Patents by Inventor Wilbur Haines

Wilbur Haines 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).

  • Prosthetic device utilizing electric vacuum pump
    Patent number: 7947085
    Abstract: Evacuation devices for evacuating the socket of a prosthetic limb, and prosthetic limb systems employing such vacuum devices. The evacuation devices each preferably include at least an electrically powered vacuum pump and a power source. Such evacuation devices can be attached at various locations on or in a prosthetic limb. Because the electrically powered pump does not require manual manipulation to create vacuum, it is substantially easier to use than a manual pump. Due to the small size and small power source required by such an electrically powered pump, an evacuation device may be readily incorporated into a prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: The Ohio Williow Wood Company
    Inventors: Wilbur A. Haines, James M. Colvin, Michael L. Haynes, Christopher T. Kelley, Mark W. Ford, Mark W. Groves, Jeffrey A. Denune
  • Prosthetic device utilizing electric vacuum pump
    Patent number: 7914586
    Abstract: An artificial limb using a vacuum attachment principle is provided with an electrically activated pump that may be readily incorporated into the artificial limb or into a separate portable device. Because the electrically activated pump does not require manual manipulation to create vacuum, it is substantially easier to use than a manual pump. Due to the small size and small battery required by the electrically activated pump disclosed here, it may be readily incorporated into a prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: The Ohio Willow Wood Company
    Inventor: Wilbur A. Haines
  • Prosthetic device utilizing electric vacuum pump
    Publication number: 20060282174
    Abstract: An artificial limb using a vacuum attachment principle is provided with an electrically activated pump that may be readily incorporated into the artificial limb or into a separate portable device. Because the electrically activated pump does not require manual manipulation to create vacuum, it is substantially easier to use than a manual pump. Due to the small size and small battery required by the electrically activated pump disclosed here, it may be readily incorporated into a prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventor: Wilbur Haines
  • PROSTHETIC DEVICE UTILIZING ELECTRIC VACUUM PUMP
    Publication number: 20060282175
    Abstract: Evacuation devices for evacuating the socket of a prosthetic limb, and prosthetic limb systems employing such vacuum devices. The evacuation devices each preferably include at least an electrically powered vacuum pump and a power source. Such evacuation devices can be attached at various locations on or in a prosthetic limb. Because the electrically powered pump does not require manual manipulation to create vacuum, it is substantially easier to use than a manual pump. Due to the small size and small power source required by such an electrically powered pump, an evacuation device may be readily incorporated into a prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Wilbur Haines, James Colvin, Michael Haynes, Christopher Kelley, Mark Ford, Mark Groves, Jeffrey Denune