Patents by Inventor Tommy C. Cushing

Tommy C. Cushing 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).

  • Patent number: 7727194
    Abstract: Disclosed is a drug-delivery cassette for use with a drug delivery device. The cassette includes a main board and a luer site base portion connected to the main board for positioning a luer on the main board. A drip chamber is included on the main board to collect any drug that exits the luer when the luer is attached to the luer site portion. A deflectable sensor beam is positioned to detect the presence or absence of a luer in the luer site base portion. The drug-delivery cassette further includes a drug vial spike attachable to and detachable from the cassette main board that is connected to the luer by way of a drug delivery tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil K. Nalagatla, Charles B. Burford, Tommy C. Cushing, William T. Donofrio, Richard W. Flaker, Ross Krogh, Lee K. Kulle, Louis Sabo
  • Publication number: 20090133699
    Abstract: Disclosed is a respiratory cannula assembly to deliver and receive gases from a patient. The cannula assembly contains two oral prongs for delivering and receiving gases from the patient as well as at least one gas delivery nasal prong and at least one gas receiving nasal prong. The gas receiving nasal prong extends further into the patients nostril than the gas delivery nasal prong. The cannula assembly further contains a connector that aids in coupling to a medical device, the connector including independent oral and nasal moisture traps that remove moisture from exhaled patient gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Anil K. Nalagatla, Gregory D. Bishop, Tommy C. Cushing, Richard W. Flaker, David J. Keilholz, Lee K. Kulle, Louis Sabo
  • Patent number: D546947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil K. Nalagatla, Tommy C. Cushing, Louis Sabo, Lee K. Kulle, Donald L. Reynolds, Richard W. Flaker
  • Patent number: D559383
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil K. Nalagatla, Tommy C. Cushing, Louis Sabo, Lee K. Kulle, Donald L. Reynolds, II, Richard W. Flaker
  • Patent number: D613184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil K. Nalagatla, Tommy C. Cushing, Louis Sabo, Lee K. Kulle, Michael John Miller, Richard W. Flaker, Gregory D. Bishop
  • Patent number: D621722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Inventors: Anil K. Nalagatla, Tommy C. Cushing, Louis Sabo, Lee K. Kulle, Michael John Miller, Richard W. Flaker, Gregory D. Bishop