Patents by Inventor Naomi C. Chesler

Naomi C. Chesler 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: 5380290
    Abstract: A device for providing access to a living body. The device, in one embodiment, includes a slotted needle dimensioned and configured to receive, in fluid tight engagement, a catheter or a guidewire introduced into the needle through the slot. The device, in another embodiment, includes a sharpened, slotted first tube, a second tube piercable by the first tube for receipt therein of at least a potion of both the first tube and the slot, and an elongated element passing into the second tube, through the slot and into the first tube. The device might further include a third tube slidably positioned around the second tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Pfizer Hospital Products Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Makower, Earl H. Slee, Naomi C. Chesler, William J. Gorman, Frank E. Barber