Patents by Inventor Steven M. Fannon

Steven M. Fannon 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).

  • SLEEP APNEA TREATMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130139819
    Abstract: A sleep apnea treatment device that includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and an energy storage component. The first chamber receives a patient's exhaled breath, which causes the second chamber to be expanded with fresh air that is drawn in during expansion of the second chamber. Energy from the patient's exhaled breath is stored in the energy storage component and then used to expel the air in the second chamber under positive pressure into the patient's airway. The first chamber can expand during the patient's exhaled breath which causes a plate or other movable member to simultaneously expand the second chamber to thereby draw in the fresh air that is subsequently expelled to the patient using the energy in the energy storage component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Ronald D. Chervin, Katya B. Christenson, Steven M. Fannon, Joseph W. Jacquemin, Davina A. Widjaja, Kathleen Sienko