Patents by Inventor Philip Prentice

Philip Prentice 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).

  • ELECTROCHEMICAL Ca(OH)2 AND/OR Mg(OH)2 PRODUCTION FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTES AND Ca/Mg-CONTAINING ROCKS
    Publication number: 20230125242
    Abstract: A method of preparing metal hydroxides from industrial wastes or alkaline rocks is provided. The method comprise subjecting a mixture comprising a solvent and a solid substrate to a stimulus in order to leach a metal cation from the solid substrate into the solvent, thereby forming a solution comprising the metal cation in the solvent; and contacting the solution of comprising the metal cation with a cathode, thereby electrolytically precipitating the metal hydroxide from the solution. The stimulus may be chemical, mechanical, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Gaurav Sant, Xin Chen, Ross Alexander Arnold, Dante Adam Simonetti, Sara Vallejo Castano, Dale Philip Prentice, David Jassby, Shengcun Ma
  • Device for attaching, relocating and reinforcing tissue and methods of using same
    Patent number: 8894683
    Abstract: A device for attaching, relocating or reinforcing tissue includes a first tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a first location, a second tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a second location which is different from the first location, and a connection element, such as a suture or a mesh structure, interposed between and interconnecting the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion. The support plate of at least one of the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion may have longitudinally axially formed therethrough a bore for receiving the connecting element so that the surgeon may pull on the end of the connecting element to adjust the distance between the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Weadock, Parris Wellman, Martin Weisberg, Philip Prentice, Earl Adamy
  • Device for attaching, relocating and reinforcing tissue and methods of using same
    Publication number: 20080208251
    Abstract: A device for attaching, relocating or reinforcing tissue includes a first tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a first location, a second tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a second location which is different from the first location, and a connection element, such as a suture or a mesh structure, interposed between and interconnecting the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion. The support plate of at least one of the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion may have longitudinally axially formed therethrough a bore for receiving the connecting element so that the surgeon may pull on the end of the connecting element to adjust the distance between the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Weadock, Parris Wellman, Martin Weisberg, Philip Prentice, Earl Adamy
  • Device for attaching, relocating and reinforcing tissue and methods of using same
    Publication number: 20070156175
    Abstract: A device for attaching, relocating or reinforcing tissue includes a first tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a first location, a second tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a second location which is different from the first location, and a connection element, such as a suture or a mesh structure, interposed between and interconnecting the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion. The support plate of at least one of the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion may have longitudinally axially formed therethrough a bore for receiving the connecting element so that the surgeon may pull on the end of the connecting element to adjust the distance between the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin Weadock, Parris Wellman, Martin Weisberg, Philip Prentice, Earl Adamy