Patents by Inventor Michael Palko

Michael Palko 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).

  • Patent number: 11027095
    Abstract: A midline catheter is provided. The midline catheter includes a shaft defining a lumen, the shaft having a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end includes two or more opposing notches thereon, each of the notches having an open notch distal end and an opposing notch proximal end formed as an arch. The catheter may also include written indicia thereon to indicate that it is a midline catheter and/or is power injectable or non-power-injectable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: MEDICAL COMPONENTS INC.
    Inventors: Michael Palko, Michael Anstett, Rose Rowan, John Timko
  • Publication number: 20210146095
    Abstract: A midline catheter is provided. The midline catheter includes a shaft defining a lumen, the shaft having a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end includes two or more opposing notches thereon, each of the notches having an open notch distal end and an opposing notch proximal end formed as an arch. The catheter may also include written indicia thereon to indicate that it is a midline catheter and/or is power injectable or non-power-injectable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Medical Components Inc.
    Inventors: Michael PALKO, Michael ANSTETT, Rose ROWAN, John TIMKO
  • Publication number: 20180169382
    Abstract: A midline catheter is provided. The midline catheter includes a shaft defining a lumen, the shaft having a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end includes two or more opposing notches thereon, each of the notches having an open notch distal end and an opposing notch proximal end formed as an arch. The catheter may also include written indicia thereon to indicate that it is a midline catheter and/or is power injectable or non-power-injectable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Palko, Michael Anstett, Rose Rowan, John Timko
  • Patent number: 5958262
    Abstract: A spot welding apparatus having a welding gun with movable and fixed electrodes carried on an articulating wrist, the apparatus comprising: a) a robotically actuated articulating wrist carrying the gun for movement to and from a welding position for a workpiece; b) a primary cylinder assembly connecting the wrist to the movable electrode of the gun for imposing pressure by such movable electrode to the workpiece and to the fixed electrode during a welding stroke toward the workpiece; and c) a fixing cylinder assembly connecting the wrist to the fixed electrode, the fixing cylinder assembly having (i) a fixing cylinder housing with a movable fixing piston therein connected to the fixed electrode of the welding gun and having a fixing piston stop, (ii) a primary balancing spring acting between the fixing cylinder housing and the movable fixing piston to carry the weight of the gun, (iii) structure for introducing a fixing air pressure into the fixing cylinder housing to urge the fixing piston to a position lock
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Palko, James Wayne Dolfi, Keith Albert Dils