Patents by Inventor Melissa Ann Brown

Melissa Ann Brown 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).

  • Apparatus for unsheathing and resheathing a needle device
    Patent number: 10722659
    Abstract: An apparatus for unsheathing and resheathing a needle device. The apparatus has a housing, a cam member that is movable in an axial direction relative to the housing, a ratchet member that is rotatable relative to the housing and movable in the axial direction between a first position and a second position upon movement of the cam member, and a clamp having at least two jaw members, configured to receive at least a portion of a needle sheath. In the first position of the ratchet member, the jaw members are in an open configuration for receipt or release of the needle sheath, and in the second position of the ratchet member, the ratchet member and/or the cam member holds the jaw members in a gripping position for gripping the needle sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SOUTHERN INNOVATIONZ LIMITED
    Inventors: Timothy Stephen Cox, Melissa Ann Brown
  • APPARATUS FOR UNSHEATHING AND RESHEATHING A NEEDLE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180280625
    Abstract: An apparatus for unsheathing and resheathing a needle device. The apparatus has a housing, a cam member that is movable in an axial direction relative to the housing, a ratchet member that is rotatable relative to the housing and movable in the axial direction between a first position and a second position upon movement of the cam member, and a clamp having at least two jaw members, configured to receive at least a portion of a needle sheath. In the first position of the ratchet member, the jaw members are in an open configuration for receipt or release of the needle sheath, and in the second position of the ratchet member, the ratchet member and/or the cam member holds the jaw members in a gripping position for gripping the needle sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Timothy Stephen COX, Melissa Ann Brown