Patents by Inventor Lionel Stuart Matthews

Lionel Stuart Matthews 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).

  • Gas release cell
    Patent number: 10195364
    Abstract: A gas release cell for use with pneumatically actuated sharps-containing medical devices. The gas release cell has a rigid outer shell and a sealing membrane sealingly engaged with the rigid outer shell. A compressed propellant is retained within the gas release cell by the sealing membrane, and the sealing membrane is rupturable to actuate the medical device by releasing compressed propellant from the gas release cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: L.O.M. Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Andersen, Lionel Stuart Matthews, Scott E. Castanon
  • GAS RELEASE CELL
    Publication number: 20170100548
    Abstract: A gas release cell for use with pneumatically actuated sharps-containing medical devices. The gas release cell has a rigid outer shell and a sealing membrane sealingly engaged with the rigid outer shell. A compressed propellant is retained within the gas release cell by the sealing membrane, and the sealing membrane is rupturable to actuate the medical device by releasing compressed propellant from the gas release cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Allan ANDERSEN, Lionel Stuart MATTHEWS, Scott E. CASTANON
  • MODULAR GAS-ACTUATED RETRACTABLE NEEDLE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20140088513
    Abstract: A modular gas-actuated retractable needle assembly, syringes for engagement with the modular gas-actuated retractable needle assembly, and kits comprising same are provided. In some embodiments, the syringe has a distal swedge to facilitate engagement of syringes of a plurality of different sizes with a single modular gas-actuated retractable needle assembly. Methods of using the modular gas-actuated retractable needle assembly or a syringe assembly having a modular gas-actuated retractable needle assembly are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: L.O.M. LABORATORIES INC.
    Inventors: Brett Leigh Darichuk, Lionel Stuart Matthews