Patents by Inventor Robert S. Kring

Robert S. Kring 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).

  • Publication number: 20030087734
    Abstract: A device for insertion into the birth canal of a female user, comprising an asymmetrical, inflatable, bulb defining an outer surface, the bulb sized and shaped so as to define a crease along at least a portion of the surface adapted to be placed in registry with the user's urethra when the bulb is inflated, the bulb further sized and shaped to contact the bulbocavernous facia, pubococcygeal facia and illiococcygeal facia when inflated, and means for inflating and deflating the bulb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Robert S. Kring, Richard A. Barber
  • Patent number: 5217435
    Abstract: A device/apparatus that enhances the armamentarium of a physician in addressing coronary artery disease by providing the means by which a physician can have at his or her disposal two different and distinct PTCA balloon catheters in one. The device/apparatus is capable of converting a "movable wire balloon catheter" device into a "fixed wire balloon catheter" device, by merely attaching/connecting the (device/apparatus) wire converter system to the proximal center lumen of the wye connector housing of the "movable wire balloon catheter" device. The device/apparatus, wire converter system, could also be incorporated into the proximal wye connector housing of a "movable wire balloon catheter" device, thus enabling such a device to be convertible to a "fixed wire balloon catheter" device also. The device/apparatus, wire converter system, is also applicable as a standard wire torquing tool; to be used under routine application as are all other wire torque tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Inventor: Robert S. Kring