Patents by Inventor Phil Ebert

Phil Ebert 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).

  • Image analysis processes and methods for the evaluation of tampon performance
    Patent number: 8571883
    Abstract: A method for the study and evaluation of the performance of medical devices in vivo is disclosed. The medical devices are preferably tampons that are observed and evaluated in the vaginal cavities of women during their menstrual cycles in order to obtain data relative to tampon performance for the improvement of tampon technology. The method preferably uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), although other types of imaging techniques may be used. The present invention also resides in a method of MRI analysis in which a three-dimensional surface model image of a medical device such as a tampon or similar feminine hygiene product in vivo is created from two or more two-dimensional cross section images and combined with a second surface model image to produce a single image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene P. Dougherty, Jr., Phil Ebert, Shirley McCarthy, Mary Jane Minkin
  • IMAGE ANALYSIS PROCESSES AND METHODS FOR THE EVALUATION OF TAMPON PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20080294378
    Abstract: A method for the study and evaluation of the performance of medical devices in vivo is disclosed. The medical devices are preferably tampons that are observed and evaluated in the vaginal cavities of women during their menstrual cycles in order to obtain data relative to tampon performance for the improvement of tampon technology. The method preferably uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), although other types of imaging techniques may be used. The present invention also resides in a method of MRI analysis in which a three-dimensional surface model image of a medical device such as a tampon or similar feminine hygiene product in vivo is created from two or more two-dimensional cross section images and combined with a second surface model image to produce a single image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Eugene P. Dougherty, JR., Phil Ebert, Shirley McCarthy, Mary Jane Minkin