Patents by Inventor Michael P. Ingram

Michael P. Ingram 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: 20240130853
    Abstract: Described are implants for placing in a body, tools for delivering the implants, and systems and methods for using implants and tools for placing in a body and more particularly to nasal implants, tools for delivering nasal implants, and systems and methods for using such implants and tools. A tool may include a hand-held implant delivery device that cuts, holds, moves, orients, inserts, or shapes an implant. An implant may be a biodegradable, longitudinal implant that may be oriented for implantation by an implant delivery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Iyad S. Saidi, Michael H. Rosenthal, Donald A. Gonzales, J. Cameron Loper, Marcus A. Hadley, Jamie L. Ingram, Cheng Q. Ren, Charles P. Luddy, Leon A. Marucchi, Bruce C. Gray, R. Andrew Carlton
  • Patent number: 6507957
    Abstract: A portable container device for providing a user with a portable receptacle for spitting tobacco juice. The portable container device includes a housing that has a bottom wall, a top wall, and a peripheral wall that extends between the top and bottom walls. A slot extends through the top wall and opens into an interior of the housing. A door is selectively positionable between an open position opening the second portion and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Inventor: Michael P. Ingram