Patents by Inventor Robert Ochsendorf

Robert Ochsendorf 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).

  • Apparatus for electrically disintegrating hypodermic needle
    Patent number: 7034243
    Abstract: A device used to disable hypodermic needles uses a power supply (10) and two electrodes (12,14) in a housing. One electrode is placed over the other electrode and slants down towards the other. A collar is used to ensure that when the hypodermic needle is inserted in the device, it will hit the electrodes at the proper point. When the hypodermic needle contacts both electrodes, electricity will flow from the power supply through the lower electrode and up the needle to the top electrode. The electrical resistance of the needle is very high so that it quickly heats up to cause disintegration of the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Jackson, Robert Ochsendorf, Dane Donohue
  • Apparatus for electrically disintegrating hypodermic needle
    Publication number: 20050072758
    Abstract: A device used to disable hypodermic needles uses a power supply (10) and two electrodes (12,14) in a housing. One electrode is placed over the other electrode and slants down towards the other. A collar is used to ensure that when the hypodermic needle is inserted in the device, it will hit the electrodes at the proper point When the hypodermic needle contacts both electrodes, electricity will flow from the power supply through the lower electrode and up the needle to the top electrode. The electrical resistance of the needle is very high so that it quickly heats up to cause disintegration of the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Kenneth Jackson, Robert Ochsendorf, Dane Donohue