Patents by Inventor Warren F. Dahlin, Jr.

Warren F. Dahlin, Jr. 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).

  • Contracture means and methods
    Patent number: 5882280
    Abstract: An elongated yieldable conical element has a nonrigid body which is compressible to a conical shape increasing in diameter from a narrow diameter end. The conical element is used in a method of treating a contracture of successive fingers of the hand by threading a narrow and of the element through successive curled fingers of the hand and engaging the conical end at about the narrow diameter end to apply outwardly directed force to the fingers of the hand to open the curl to some extent with minimized discomfort to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Alimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Warren F. Dahlin, Jr.
  • Contracture means and method
    Patent number: 5830108
    Abstract: An elongated yieldable conical element has a nonrigid body which is compressible to a conical shape increasing in diameter from a narrow diameter end. The conical element is used in a method of treating a contracture of successive fingers of the hand by threading a narrow and of the element through successive curled fingers of the hand and engaging the conical end at about the narrow diameter end to apply outwardly directed force to the fingers of the hand to open the curl to some extent with minimized discomfort to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Alimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Warren F. Dahlin, Jr.