Patents by Inventor T. Nicholas Anderson

T. Nicholas Anderson 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).

  • Apparatus for collecting sharps
    Patent number: 8584850
    Abstract: A container for collecting sharps includes an opening adapted to receive sharps in a substantially vertical orientation, and an interior region for storing sharps received through the opening. The container includes a means for reorienting the sharps into an arrangement in which the sharps lie substantially parallel to one another within the interior region of the container. A method for configuring a sharps collection container includes the step of positioning a contoured surface of a guide element beneath an opening of the container to reorient sharps that are deposited through the opening into an arrangement in which the sharps are stored substantially parallel to one another in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Covidien AG
    Inventors: T. Nicholas Anderson, Tara Riesenburger, John Japuntich, Michael Liscio, Patricia Wright