Patents by Inventor Ronda Miller

Ronda Miller 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).

  • Method of donning a prosthetic limb
    Patent number: 8444703
    Abstract: An elevated vacuum locking system for prosthetic limb. An exemplary embodiment may include a plunger pin mounted to a flexible liner and including a through passage between a location proximate the exterior of the liner and a distal end of the plunger pin; a locking mechanism mounted within the distal end of a socket; a manifold mounted to the exterior of the distal end of the socket and including a cavity adapted to receive the distal end of the plunger pin when the patient's residual limb and the liner are installed into the socket, the manifold including a through passage connecting an interior of the cavity to an exterior fitting; and a vacuum pump operative to withdraw air from the interior of the socket via the through passage of the plunger pin, the cavity, and the through passage of the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Prosthetic Design Inc.
    Inventors: Tracy C. Slemker, Paul L. Galloway, Robert Hoskins, Steven Steinbarger, Ronda Miller
  • Plunger pin and manifold for a prosthetic limb
    Patent number: 8444702
    Abstract: An elevated vacuum locking system for prosthetic limb. An exemplary embodiment may include a plunger pin mounted to a flexible liner and including a through passage between a location proximate the exterior of the liner and a distal end of the plunger pin; a locking mechanism mounted within the distal end of a socket; a manifold mounted to the exterior of the distal end of the socket and including a cavity adapted to receive the distal end of the plunger pin when the patient's residual limb and the liner are installed into the socket, the manifold including a through passage connecting an interior of the cavity to an exterior fitting; and a vacuum pump operative to withdraw air from the interior of the socket via the through passage of the plunger pin, the cavity, and the through passage of the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Prosthetic Design, Inc
    Inventors: Tracy C. Slemker, Paul L. Galloway, Robert Hoskins, Steven Steinbarger, Ronda Miller
  • PLUNGER PIN AND MANIFOLD FOR A PROSTHETIC LIMB
    Publication number: 20110196510
    Abstract: An elevated vacuum locking system for prosthetic limb. An exemplary embodiment may include a plunger pin mounted to a flexible liner and including a through passage between a location proximate the exterior of the liner and a distal end of the plunger pin; a locking mechanism mounted within the distal end of a socket; a manifold mounted to the exterior of the distal end of the socket and including a cavity adapted to receive the distal end of the plunger pin when the patient's residual limb and the liner are installed into the socket, the manifold including a through passage connecting an interior of the cavity to an exterior fitting; and a vacuum pump operative to withdraw air from the interior of the socket via the through passage of the plunger pin, the cavity, and the through passage of the manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Tracy C. Slemker, Paul L. Galloway, Robert Hoskins, Steven Steinbarger, Ronda Miller
  • METHOD OF DONNING A PROSTHETIC LIMB
    Publication number: 20110196511
    Abstract: An elevated vacuum locking system for prosthetic limb. An exemplary embodiment may include a plunger pin mounted to a flexible liner and including a through passage between a location proximate the exterior of the liner and a distal end of the plunger pin; a locking mechanism mounted within the distal end of a socket; a manifold mounted to the exterior of the distal end of the socket and including a cavity adapted to receive the distal end of the plunger pin when the patient's residual limb and the liner are installed into the socket, the manifold including a through passage connecting an interior of the cavity to an exterior fitting; and a vacuum pump operative to withdraw air from the interior of the socket via the through passage of the plunger pin, the cavity, and the through passage of the manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Tracy C. Slemker, Paul L. Galloway, Robert Hoskins, Steven Steinbarger, Ronda Miller
  • Elevated vacuum locking system
    Patent number: 7927377
    Abstract: An elevated vacuum locking system for prosthetic limb. An exemplary embodiment may include a plunger pin mounted to a flexible liner and including a through passage between a location proximate the exterior of the liner and a distal end of the plunger pin; a locking mechanism mounted within the distal end of a socket; a manifold mounted to the exterior of the distal end of the socket and including a cavity adapted to receive the distal end of the plunger pin when the patient's residual limb and the liner are installed into the socket, the manifold including a through passage connecting an interior of the cavity to an exterior fitting; and a vacuum pump operative to withdraw air from the interior of the socket via the through passage of the plunger pin, the cavity, and the through passage of the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Prosthetic Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracy C. Slemker, Paul L. Galloway, Robert Hoskins, Steven Steinbarger, Ronda Miller
  • ELEVATED VACUUM LOCKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090306791
    Abstract: An elevated vacuum locking system for prosthetic limb. An exemplary embodiment may include a plunger pin mounted to a flexible liner and including a through passage between a location proximate the exterior of the liner and a distal end of the plunger pin; a locking mechanism mounted within the distal end of a socket; a manifold mounted to the exterior of the distal end of the socket and including a cavity adapted to receive the distal end of the plunger pin when the patient's residual limb and the liner are installed into the socket, the manifold including a through passage connecting an interior of the cavity to an exterior fitting; and a vacuum pump operative to withdraw air from the interior of the socket via the through passage of the plunger pin, the cavity, and the through passage of the manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Tracy C. Slemker, Paul L. Galloway, Robert Hoskins, Steven Steinbarger, Ronda Miller