Patents by Inventor Walter G. Leonard

Walter G. Leonard 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).

  • Method for increasing bone density in humans
    Patent number: 4994449
    Abstract: A method of increasing the bone density of post-menopausal women employs a calendar-oriented regimen of estrogen, progesterone and calcium. Such a regimen may be dispensed from a calendar-oriented pill dispenser having numerical indicia identifying each pill-containing enclosure with a given calendar date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Modulus III, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter G. Leonard
  • Calendar-oriented pill dispenser
    Patent number: 4736849
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to store and aid in the dispensing of calendar-oriented drugs is disclosed in which the apparatus comprises a carrier containing a plurality of pill-containing enclosures, the enclosures arranged in rows. Numerical and/or alphanumerical indicia are associated with the enclosures so that each enclosure is associated with only one day in a calendar month. One or more additional enclosures in different rows may also be associated with the same calendar date. Corresponding indicia on the reverse side of the carrier aid in the determination of which enclosure(s) to open. In this way the user can easily determine and verify that the proper enclosure(s) has been opened. The package also provides a visual indication of calendar days for which pills have not been used by the patient and in this way provides patient compliance information to the physician prescribing such drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Inventors: Walter G. Leonard, Henry P. Doble, Jr., Walter S. Nuckols
  • Calendar-oriented pill dispenser
    Patent number: 4534468
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to store and aid in the dispensing of calendar-oriented drugs is disclosed in which the apparatus comprises a package containing a plurality of pill-containing enclosures, the enclosures arranged in rows, each enclosure having a numerical indicia associated therewith corresponding to a day in a calendar month with corresponding indicia on the reverse side of the enclosure to aid in the determination of which pill enclosure to open. In this way the user can easily determine and verify that the proper enclosure has been opened. The package also provides a visual indication of calendar days for which pills have not been used by the patient and in this way provides patient compliance information to the physician prescribing such drugs. The dispensing apparatus is particularly suited to the administration of calendar-oriented prescription drugs for the treatment of menopausal symptoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Inventors: Walter S. Nuckols, Walter G. Leonard, Henry P. Doble, Jr.