Patents by Inventor Meghan H. Kate

Meghan H. Kate 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).

  • Publication number: 20230026216
    Abstract: A nasal cannula is described herein for respiratory therapy which includes a first gas supply tub with a distal end terminating in a first connector, and a nasal cannula body which includes a first end rotatably coupled to the first connector, a second end opposite the first end, a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, and a first nasal prong in fluid communication with the first gas supply tube. The first nasal prong is rotatable relative to the first gas supply tube about the longitudinal axis of the nasal cannula body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Felino V. Cortez, JR., George C. Dungan, II, Mark Kolnsberg, Charles Busey, Randolph Brian Kirkland, Karen Goldwalker, Meghan H. Kate
  • Patent number: 11291789
    Abstract: A nasal cannula is described herein for respiratory therapy which includes a first gas supply tub with a distal end terminating in a first connector, and a nasal cannula body which includes a first end rotatably coupled to the first connector, a second end opposite the first end, a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, and a first nasal prong in fluid communication with the first gas supply tube. The first nasal prong is rotatable relative to the first gas supply tube about the longitudinal axis of the nasal cannula body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Vapotherm, Inc.
    Inventors: Felino V. Cortez, Jr., George C. Dungan, II, Mark Kolnsberg, Charles Busey, Randolph Brian Kirkland, Karen Goldwalker, Meghan H. Kate
  • Publication number: 20200246577
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for humidifying a breathing gas using a vapor transfer unit are presented. The method includes providing a first vapor transfer unit having a gas passage and a liquid passage, delivering a liquid to the liquid passage, delivering a gas to the gas passage, humidifying the gas by delivering vapor from the liquid in the liquid passage to the gas in the gas passage, exiting the humidified gas outside the vapor transfer unit at first relative humidity and at a high gas flow rate, and reducing the gas flow rate through the first vapor transfer unit to less than a low gas flow rate, while preventing the relative humidity from exceeding the first relative humidity by more than an acceptable margin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Scott A. Leonard, Meghan H. Kate
  • Publication number: 20180001045
    Abstract: A nasal cannula is described herein for respiratory therapy which includes a first gas supply tub with a distal end terminating in a first connector, and a nasal cannula body which includes a first end rotatably coupled to the first connector, a second end opposite the first end, a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, and a first nasal prong in fluid communication with the first gas supply tube. The first nasal prong is rotatable relative to the first gas supply tube about the longitudinal axis of the nasal cannula body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Felino V. Cortez, JR., George C. Dungan, II, Mark Kolnsberg, Charles Busey, Randolph Brian Kirkland, Karen Walker, Meghan H. Kate
  • Publication number: 20160184547
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for humidifying a breathing gas using a vapor transfer unit are presented. The method includes providing a first vapor transfer unit having a gas passage and a liquid passage, delivering a liquid to the liquid passage, delivering a gas to the gas passage, humidifying the gas by delivering vapor from the liquid in the liquid passage to the gas in the gas passage, exiting the humidified gas outside the vapor transfer unit at first relative humidity and at a high gas flow rate, and reducing the gas flow rate through the first vapor transfer unit to less than a low gas flow rate, while preventing the relative humidity from exceeding the first relative humidity by more than an acceptable margin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Scott A. Leonard, Meghan H. Kate