applicator
    Patent number: 9757551
    Abstract: An applicator assembly may include a body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, an actuator operatively coupled to the body, a container disposed within the body, an application member attached to the distal end portion, and a valve disposed between the container and the application member. Actuation of the actuator opens the valve and places the interior of the container in fluid communication with the application member by way of a compressive force applied to the body. A method of applying a solution to a surface may include actuating the actuator, wherein actuation of the actuator applies a compressive force to the body that opens the valve and places the interior of the container in fluid communication with the application member, and contacting the application member to the surface, thereby applying the solution to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 2200, INC.
    Inventors: Satish Degala, Kenneth Bruce Thurmond, II, Kenneth Michael Dokken, Aishwarya Vaidyanathan, Angel Magallon, David A. Parrott, Benjamin T. Krupp
  • ANTISEPTIC APPLICATOR
    Publication number: 20150098861
    Abstract: An applicator assembly may include a body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, an actuator operatively coupled to the body, a container disposed within the body, an application member attached to the distal end portion, and a valve disposed between the container and the application member. Actuation of the actuator opens the valve and places the interior of the container in fluid communication with the application member by way of a compressive force applied to the body. A method of applying a solution to a surface may include actuating the actuator, wherein actuation of the actuator applies a compressive force to the body that opens the valve and places the interior of the container in fluid communication with the application member, and contacting the application member to the surface, thereby applying the solution to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Satish DEGALA, Kenneth Bruce Thurmond, II, Kenneth Michael Dokken, Aishwarya Vaidyanathan, Angel Magallon, David A. Parrott, Benjamin T. Krupp