Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Meaders

Thomas A. Meaders 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 administering a therapeutic agent into tissue using a needle as the material treatment module
    Patent number: 8591472
    Abstract: An apparatus for administering a therapeutic is provided. In various embodiments, the apparatus includes a syringe having a barrel and a plunger and having a material treatment module associated with a needle. The material treatment module may be an ozone generator that is initiated such that material containing ozone accumulates within the needle. The material can then be delivered from the barrel into a target site via the needle, thereby delivering therapeutic effects to that target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Ceramatec, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok V. Joshi, James Steppan, Jesse Nachlas, Thomas A. Meaders, Kieran P. Murphy
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING AND DISPENSING A MATERIAL INTO TISSUE
    Publication number: 20120022437
    Abstract: A method for administering a therapeutic is provided. In various embodiments, the method includes providing a handheld dispensing apparatus comprising a housing defining a chamber, a material treatment module in material communication with the chamber, an outlet in material communication with the chamber, and a needle in material communication with the outlet for releasing the material from the housing. The method includes collecting a precursor material in the chamber, activating the material treatment module, treating the precursor material collected in the chamber with the material treatment module to create a treated material, positioning the needle in a body, and dispensing the treated material out of the apparatus into the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Ashok Joshi, James Stephan, Jesse Nachlas, Thomas A. Meaders, Kieran P. Murphy
  • APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING A THERAPEUTIC AGENT INTO TISSUE USING A NEEDLE AS THE MATERIAL TREATMENT MODUEL
    Publication number: 20120022438
    Abstract: An apparatus for administering a therapeutic is provided. In various embodiments, the apparatus includes a syringe having a barrel and a plunger and having a material treatment module associated with a needle. The material treatment module may be an ozone generator that is initiated such that material containing ozone accumulates within the needle. The material can then be delivered from the barrel into a target site via the needle, thereby delivering therapeutic effects to that target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Ashok V. Joshi, James Steppan, Jesse Nachias, Thomas A. Meaders, Kieran P. Murphy
  • Apparatus and method for treating and dispensing a material into tissue
    Patent number: 8066659
    Abstract: An apparatus for administering a therapeutic is provided. In various embodiments, the apparatus includes a syringe having a barrel and a plunger and having a material treatment module associated therewith. The material treatment module may be an ozone generator that is initiated such that material containing ozone accumulates within the barrel. The material can then be delivered from the barrel into a target site via a needle, thereby delivering therapeutic effects to that target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Ceramatec, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok V. Joshi, James Steppan, Jesse Nachlas, Thomas A. Meaders, Kieran P. Murphy