Patents by Inventor Margaret Gillespie

Margaret Gillespie 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).

  • LIFTING SYSTEM WITH LIFTING DEVICE AND CANTILEVERED SUPPORT PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20200146912
    Abstract: A lifting system for lifting a subject (12) supported in a particular position is described. The lifting system has a platform (10) for supporting the subject (12) on an elongate platform surface (101). The platform surface (101) is selectively configurable in a flexible state allowing the elongate platform (10) to fold along a longitudinal line for positioning beneath the subject (12), and a rigid state to support the subject (12) in the desired position. The platform also has one or more attachment structures (16) and, the lifting system has a lifting device (26) for detachably engaging (18) the one or more attachment structures (16) to elevate and lower the platform (10) cantilevered from the lifting device (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Margaret Gillespie
  • Method of reducing brain damage resulting from seizures
    Patent number: 6211230
    Abstract: A method of reducing brain damage resulting from seizures caused by an organophosphorus nerve agent includes administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of HU-211. The organophosphorus nerve agent may be GB (sarin), GD (soman), GA (tabun) or GF. The therapeutically effective amount of HU-211 is in the range of about 48 mg to about 200 mg per day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Margaret Gillespie Filbert, Gerald Paul Harding Ballough