Patents by Inventor Robert T. Ruland

Robert T. Ruland 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).

  • Self-contained cryothetrapy and suction system
    Patent number: 9610389
    Abstract: A method for treating wounds, comprised of the application of reduced pressure to a wound site and alteration of the temperature over said wound. A system for wound healing, comprising: a substantial impermeable drape sized to cover and enclose the wound creating a reservoir and adapted to maintain reduced pressure at the site of the wound; a sterilizable porous cooling pad incorporated into a wound sponge adapted to provide localized cooling to said wound, said cooling pad located between said wound and said cover or over the drape; a reduced pressure supply mechanism capable of providing subatmosphere pressure over said wound site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Robert T. Ruland
  • SELF-CONTAINED CRYOTHETRAPY AND SUCTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120220960
    Abstract: A method for treating wounds, comprised of the application of reduced pressure to a wound site and alteration of the temperature over said wound. A system for wound healing, comprising: a substantial impermeable drape sized to cover and enclose the wound creating a reservoir and adapted to maintain reduced pressure at the site of the wound; a sterilizable porous cooling pad incorporated into a wound sponge adapted to provide localized cooling to said wound, said cooling pad located between said wound and said cover or over the drape; a reduced pressure supply mechanism capable of providing subatmosphere pressure over said wound site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventor: Robert T. Ruland