Patents by Inventor m. Kevin Sorrels

m. Kevin Sorrels 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).

  • Protective guards for finger and thumbs
    Patent number: 6807681
    Abstract: A protective guard for a finger or thumb may be used during a medical procedure. The protective guard may inhibit needle or instrument puncture of a medical practitioner's skin during a medical procedure. The protective guard may include a puncture resistant portion and a less puncture resistant portion. The material used to form the puncture resistant portion and the less puncture resistant portion may be chosen so that the guard provides a large degree of penetration resistance while still remaining flexible. The color of the puncture resistant portion may be different than the color of the less puncture resistant portion to provide a user with a visual indication of the puncture resistant portions of the protective guard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Inventor: m. Kevin Sorrels
  • Protective guards for finger and thumbs
    Publication number: 20020134392
    Abstract: A protective guard for a finger or thumb may be used during a medical procedure. The protective guard may inhibit needle or instrument puncture of a medical practitioner's skin during a medical procedure. The protective guard may include a puncture resistant portion and a less puncture resistant portion. The material used to form the puncture resistant portion and the less puncture resistant portion may be chosen so that the guard provides a large degree of penetration resistance while still remaining flexible. The color of the puncture resistant portion may be different than the color of the less puncture resistant portion to provide a user with a visual indication of the puncture resistant portions of the protective guard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventor: M. Kevin Sorrels
  • Protective guard
    Patent number: 5450626
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a protective finger guard having a flexible and puncture resistant construction. The finger guard comprises an elongated tubular member constructed to cover the middle and terminal phalanges of a finger or thumb (from the medial finger joint extending just beyond the fingertip). An indentation is provided in the tubular member at the end adjacent the medial finger joint on the ventral side to allow flexibility and bending the finger at the medial joint. An indentation is provided in the distal end of the tubular member, again on the ventral side, to allow the finger pad to extend therethrough. Hood-like extensions are provided at each end of the tubular member on the dorsal side extending to the end of the finger and to the end of the medial finger joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Inventor: M. Kevin Sorrels
  • Protective finger guard
    Patent number: D373656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Inventor: M. Kevin Sorrels