Patents by Inventor Roger A. Sramek

Roger A. Sramek 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: 20120073057
    Abstract: A pillow for supporting the head of a reclining body. The pillow has a core formed with variable displacement parameters along the length and width and the pillow has a cover formed of a soft material for encasing the core. The cover imparts a soft feeling to the head on the pillow and distributes the weight of the head over the core. The core and the cover are displaced by the head as a function of the displacement parameters of the core so that the pillow functions to control the alignment of the head in a comfortable sleeping position while maintaining natural neck and head alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventor: Roger A. Sramek
  • Patent number: 8006758
    Abstract: An enhanced oil recovery method and apparatus for thermal processing of polymer-based waste to produce organic and inorganic processed materials. The organic and inorganic processed materials are injected as an injection stream into the ground to liberate ground oil. The liberated ground oil is withdrawn from the ground. The injection stream interacts with the ground oil to form a new oil and the new oil including the ground oil is withdrawn from the ground. Thermal processing is done with pyrolysis of waste tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas A. Reynolds, Roger A. Sramek
  • Publication number: 20090266541
    Abstract: An enhanced oil recovery method and apparatus for thermal processing of polymer-based waste to produce organic and inorganic processed materials. The organic and inorganic processed materials are injected as an injection stream into the ground to liberate ground oil. The liberated ground oil is withdrawn from the ground. The injection stream interacts with the ground oil to form a new oil and the new oil including the ground oil is withdrawn from the ground. Thermal processing is done with pyrolysis of waste tires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas A. Reynolds, Roger A. Sramek
  • Publication number: 20080086818
    Abstract: A pillow having a length, a width and a height for supporting a head of a reclining body. The pillow is formed of a core formed with variable displacement parameters along the length and width in the direction of the height. The core includes an outer region surrounding, at least in part, an inner region where the inner region forms one or more cavities within the outer region to establish the variable displacement parameters. The variable displacement parameters allow the head to deform the pillow in the direction of the height of the pillow in proximity to the cavities for controlling alignment of the head in a comfortable sleeping position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Roger A. Sramek, David E. Lovejoy, Roger S. Smith
  • Publication number: 20070196791
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for recovering dental pulp from dentition of a donor are disclosed, wherein the pulp from within extracted teeth utilizing such methods and apparatus is harvested, while preserving a sterile environment and avoiding trauma and infection, and stem cells, dendritic cells, and other cells isolating from the pulp, and the various cells propagated and expanded for subsequent use in repair or regeneration of tissues of the body, for therapeutic treatments, and other medical purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Roger Sramek, Bahram Javid
  • Publication number: 20060252151
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for recovering dental pulp from dentition of a donor are disclosed, wherein the pulp from within extracted teeth utilizing such methods and apparatus is harvested, while preserving a sterile environment and avoiding trauma and infection, and stem cells, dendritic cells, and other cells isolating from the pulp, and the various cells propagated and expanded for subsequent use in repair or regeneration of tissues of the body, for therapeutic treatments, and other medical purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventor: Roger Sramek
  • Publication number: 20060191805
    Abstract: Closure systems for food containers, and methods for mixing foods in portable containers is disclosed, using new apparatus for closing portable containers to store and transport foods, and new processes for mixing those foods prior to final or on-site dispensing and use, in which the food mixing takes place within the container, generally prior to its opening, as chambers or compartments within a container are opened to other chambers or compartments within the same container by transmission of pressure or tension from the exterior of the container, to one or more points, lines, or channels in one or more walls of chambers within the container, thereby opening one or more channels between such chambers through which food, fluids, or materials may travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Marc Vogel, Philip Torbet, Roger Sramek
  • Patent number: 6849051
    Abstract: This invention provides medical devices and methods for extracting cellular samples from a bone cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: StemSource LLC
    Inventors: Roger Sramek, Roger S. Smith
  • Publication number: 20050014256
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for recovering dental pulp from dentition of a donor are disclosed, wherein the pulp from within extracted teeth utilizing such methods and apparatus is harvested, while preserving a sterile environment and avoiding trauma and infection, and stem cells, dendritic cells, and other cells isolating from the pulp, and the various cells propagated and expanded for subsequent use in repair or regeneration of tissues of the body, for therapeutic treatments, and other medical purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventor: Roger Sramek
  • Publication number: 20030055373
    Abstract: This invention provides medical devices and methods for extracting cellular samples from a bone cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: StemSource LLC
    Inventors: Roger Sramek, Roger S. Smith
  • Publication number: 20030005521
    Abstract: Pillows which are designed to fit the legs of a user during sleep or recovery from surgery are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Applicant: Les Nuages, LLC
    Inventor: Roger Sramek
  • Publication number: 20010032365
    Abstract: Pillows which are designed to fit the legs of a user during sleep or recovery from surgery are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventor: Roger Sramek
  • Patent number: 6006380
    Abstract: An adjustable cervical pillow, with beautification properties, for supporting the head and neck of a person. The cervical pillow includes a resilient pillow body with a resilient upper portion that includes a plurality of depressions on a top face of the resilient upper portion for receiving a person's ear during use. The pillow body further includes a central depression and at least one head adjusting shim. The top face includes a raised cervical support region for supporting the neck of a user during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Les Nuages, LLC
    Inventor: Roger Sramek
  • Patent number: 5926880
    Abstract: Cervical pillows with beautification properties for supporting the head and neck of a person are provided. Pillows have a resilient pillow body having an adjustable height head rest, a resilient pillow body having a resilient upper portion with a plurality of depressions on a top face of the resilient upper portion for receiving the person's ears, a top face with a planar portion with a downward angular planar declination, and a resilient lower portion with a bottom face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Les Nuages, LLC
    Inventor: Roger Sramek
  • Patent number: 5781947
    Abstract: Cervical pillows with beautification properties for supporting the head and neck of a person are provided. Pillows have a resilient pillow body having an adjustable height head rest, a resilient pillow body having a resilient upper portion with a plurality of depressions on a top face of the resilient upper portion for receiving the person's ears, a top face with a planar portion with a downward angular planar declination, and a resilient lower portion with a bottom face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Inventor: Roger Sramek
  • Patent number: D416742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Les Nuages, LLC
    Inventor: Roger Sramek