Patents by Inventor Lanita Grayce Cox

Lanita Grayce Cox 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).

  • Blunted safety needle
    Patent number: 9968350
    Abstract: A blunted safety needle is provided, which includes a hollow needle having a sharp distal tip and a stylus having a blunted end. The stylus is positioned within at least a portion of the needle. After the needle is used to deliver or deploy a substance and/or a device, the blunted end of the stylus is positioned to extend through the sharp distal tip of the needle and un-releaseably lock into position, thereby providing a blunted safety needle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Avent, Inc.
    Inventors: John Anthony Rotella, Nathan Christopher Griffith, Lanita Grayce Cox, Donald Jay McMichael
  • Blunted Safety Needle
    Publication number: 20160128686
    Abstract: A blunted safety needle is provided, which includes a hollow needle having a sharp distal tip and a stylus having a blunted end. The stylus is positioned within at least a portion of the needle. After the needle is used to deliver or deploy a substance and/or a device, the blunted end of the stylus is positioned to extend through the sharp distal tip of the needle and un-releaseably lock into position, thereby providing a blunted safety needle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: John Anthony Rotella, Nathan Christopher Griffith, Lanita Grayce Cox, Donald Jay McMichael
  • Device for Gastric Feeding and Drainage Via an Artificial Stoma
    Publication number: 20120191040
    Abstract: The invention describes a closure device for the provision of freshly created gastric feeding fistulas, the basis of the design of the device being an introverted balloon that allows a sealing and hemostatic axial traction movement on the fistula that is to be sealed, the concentric balloon ends which run transmurally through the stomach and abdominal wall being arranged in a special seal-promoting and hemostatic manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Fred Gobel, Donald Jay McMichael, Lanita Grayce Cox
  • Device for gastric feeding and drainage via an artificial stoma
    Patent number: 8147449
    Abstract: The invention describes a closure device for the provision of freshly created gastric feeding fistulas, the basis of the design of the device being an introverted balloon that allows a sealing and hemostatic axial traction movement on the fistula that is to be sealed, the concentric balloon ends which run transmurally through the stomach and abdominal wall being arranged in a special seal-promoting and hemostatic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Gobel, Donald Jay McMichael, Lanita Grayce Cox
  • Device for Gastric Feeding and Drainage Via an Artificial Stoma
    Publication number: 20090312701
    Abstract: The invention describes a closure device for the provision of freshly created gastric feeding fistulas, the basis of the design of the device being an introverted balloon that allows a sealing and hemostatic axial traction movement on the fistula that is to be sealed, the concentric balloon ends which run transmurally through the stomach and abdominal wall being arranged in a special seal-promoting and hemostatic manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Fred Gobel, Donald Jay McMichael, Lanita Grayce Cox
  • Blunted Safety Needle
    Publication number: 20090062742
    Abstract: A blunted safety needle is provided, which includes a hollow needle having a sharp distal tip and a stylus having a blunted end. The stylus is positioned within at least a portion of the needle. After the needle is used to deliver or deploy a substance and/or a device, the blunted end of the stylus is positioned to extend through the sharp distal tip of the needle and un-releaseably lock into position, thereby providing a blunted safety needle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: John Anthony Rotella, Nathan Christopher Griffith, Lanita Grayce Cox, Donald Jay McMichael