Patents by Inventor Robert O. Becker
Robert O. Becker 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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Patent number: 8293964Abstract: A flexible, multilayer wound dressing with antibacterial and antifungal properties, together with methods for making the dressing. The dressing includes a layer of silver-containing fabric, a layer of absorbent material, and (optionally) a layer of flexible air-permeable and/or water-impermeable material. The dressing can be used for prophylactic and therapeutic care and treatment of skin infections and surface wounds (including surgical incisions), as a packing material, and as a swab for surface cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Argentum Medical, LLCInventors: Robert O. Becker, A. Bartholomew Flick, Adam J. Becker
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Patent number: 8283513Abstract: A flexible, multilayer wound dressing with antibacterial and antifungal properties, together with methods for making the dressing. The dressing includes a layer of silver-containing fabric, a layer of absorbent material, and (optionally) a layer of flexible air-permeable and/or water-impermeable material. The dressing can be used for prophylactic and therapeutic care and treatment of skin infections and surface wounds (including surgical incisions), as a packing material, and as a swab for surface cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2005Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Argentum Medical, LLCInventors: Robert O. Becker, A. Bartholomew Flick, Adam J. Becker
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Publication number: 20080114279Abstract: A flexible, multilayer wound dressing with antibacterial and antifungal properties, together with methods for making the dressing. The dressing includes a layer of silver-containing fabric, a layer of absorbent material, and (optionally) a layer of flexible air-permeable and/or water-impermeable material. The dressing can be used for prophylactic and therapeutic care and treatment of skin infections and surface wounds (including surgical incisions), as a packing material, and as a swab for surface cleaning.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2007Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Robert O. Becker, A. Bartholomew Flick, Adam J. Becker
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Patent number: 7157614Abstract: A treatment device having an antimicrobial sheet material operably connected to an appliance. The antimicrobial material includes a first layer of polymeric material such as a gel composition containing a block copolymer and mineral oil, and a second layer that contains a bactericidal metal such as silver. The appliance retains the antimicrobial material in a selected position in the user's mouth, nose, or other body cavity; it may assume a variety of configurations depending on position and extent of the treatment site.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2001Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Fountainhead, LLCInventors: Bruce G. Kania, Robert O. Becker, John Scofield
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Patent number: 7005556Abstract: A flexible, multilayer wound dressing with antibacterial and antifungal properties, together with methods for making the dressing. The dressing includes a layer of silver-containing fabric, a layer of absorbent material, and (optionally) a layer of a flexible air-permeable and/or water-impermeable material. The dressing can be used for prophylactic and therapeutic care and treatment of skin infections and surface wounds (including surgical incisions), as a packing material, and as a swab for surface cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1996Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Argentum MedicalInventors: Robert O. Becker, A. Bartholomew Flick, Adam J. Becker
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Publication number: 20040258738Abstract: A treatment device having an antimicrobial sheet material operably connected to an appliance. The antimicrobial material includes a first layer of polymeric material such as a gel composition containing a block copolymer and mineral oil, and a second layer that contains a bactericidal metal such as silver. The appliance retains the antimicrobial material in a selected position in the user's mouth, nose, or other body cavity; it may assume a variety of configurations depending on position and extent of the treatment site.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventors: Bruce G. Kania, Robert O. Becker, John W. Scofield
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Patent number: 5927919Abstract: The wedgelock of the present invention prevents the separation of structural members during drilling or other fabrication operations on structural assemblies with curved surfaces or thickness variations and precludes the formation of burrs and delaminations which might result from such separation. The wedgelock also permits more precise and repeatable hole and other feature fabrication by more precisely locating an alignment fixture, such as a drill plate, relative to a structural assembly upon which fabrication operations are to be performed. The bushed spring loaded wedgelock comprises a standard, commercially-available wedgelock modified by attaching a bushing within which a spring loaded spacer is telescopically mounted. Like a standard wedgelock, the bushed spring loaded wedgelock is inserted through collinear holes in a drill plate or other alignment fixture and a structural assembly to clamp the assembly to the fixture.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1998Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: McDonnell Douglas CorporationInventors: Thomas O. Blankenship, James L. Morrison, Robert O. Becker
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Patent number: 5855052Abstract: A jig for use in attaching a first part of a fastener assembly to a structural frame member having a fastener opening and at least one connector hole adjacent the fastener opening. The fastener assembly is of the type used for removably connecting a panel to the structural member. The first fastener part comprises a holder and a threaded stud retained in the holder. The holder has a flange having at least one opening formed therein and is adapted for permanent attachment to the structural member by a connector extending through the connector hole of the structural member and the opening in the holder. The jig comprises a body having a rotatable member with a head rotatably mounted in the body and a shank. The shank has threads matingly engageable with the threads on the stud of the first fastener part.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1997Date of Patent: January 5, 1999Assignee: McDonnell Douglas CorporationInventors: Robert O. Becker, Charles R. Nelson, Jr.
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Patent number: 5814094Abstract: An iontophoretic system for promoting tissue healing processes and inducing regeneration. The system includes a device and a method, a composition, and methods for making the composition in vitro and in vivo. The system is implemented by placing a flexible, silver-containing anode in contact with the wound, placing a cathode on intact skin near the anode, and applying a wound-specific DC voltage between the anode and the cathode. Electrically-generated silver ions from the anode penetrate into the adjacent tissues and undergo a sequence of reactions leading to formation of a silver-collagen complex. This complex acts as a biological inducer to cause the formation in vivo of an adequate blastema to support regeneration.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1996Date of Patent: September 29, 1998Inventors: Robert O. Becker, A. Bartholomew Flick, Adam J. Becker
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Patent number: 4528265Abstract: Living mammalian cells are modified by subjecting them to the influence of the ions from a metal electrode, for example of silver, which is placed in contact with them and which is made electrically positive, and causing a low intensity direct current to flow through them. The cells, which are relatively specialized, such as normal mammalian fibroblasts, assume a simpler, relatively unspecialized form and come to resemble hematopoetic or marrow-like cells.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1982Date of Patent: July 9, 1985Inventor: Robert O. Becker