JOHN M SHEPHERD, MD
Anesthesiologist Assistant at Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX

6533761, Mar 18, 2003

May 31, 2001

09/867768

Todd M. Bertoch - APO, AP 96326
Ted F. Gingrich - San Antonio TX
Steven C. Walker - Baldwin MO
John M. Shepherd - San Antonio TX

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

A61M 532

604174, 606196, 12820629, 128DIG 26

A device for securing a catheter with respect to a patients mouth that preferably includes a balloon that can be inflated within the patients mouth on the exterior of the catheter, a bite block, and a shield. The balloon preferably immobilizes the catheter with respect to the securing device when inflated while permitting relative movement of the catheter and the securing device when deflated. The balloon preferably also prevents inadvertent withdrawal of the securing device from the patients mouth when inflated while permitting withdrawal when deflated. The invention preferably includes a method for using such a securing device.

6610045, Aug 26, 2003

Feb 14, 2001

09/782607

Saturnino Chavez - Ft. Meade MD
Steven C. Walker - Baldwin MI
John M. Shepherd - San Antonio TX

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

A61M 2502

604523, 604533, 604539, 600486, 600581

An orthogonal arterial catheter preferably includes a hub and a cannula. The hub preferably protects the cannula from potential kinking and shearing forces because the cannula upon exiting a patients body enters the hub. The hub preferably provides a passageway through which the hose travels to a connector piece. The connector piece preferably attaches the device to a fluid line such as an arterial line transducer. In addition, the hub preferably includes a port that provides a channel through which a guide wire or a needle may gain access to the cannula. The hub also may include appendages extending from it to suture to the patient.

6890322, May 10, 2005

Jun 29, 2001

09/894880

Todd M. Bertoch - APO, AP
Ted F. Gingrich - San Antonio TX, US
Steven C. Walker - Balwin MO, US
John M. Shepherd - San Antonio TX, US

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

A61M005/32

604174, 128DIG 26

A securing device for a catheter that preferably includes a guard that covers a patient's upper or lower teeth and a latch mounted on the guard for releasably immobilizing a catheter with respect to the guard. The guard preferably includes (or is attached to) a wedge, which contacts the patient's molars to prevent the guard from shifting in the patient's mouth and assists in keeping the patients teeth apart.

2002002, Mar 7, 2002

Jul 17, 2001

09/905991

John Shepherd - San Antonio TX, US
Steven Walker - Baldwin MO, US
John Alexander - O'Fallon IL, US

A61B005/00

600/340000

A device for taking reflectance oximeter readings within the nasal cavity and oral cavity and down through the posterior pharynx. The device preferably includes a reflectance pulse oximeter sensor that preferably is resistant to bodily fluids to contact one of these capillary beds for the taking of readings and then for sending of these readings to a spectrophotometer or like device.

2005025, Nov 17, 2005

Apr 18, 2005

11/108131

Pamela Howard - Allentown PA, US
Eben Howard - Allentown PA, US
Steven Walker - Waxahachie TX, US
John Shepherd - San Antonio TX, US

Eben Howard and Pamela A. Howard - Allentown PA

A61M029/00

604174000, 604104000

A self-securing catheter to prevent dislodgement from skin or tissue preferably includes a hub and a cannula with at least one anchoring mechanism extending from the hub and/or the cannula. In some embodiments, the anchoring mechanisms can be flexible to allow them to protrude outwardly from the catheter. The catheter can be easily removed from the patient's tissue or skin by a medical professional with a twisting motion (e.g., clockwise or counterclockwise rotation of the catheter).

2005025, Nov 17, 2005

Apr 18, 2005

11/108132

Pamela Howard - Allentown PA, US
Eben Howard - Allentown PA, US
Steven Walker - Waxahachie TX, US
John Shepherd - San Antonio TX, US

Eben Howard and Pamela A. Howard - Allentown PA

A61M005/32

604174000

The invention is a hub anchor for securing a catheter to a patient's tissue or skin. The hub anchor preferably includes in at least one embodiment includes a body having a pair of walls connected by an activation mechanism having at least one leg in sliding communication with each of the walls. In an engaged state, the legs penetrate a patient's skin and cause the hub to clamp the catheter to the patient. The invention also includes a method of placing the hub over a catheter to be secured and pressing the activation mechanism to pierce the patient's skin with the legs to secure the hub and the catheter to the patient.

6981969, Jan 3, 2006

May 22, 2003

10/442923

Saturnino Chavez - West Point NY, US
Steven C. Walker - Waxahachie TX, US
John M. Shepherd - San Antonio TX, US

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

A61M 25/00, A61M 5/178, A61M 31/00, A61M 37/00

604523, 60417003, 60428801, 60428802

An orthogonal arterial catheter preferably includes a hub and a cannula. The hub preferably protects the cannula from potential kinking and shearing forces because the cannula upon exiting a patient's body enters the hub. The hub preferably provides a passageway through which the hose travels to a connector piece. The connector piece preferably attaches the device to a fluid line such as an arterial line transducer. In addition, the hub preferably includes a port that provides a channel through which a guide wire or a needle may gain access to the cannula. The hub also may include appendages extending from it to suture to the patient.

2001003, Oct 25, 2001

Feb 14, 2001

09/782605

Steven Walker - Baldwin MO, US
John Shepherd - San Antonio TX, US
Kathryn Weesner - San Antonio CA, US
Todd Carter - Fairfield CA, US

B32B003/30

428/167000, 428/156000

A diaper changing pad preferably includes a top sheet, a bottom sheet, and a liquid-absorbent region between the top and bottom surfaces. The top sheet preferably is permeable to liquid. The bottom sheet preferably is impermeable to liquid. The bottom sheet also preferably includes traction bumps along the bottom side to prevent the diaper changing pad from sliding.