Patents by Inventor Scott D. Augustine

Scott D. Augustine 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).

  • Heating blanket
    Patent number: 8283602
    Abstract: An electric heating blanket including a flexible sheet-like heating element and a shell. The shell covers the heating blanket an includes two sheets of flexible material welded together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Augustine Temperature Management LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold, Ryan S. Augustine, Rudolf A. Deibel, Scott A. Entenman, Gordon D. Lawrence, Keith J. Leland, Thomas F. Neils
  • NON-INVASIVE CORE TEMPERATURE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20120238901
    Abstract: A core temperature sensor and a method of using such a sensor to non-invasively measure a temperature of a core thermal compartment of a human body or other mammals. A heater of the core temperature sensor heats a peripheral area to a temperature greater than the core temperature. A skin temperature sensor of the core temperature sensor monitors a cooling of the peripheral area to determine the core temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: AUGUSTINE BIOMEDICAL & DESIGN LLC
    Inventor: Scott D. Augustine
  • PERSONAL AIR FILTRATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120024154
    Abstract: A personal air filtration device and methods of using the same for providing a zone of filtered air proximate a breathing zone of a user are described. A blower provides an air flow to a head support which delivers the air flow to a zone proximate the users head. The air flow passes through a filter. The filter can be a point of delivery filter disposed about an air permeable surface of the head support. The delivered air flow can provide a laminar air flow defining a zone of filtered air about the user's breathing zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: AUGUSTINE BIOMEDICAL AND DESIGN, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Mark C. Albrecht, Randall C. Arnold, Ryan S. Augustine, Ryan Barrows, Andrew McGregor
  • Surgical barrier device incorporating an inflatable thermal blanket with an attached surgical drape
    Patent number: 8105370
    Abstract: A surgical barrier device includes an inflatable thermal blanket with an attached surgical drape. The inflatable thermal blanket is inflatable through an inlet by a thermally-controlled inflating medium. An aperture array on the undersurface of the inflatable thermal blanket exhausts the thermally controlled inflating medium from the inflatable thermal blanket. The surgical drape extends from the inflatable thermal blanket and is sized to substantially cover the entirety of the patient's body. Where patient access is required, that drape has an opening to provide access to a surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Arizant Healthcare Inc.
    Inventor: Scott D. Augustine
  • NECK-WORN AIR FILTRATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110315142
    Abstract: A neck-worn personal air filtration device for providing a zone of filtered air around or near a user's breathing zone is described. The device comprises a blower, a hose, and a neck-worn plenum including a filter. Air blown from the blower, passes through the hose and into the plenum exiting the plenum. The air is filtered by a filter for breathing by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: AUGUSTINE BIOMEDICAL AND DESIGN, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Mark C. Albrecht, Randall C. Arnold, Ryan S. Augustine, Ryan Barrows, Andrew McGregor
  • Heating blanket
    Patent number: 8062343
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a heating blanket that can be secured to the head and at least one arm of a patient while leaving the patient's chest and abdomen remain substantially exposed. The head and arms tend to be excellent heat exchange surfaces. These surfaces can also be relatively large for heating purposes. Thus, many embodiments are able to warm patients effectively while leaving the chest and abdomen exposed and unobstructed, thereby providing enhanced access for caregivers in surgery and/or observation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Augustine Temperature Management LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Ryan S. Augustine
  • HEATING BLANKETS AND PADS
    Publication number: 20110233185
    Abstract: An electric heating blanket includes a flexible sheet-like heating element, a first unheated flap extending from a first edge of the heating element, and a second unheated flap extending from a second edge of the heating element. A flexible water-resistant shell may cover the heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: AUGUSTINE TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Scott A. Entenman, Keith J. Leland, Gordon D. Lawrence
  • Wound covering
    Patent number: 7928281
    Abstract: A non-contact wound covering for covering a wound includes a peripheral sealing ring. The peripheral sealing ring is covered by a barrier layer and this assembly is attached to the skin with an adhesive. The barrier layer and peripheral sealing ring together define a treatment volume over the wound. Treatment fluid is introduced into the treatment volume through an inlet, and is exhausted therefrom through an outlet or an exhaust filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Arizant Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Scott D. Augustine
  • Intravenous fluid warming cassette system
    Publication number: 20110046551
    Abstract: A fluid warming cassette system in which the cassette has a stiffening frame structure and an integral handle is provided to support a parenteral fluid container. The fluid container is desirably thin to minimize heat exchange inefficiencies. The frame structure permits the thin fluid container to be inserted into the narrow space between fixed position warming plates of a warming unit. The frame structure has a quadrilateral shape with sides and ends. The fluid container is attached, at its periphery to the sides and ends of the frame structure, within the quadrilateral shape. Part of the frame structure is formed into a handle to assist in both the insertion and removal of the cassette from a warming unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Arizant Healthcare Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Scott A. Entenman, Keith J. Leland, Gary R. Maharaj, Teryl L. Woodwick-Sides
  • Patient comfort apparatus and system
    Publication number: 20110022135
    Abstract: An apparatus, a system, and a method for thermally comforting a patient include pneumatic, convective device providing thermal treatment for persons or animals, which is adapted for use in combination with a clinical garment such as a hospital gown, robe, bib, and other equivalents. The pneumatic convective device provides convective warming focused or directed primarily on the thorax or body core. The pneumatic convective device includes at least one inlet for being accessed through a clinical garment, a region in distribution with the inlet for distributing a stream of pressurized, thermally treated air, and a permeable member for emitting pressurized, thermally treated air from the distribution region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Arizant Healthcare Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Thomas Peter Anderson, Randall Charles Arnold
  • Electric warming blanket having optimized temperature zones
    Patent number: 7851729
    Abstract: An electric heating blanket system includes a flexible sheet-like heating element having a substantially uniform watt density output across a surface area thereof, when the heating element is electrically powered. A temperature sensor is coupled to the heating element at a location where the heating element will be in conductive contact with a body when the blanket is draped over the body. The system further includes a temperature controller coupled to the temperature sensor, and an electric power source coupled to the heating element and to the temperature controller, the power source being controlled to provide the watt density output for the heating element according to a temperature sensed by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Augustine Temperature Management LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold, Rudolf A. Deibel, Scott A. Entenman, Keith J. Leland, Thomas F. Neils
  • Intravenous fluid warming cassette
    Patent number: 7853131
    Abstract: A fluid warming cassette with a stiffening frame structure and an integral handle is provided to support a parenteral fluid container. The fluid container is desirably thin to minimize heat exchange inefficiencies. The frame structure permits the thin fluid container to be inserted into the narrow space between fixed position warming plates of a warming unit. The frame structure has a quadrilateral shape with sides and ends. The fluid container is attached, at its periphery to the sides and ends of the frame structure, within the quadrilateral shape. Part of the frame structure is formed into a handle to assist in both the insertion and removal of the cassette from a warming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Arizant Healthcare Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Scott A. Entenman, Keith J. Leland, Gary R. Maharaj, Teryl L. Woodwick-Sides
  • Patient comfort apparatus and system
    Patent number: 7837721
    Abstract: Apparatus and a system for thermally comforting a patient include pneumatic, convective providing thermal treatment for persons or animals, which is adapted for use in combination with a clinical garment such as a hospital gown, robe, bib, and other equivalents. The pneumatic convective device provides convective warming focused or directly primarily on the thorax or body core. The pneumatic convective device includes at least one inlet for being accessed through a clinical garment, a region in distribution with the inlet for distributing a stream of pressurized, thermally treated air, and a permeable member for emitting pressurized, thermally treated air from the distribution region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Arizant Healthcare Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Thomas Peter Anderson, Randall Charles Arnold
  • Heater for assisting in venous catheterization
    Patent number: 7825356
    Abstract: Certain embodiments pertain to a heater for warming a patient's extremity in order to cause vasodilation for facilitating venous catheterization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Augustine Biomedical and Design LLC
    Inventors: Karen Hewes, Scott D. Augustine, Mark C. Albrecht, Randall C. Arnold, Thomas F. Neils
  • Bus bar interfaces for flexible heating elements
    Patent number: 7786408
    Abstract: A flexible heating subassembly, which may be incorporated in an electric warming blanket or any other type of flexible heater, includes a single heater, which is preferably formed from an electrically conductive polymeric fabric. The subassembly further includes first and second conductive bus bars, each extending alongside a respective first and second edge of the heater, each being coupled to the heater by at least one row of stitching that extends along the respective bus bar. The edges of the heater may be folded over respective bus bars for coupling and each of the bus bars may terminate just beyond opposing ends of the heater. A ribbon of conductive material may be interposed between each of the bus bars and the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Hot Dog International LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold, Ryan S. Augustine, Rudolf A. Deibel, Scott A. Entenman, Gordon D. Lawrence, Keith J. Leland, Thomas F. Neils
  • TEMPERATURE SENSOR ASSEMBLIES FOR ELECTRIC WARMING BLANKETS
    Publication number: 20100204763
    Abstract: An electric warming blanket for warming patients during surgery and other medical procedures includes a flexible heater and a temperature sensor assembly coupled thereto; a first layer of water resistant material coupled to a second layer of water resistant material, about a perimeter of the heater, forms a substantially hermetically sealed space for the heater and the temperature sensor assembly. The blanket may further include a thermal insulation layer disposed between the temperature sensor assembly and the first layer of water resistant material. The temperature sensor assembly may provide input of an average temperature over a portion of a surface area of the heater to a temperature controller, when the heater and sensor assembly are coupled to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: HOT DOG INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Scott A. Entenman, Keith J. Leland, Gordon D. Lawrence
  • Tissue treatment device for an extremity
    Patent number: 7771377
    Abstract: A tissue treatment device suitable for use on an extremity, such as a hand or foot, includes a cover formed as a bag, sac, or pouch, and a support member disposable within the cover to support a portion of the cover off of, and out of contact with, tissue to be treated. The cover has an open end with attachment means disposed thereon for attachment to a limb whose extremity is received in the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Arizant Healthcare Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Stapf, Scott D. Augustine, Keith J. Leland
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFECTIVELY WARMING A PATIENT
    Publication number: 20100161016
    Abstract: A patient warming blanket includes a pouch and a flexible heating assembly. The flexible heating assembly is enclosed within the pouch and includes, at least in part, a flexible sheet-like heater and a temperature sensor assembly attached to the heater in proximity to a surface thereof; a visible marker is located on an exterior of the pouch to identify a location of the temperature sensor. A method for covering a patient with the patient warming blanket, in order to effectively warm the patient, includes viewing the marker so as to position an area of the blanket, which corresponds to the sensor location, for direct contact with the patient, when the blanket is placed over the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Augustine BioMedical and Design, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Keith J. Leland, Randall C. Arnold, Ryan S. Augustine, Gordon D. Lawrence, Thomas F. Neils
  • Bus bar attachments for flexible heating elements
    Patent number: 7714255
    Abstract: A flexible heating subassembly, that may be incorporated in a heating blanket or any other type of flexible heater, includes a flexible sheet-like heating element, or heater, to which first and second conductive bus bars are coupled, each with a respective first and second row of conductive stitching. A first electrically insulating member is interposed between the first bus bar and the heater and is secured therebetween by the first row of stitching, and a second electrically insulating member is interposed between the second bus bar and the heater and is secured therebetween by the second row of stitching. The first and second insulating members prevent direct electrical contact between respective first and second bus bars and the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Augustine BioMedical and Design, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold, Keith J. Leland
  • PERSONAL AIR FILTRATION DEVICE FOR USE WITH BEDDING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20100101418
    Abstract: Devices, methods and systems for creating a zone of filtered air proximate a head of a user including an air filtration device including a blower being configured to be disposed within, below, or affixed to a bedding structure, an air plenum in flow communication with the blower and in support of the head of the user and having an air delivery surface configured to distribute the air flow to the zone of filtered air, and a filter disposed within the device for filtering the air flow before it is distributed to the zone of filtered air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: AUGUSTINE BIOMEDICAL AND DESIGN, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Mark C. Albrecht, Joshua P. Waldman, Randall C. Arnold