Patents by Inventor Patrick M. Handke
Patrick M. Handke 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).
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Publication number: 20110088698Abstract: A seal and a respiraoty mask having a seal adapted for confronting engagement with a surface of a user to form an interface therewith. The seal includes a first portion defined by a gel substance. In one embodiment, the seal includes a selectively formable substance adapted to be molded from a first pattern into a second pattern and to retain the second pattern responsive to being so molded. The seal and mask having the seal in this embodiment is tailored to patient by causing the formable portion of the seal to be placed in a malleable state, applying the seal to the patient while the formable portion is in the malleable state, and causing the formable portion to be placed in a fixed state to retain a shape generally conforming to the portion of the patient underlying the seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: RIC INVESTMENTS, LLCInventors: SHARI S. BARNETT, PATRICK M. HANDKE, KRISTINE K. SABO, EUGENE N. SCARBERRY, RONALD E. WHITE, BENEDICT R. McELROY, VIRGINA A. HANDKE
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Patent number: 7870859Abstract: A seal and a respiraoty mask having a seal adapted for confronting engagement with a surface of a user to form an interface therewith. The seal includes a first portion defined by a gel substance. In one embodiment, the seal includes a selectively formable substance adapted to be molded from a first pattern into a second pattern and to retain the second pattern responsive to being so molded. The seal and mask having the seal in this embodiment is tailored to patient by causing the formable portion of the seal to be placed in a malleable state, applying the seal to the patient while the formable portion is in the malleable state, and causing the formable portion to be placed in a fixed state to retain a shape generally conforming to the portion of the patient underlying the seal.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: RIC Investments, LLCInventors: Shari S. Barnett, Patrick M. Handke, Virgina A. Handke, legal representative, Kristine K. Sabo, Eugene N. Scarberry, Ronald E. White, Benedict R. McElroy
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Patent number: 5884624Abstract: An improved flexible respiratory mask facial seal, as well a respiratory mask incorporating such seal. The facial seal comprises an annular member including a peripheral sidewall bounded by an inner end and an outer end generally opposite the inner end. The inner end is adapted for attachment to the shell or body portion of a respiratory mask and the outer end defines a contoured sealing surface adapted for confronting sealing engagement with a user's face. The annular member is formed of a gel substance possessing resilience characteristics corresponding to those of human fat tissue. Preferably, the annular member is encapsulated in a thin, pliable, membranous covering to enhance the durability and washability of the facial seal. Because the facial seal simulates the resiliency of human fat tissue, the user experiences the sensation of a natural substance against his skin when the mask is donned.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: Respironics, Inc.Inventors: Shari S. Barnett, Patrick M. Handke, Kristine K. Sabo, Eugene N. Scarberry
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Patent number: 5724965Abstract: A miniature nasal mask for supplying breathing gas to a human user through an interface with the user's nares, the interface being maintained by a contact seal which engages the user's face only within an area between the tip and immediately adjacent lateral flanks of the user's nose adjacent to the nares, and the user's upper lip.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: March 10, 1998Assignee: Respironics Inc.Inventors: Patrick M. Handke, John R. Starr, Doris Wong
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Patent number: 5655527Abstract: A respiratory mask adapted to confront the face of a user in a manner to float with respect to the user's face on a cushion of gaseous medium contained within the mask for user breathing, the gaseous medium being contained within the mask by a flexible seal means carried by the mask and maintained in sealing engagement with the user's face while providing essentially no structural support for the mask with respect to the user's face.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: August 12, 1997Assignee: Respironics Inc.Inventors: Eugene N. Scarberry, Patrick M. Handke
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Patent number: 5647357Abstract: An improved flexible respiratory mask facial seal, as well a respiratory mask incorporating such seal. The facial seal comprises an annular member including a peripheral sidewall bounded by an inner end and an outer end generally opposite the inner end. The inner end is adapted for attachment to the shell or body portion of a respiratory mask and the outer end defines a contoured sealing surface adapted for confronting sealing engagement with a user's face. The annular member is formed of a gel substance possessing resilience characteristics corresponding to those of human fat tissue. Preferably, the annular member is encapsulated in a thin, pliable, membranous covering to enhance the durability and washability of the facial seal. Because the facial seal simulates the resiliency of human fat tissue, the user experiences the sensation of a natural substance against his skin when the mask is donned.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1995Date of Patent: July 15, 1997Assignee: Respironics, Inc.Inventors: Shari S. Barnett, Patrick M. Handke, Kristine K. Sabo, Eugene N. Scarberry
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Patent number: 5592938Abstract: A method and apparatus for treating obstructive sleep apnea and other disorders by the novel application of pressure varying from ambient pressure to external portions of a patient's neck, and a novel breathing mask and seal apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 1994Date of Patent: January 14, 1997Assignee: Respironics Inc.Inventors: Eugene N. Scarberry, Patrick M. Handke
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Patent number: 5492116Abstract: A respiratory mask adapted to confront the face of a user in a manner to float with respect to the user's face on a cushion of gaseous medium contained within the mask for user breathing, the gaseous medium being contained within the mask by a flexible seal means carried by the mask and maintained in sealing engagement with the user's face while providing essentially no structural support for the mask with respect to the user's face.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1994Date of Patent: February 20, 1996Assignee: Respironics Inc.Inventors: Eugene N. Scarberry, Patrick M. Handke
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Patent number: 5343878Abstract: A method of treating sleep apnea by the novel application of pressure varying from ambient pressure to external portions of a patient's neck, and a novel breathing mask seal apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1993Date of Patent: September 6, 1994Assignee: Respironics Inc.Inventors: Eugene N. Scarberry, Patrick M. Handke, Mark H. Sanders
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Patent number: 5222478Abstract: A respirator, resuscitator, wrap or sheath, breathing mask or the like which provides a closely form-fitting shell adapted to be disposed adjacent a portion of a human body to form intermediate the shell and the human body portion a thin section, minimal volume pressure containment chamber which receives pressures varying from ambient pressure for therapeutic purposes, and a corresponding method.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1992Date of Patent: June 29, 1993Inventors: Eugene N. Scarberry, Patrick M. Handke
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Patent number: 4913401Abstract: A valve apparatus for installation in a fluid conveying conduit which is operable by deformation of valve elements to open and permit fluid flow therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1989Date of Patent: April 3, 1990Assignee: Respironics, Inc.Inventor: Patrick M. Handke
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Patent number: D349586Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1990Date of Patent: August 9, 1994Inventor: Patrick M. Handke
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Patent number: D362061Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1994Date of Patent: September 5, 1995Assignee: Respironics, Inc.Inventors: Gerald E. McGinnis, Patrick M. Handke, Andrew Serowski, Doris M. Wong
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Patent number: D431077Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1999Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: Respironics, Inc.Inventors: Gerald E. McGinnis, Eugene N. Scarberry, Patrick M. Handke, deceased, Andrew Serowski