Patents by Inventor Randall C. Arnold

Randall C. Arnold 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: 6468295
    Abstract: A treatment device having an attachment portion the first plane, a treatment portion with a cover in a second plane that defines a treatment volume extending between the first and second plane, and a flexible transition portion that connects the attachment portion to the treatment portion. The transition portion attaches to the attachment portion by a first flexible connection and to the treatment portion by a second flexible connection, with a minimum inter-connecting distance being defined by a straight line between a first point on the first flexible connection and a second point, corresponding to the first point, on the second flexible connection. The transition portion's length exceeds the length of the straight line. A flexible, serrated standoff supports the wound cover. An absorptive foam ring that acts between the first plane on the cover has in it a medicament selected from the group including an antibiotic material, an antifungal material, and an antimicrobial material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold, Gregory P. Hamlin, Donald E. Stapf
  • Publication number: 20020029072
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for conveniently and removably sealing inlet ports within an inflatable thermal blanket. In accordance with the present invention a generally planar sheet of material having a plurality of resilient side extensions extending from a central body is used to close an inlet port within an inflatable thermal blanket. In accordance with the preferred invention, the generally circular portion of the central body has a diameter which is slightly smaller than the diameter of the inlet port. Preferably, for extensions extend from the central body each extension being generally circular. Each extension is preferably formed from the same material used to form the central body, and is sufficiently resilient to be easily flexed and to return to an essentially coplanar sheet when released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall C. Arnold, Scott D. Augustine
  • Publication number: 20020026133
    Abstract: A no contact wound treatment device having a flexible portion to accommodate patient motion without peeling off. A removable wound heater may be used to treat the wound area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold, Donald E. Stapf, Gregory P. Hamlin
  • Patent number: 6309408
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus, or plug, for closing an inlet port. The inlet port is formed in a sheet of a typically flexible material. The inlet port is designed to mate with an air hose nozzle. The plug blocks the inlet port when no air hose nozzle is engaged. The plug has a generally planar shape with coplanar extensions extending radially from the plug body. The plug is engaged by causing at least two of the extensions to be received in the inlet port. When the extensions are received, the plug is retained gains the inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall C. Arnold, Scott D. Augustine
  • Patent number: 6293917
    Abstract: A non-contact wound treatment device having a flexible portion to accommodate patient motion without peeling off. A removable heater may be included which is suspended above the wound to define a treatment volume, where the heater heats the treatment volume to help treat the wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold, Donald E. Stapf, Gregory P. Hamlin
  • Publication number: 20010018602
    Abstract: A non-contact wound treatment device having a flexible portion to accommodate patient motion without peeling off. A removable wound heater may be used to treat the wound area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold, Gregory P. Hamlin, Donald E. Stapf
  • Publication number: 20010012957
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for conveniently and removably sealing inlet ports within an inflatable thermal blanket. In accordance with the present invention a generally planar sheet of material having a plurality of resilient side extensions extending from a central body is used to close an inlet port within an inflatable thermal blanket. In accordance with the preferred invention, the generally circular portion of the central body has a diameter which is slightly smaller than the diameter of the inlet port. Preferably, for extensions extend from the central body each extension being generally circular. Each extension is preferably formed from the same material used to form the central body, and is sufficiently resilient to be easily flexed and to return to an essentially coplanar sheet when released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: Randall C. Arnold, Scott D. Augustine
  • Patent number: 6254337
    Abstract: An air blower unit operates with reduced noise while providing a stream of warmed air. The blower unit includes a housing with an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end. A support positions the housing above a support surface such that the inlet points toward the support surface, and the outlet does not point away from the support surface. A rotatable blower creates an airstream by flowing air into the housing through the inlet and out of the housing through the outlet. The outlet is coupled to a delivery conduit having an elbow that absorbs some noise from the blower, and reflects remaining noise downward. The delivery conduit may be connected to a convective thermal blanket, for example. A motor, mechanically linked to the blower, rotates the blower and resides in the housing upstream of the blower. A heater, interposed between the blower and the motor, heats the fluid stream as it passes the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Randall C. Arnold
  • Patent number: 6248084
    Abstract: A non-contact wound treatment device having a flexible portion to accommodate patient motion without peeling off. A removable wound heater may be used to treat the wound area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold, Donald E. Stapf, Gregory P. Hamlin
  • Patent number: 6241755
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for conveniently and removably sealing inlet ports within an inflatable thermal blanket. In accordance with the present invention a generally planar sheet of material having a plurality of resilient side extensions extending from a central body is used to close an inlet port within an inflatable thermal blanket. In accordance with the preferred invention, the generally circular portion of the central body has a diameter which is slightly smaller than the diameter of the inlet port. Preferably, for extensions extend from the central body each extension being generally circular. Each extension is preferably formed from the same material used to form the central body, and is sufficiently resilient to be easily flexed and to return to an essentially coplanar sheet when released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall C. Arnold, Scott D. Augustine
  • Patent number: 6228107
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for conveniently and removably sealing inlet ports within an inflatable thermal blanket. In accordance with the present invention a generally planar sheet of material having a plurality of resilient side extensions extending from a central body is used to close an inlet port within an inflatable thermal blanket. In accordance with the preferred invention, the generally circular portion of the central body has a diameter which is slightly smaller than the diameter of the inlet port. Preferably, for extensions extend from the central body each extension being generally circular. Each extension is preferably formed from the same material used to form the central body, and is sufficiently resilient to be easily flexed and to return to an essentially coplanar sheet when released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall C. Arnold, Scott D. Augustine
  • Patent number: 6224623
    Abstract: A weight-bearing apparatus such as a cushion, prosthetic device, or bed mattress includes a support surface having a shaped or sculpted portion that conforms to the shape of a body portion being supported. The shaped portion fits to the body portion, thereby to position the body portion so as to situate one or more weight-bearing parts of the body portion over specific zones of the support surface that are cooled below normal body temperature. The reduced temperature applied to the zones of the support surface removes heat from the weight-bearing areas, thereby reducing the risk of injury to tissue in those areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Paul Anthony Iaizzo, Ephraim M. Sparrow, Paul Steven Johnson, Randall C. Arnold
  • Patent number: 6210428
    Abstract: Hypothermia is treated using an inflatable cover having an undersurface for expelling warmed air and a heater/blower assembly for inflating the inflatable cover. In one embodiment, the heater/blower assembly maintains the temperature of the warmed air expelled through the undersurface in a range of 85.2° F. to 117.7° F. In another embodiment, the heater/blower assembly maintains temperature of the warmed air provided to inflate the inflatable cover in a range of 113.3° F. to 121.3° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold
  • Patent number: 6210427
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a human or animal body, while selectively cooling weight-bearing areas of the body in order to prevent or reduce damage from ischemia includes a cooling layer that is partitioned into a plurality of zones, and a surface disposed over the cooling layer to support the body. Each zone of the cooling layer is disposed for cooling a respective portion of the surface. Means are provided to selectively operate one or more zones of the plurality of the zones to cool a portion of the surface that receives pressure from a weight-bearing surface of the body being supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Paul Anthony Iaizzo, Ephraim M. Sparrow, Paul Steven Johnson, Randall C. Arnold
  • Patent number: 6126393
    Abstract: An air blower unit operates with reduced noise while providing a stream of warmed air. The blower unit includes a housing with an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end. A support positions the housing above a support surface such that the inlet points toward the support surface, and the outlet does not point away from the support surface. A rotatable blower creates an airstream by flowing air into the housing through the inlet and out of the housing through the outlet. The outlet is coupled to a delivery conduit having an elbow that absorbs some noise from the blower, and reflects remaining noise downward. The delivery conduit my be connected to a convective thermal blanket, for example. A motor, mechanically linked to the blower, rotates the blower and resides in the housing upstream of the blower. A heater, interposed between the blower and the motor, heats the fluid stream as it passes the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Randall C. Arnold
  • Patent number: 6123716
    Abstract: A weight-bearing apparatus such as a cushion, prosthetic device, or bed mattress includes a support surface having a shaped or sculpted portion that conforms to the shape of a body portion being supported. The shaped portion fits to the body portion, thereby to position the body portion so as to situate one or more weight-bearing parts of the body portion over specific zones of the support surface that are cooled below normal body temperature. The reduced temperature applied to the zones of the support surface removes heat from the weight-bearing areas, thereby reducing the risk of injury to tissue in those areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Paul Anthony Iaizzo, Ephraim M. Sparrow, Paul Steven Johnson, Randall C. Arnold
  • Patent number: 6093160
    Abstract: A non-contact wound treatment device suitable for releasable attachment to a patient's skin surface over a selected wound area in a non-contact position relative to the selected wound area, the wound treatment device comprising an attachment portion suitable for releasable attachment with the patient's skin surface, having an inner perimeter for defining the selected wound area, a wound treatment portion with a substantially planar wound cover and a support member supporting the wound cover, and a transition portion with a membrane connecting the wound treatment portion to the attachment portion, the membrane extending around the outer perimeter of the support member and attached to the attachment portion between the inner and outer perimeter of the attachment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold, Gregory P. Hamlin, Donald E. Stapf, Keith J. Leland
  • Patent number: 6070581
    Abstract: A laryngeal airway device includes an air tube with proximal and distal ends, and a sealing member attached to the distal end of the air tube. The sealing member includes an anterior surface adapted to seat in the throat, against the hyoid bone, and to stretch the laryngeal inlet. A hole extends through the anterior surface and the sealing member and communicates through an air passage with the distal end of the air tube. When the sealing member is seated in the throat, the hole is contained within the rim of the stretched laryngeal inlet, with which the anterior surface forms a seal that surrounds the hole. Airway patency is thereby ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold, Thomas W. McGrail
  • Patent number: 6033432
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a human or animal body, while selectively cooling weight-bearing areas of the body in order to prevent or reduce damage from ischemia includes a cooling layer that is partitioned into a plurality of zones, and a surface disposed over the cooling layer to support the body. Each zone of the cooling layer is disposed for cooling a respective portion of the surface. Means are provided to selectively operate one or more zones of the plurality of the zones to cool a portion of the surface that receives pressure from a weight-bearing surface of the body being supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Augustine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Paul Anthony Iaizzo, Ephraim M. Sparrow, Paul Steven Johnson, Randall C. Arnold
  • Patent number: 6013097
    Abstract: A non-contact wound treatment device having a flexible portion to accommodate patient motion without peeling off. A removable wound heater may be used to treat the wound area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Augautine Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold, Donald E. Stapf, Gregory P. Hamlin