Patents by Inventor Scott McKnite

Scott McKnite 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).

  • Ventilator and methods for treating head trauma and low blood circulation
    Patent number: 7836881
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention provides a device for decreasing intracranial or intraocular pressures. The device comprises a housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening that is adapted to be interfaced with a person's airway. The device further includes a valve system that is operable to regulate respiratory gas flows through the housing and into the person's lungs during spontaneous or artificial inspiration. The valve system assists in lowering intrathoracic pressures during each inspiration to repetitively lower pressures in the venous blood vessels that transport blood out of the head to thereby reduce intracranial or intraocular pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith G. Lurie, Scott McKnite
  • Ventilator and methods for treating head trauma and low blood circulation
    Publication number: 20040231664
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention provides a device for decreasing intracranial or intraocular pressures. The device comprises a housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening that is adapted to be interfaced with a person's airway. The device further includes a valve system that is operable to regulate respiratory gas flows through the housing and into the person's lungs during spontaneous or artificial inspiration. The valve system assists in lowering intrathoracic pressures during each inspiration to repetitively lower pressures in the venous blood vessels that transport blood out of the head to thereby reduce intracranial or intraocular pressures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith G. Lurie, Scott McKnite
  • Stimulatory device and methods to electrically stimulate the phrenic nerve
    Patent number: 6587726
    Abstract: The invention provides exemplary devices and methods electrically stimulating the phrenic nerve. In one embodiment, electrodes are placed posterior and anterior in the region of the cervical vertebrae. Electrical current having a multi-phasic waveform is periodically applied to the electrodes to stimulate the phrenic nerve, thereby causing the diaphragm to contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: CPRx LLC
    Inventors: Keith G. Lurie, Todd M. Zielinski, Wolfgang Voelckel, Robert Patterson, Nemer Samniah, Scott McKnite, Karl Lindner
  • Stimulatory device and methods to electrically stimulate the phrenic nerve
    Publication number: 20020188332
    Abstract: The invention provides exemplary devices and methods electrically stimulating the phrenic nerve. In one embodiment, electrodes are placed posterior and anterior in the region of the cervical vertebrae. Electrical current having a multi-phasic waveform is periodically applied to the electrodes to stimulate the phrenic nerve, thereby causing the diaphragm to contract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: CPRx LLC
    Inventors: Keith G. Lurie, Todd M. Zielinski, Wolfgang Voelckel, Robert Patterson, Nemer Samniah, Scott McKnite, Karl Lindner
  • Stimulatory device and methods to electrically stimulate the phrenic nerve
    Patent number: 6463327
    Abstract: Provided are exemplary devices and methods for electrically stimulating the phrenic nerve. In one embodiment, electrodes are placed posterior and anterior in the region of the cervical vertebrae. Electrical current having a multi-phasic waveform is periodically applied to the electrodes to stimulate the phrenic nerve, thereby causing the diaphragm to contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: CPRX LLC
    Inventors: Keith G. Lurie, Todd M. Zielinski, Wolfgang Voelckel, Robert Patterson, Nemer Samniah, Scott McKnite, Karl Lindner