Robert D Landis

US Patent:

7485126, Feb 3, 2009

Filed:

May 9, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/141349

Inventors:

Mark Adelman - Short Hills NJ, US
Robert Landis - Mountainside NJ, US
Craig Hidalgo - Langhorne PA, US

Assignee:

New York University - New York NY

International Classification:

A61B 17/32

US Classification:

606172, 30155, 30286

Abstract:

A scalpel shield system for a scalpel that has a handle and a blade with a sharp cutting edge. The system is mountable on the scalpel and provided with a blade guard member having a pivot component engagable with a pivot component on the blade or the handle. The blade guard member is manually pivotable relative to the scalpel between a guard position for preventing injury by the sharp cutting edge and a retracted position for exposing the sharp cutting edge.

US Patent:

8591496, Nov 26, 2013

Filed:

Sep 14, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/882162

Inventors:

Angelo R. Caruso - Boca Raton FL, US
Sanjay Chandran - Boca Raton FL, US
Louis Javier Collazo - Pompano Beach FL, US
Norman Hansen - Highland Beach FL, US
Robert M. Landis - Mountainside NJ, US
Charles A. Lewis - Carrabelle FL, US

Assignee:

Mergenet Medical, Inc. - Coconut Creek FL

International Classification:

A61M 1/00

US Classification:

604540, 604317, 604403, 12820714

Abstract:

An apparatus, system, and method for managing respiratory secretions and fluids in sections of artificial airways. In an embodiment of the invention, a respiratory secretion retention (RSR) device configured to fluidly connect to an artificial airway can be provided. The device can include a housing that defines a passageway for the flow of respiratory gases with at least two chambers coupled to the housing. The chambers are configured to retain exhaled respiratory particulate and liquid. The respiratory secretion retention device further includes a patient port coupled to the housing that is in fluid communication with the artificial airway and a repositionable barrier configured to isolate at least one of the two chambers from the passageway. In another embodiment, a secretion removal assembly can connect to a respiratory secretion retention device; the secretion removal assembly includes a connector configured for connecting to a port of the respiratory secretion retention device and a spike coupled to the connector.

US Patent:

53203674, Jun 14, 1994

Filed:

Apr 13, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/868034

Inventors:

Robert M. Landis - New York NY

International Classification:

A63C 1714

US Classification:

280 112

Abstract:

A braking device for small recreational vehicles, such as roller skates or skateboards, having brake pads positioned in close proximity to the wheels of the recreational vehicle. The brake shoes are brought into operative contact with the wheels to effect braking under the action of a hand squeezable bulb. The braking assembly transmits the pressure created from squeezing a bulb through a conduit to a pressure activated member, such as an inflatable bladder, to displace the brake shoes to their braking position. Braking pressure may be maintained through the use of a valve. The braking conduit may be easily disengaged from the pressure activated member so that the recreational vehicle may alternatively be used in a conventional fashion having no braking capability.

US Patent:

46483934, Mar 10, 1987

Filed:

Nov 2, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/667544

Inventors:

Robert Landis - New York NY
Joseph E. Kassay - Laurence Harbor NJ

Assignee:

Ackrad Laboratories, Inc. - Cranford NJ

International Classification:

A61M 1500

US Classification:

12820023

Abstract:

An inhalation device for dispensing a medicament from a metered dosage cartridge that includes a hand-held housing having a mouthpiece and a passageway for ambient air, a triggering mechanism mounted in the housing, a biasing device for moving the cartridge to operative relationship with the passageway upon activation by the triggering mechanism, and a battery-powered circuit in the housing including a switch associated with the passageway and a solenoid operated mechanism secured to the housing for activating the trigger mechanism, with the switch acting to close the circuit and so activate the solenoid so as to activate the trigger mechanism and the biasing device so that the cartridge positions an activated outlet pin into the passageway. The switch is activated by the pressure of the passage of air drawn through the passageway by the inhaling action of the patient.

US Patent:

46642595, May 12, 1987

Filed:

Aug 29, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/903861

Inventors:

Robert Landis - New York NY

International Classification:

B65D 8310

US Classification:

206365

Abstract:

A package is described for use with hypodermic needles that assures sterility of the needle prior to use and prevents inadvertent access to the needle after use. In a preferred embodiment a needle housing is hingedly attached to a base so that the housing may be moved from a first position covering the sterile needle to a second position exposing the needle for use to a third position covering the used needle. A hook like protrusion projects from the inside wall of the housing and is biased, in a non-engaging relationship, against the needle prior to use of the needle. When the housing is moved from the second to the third housing position the hook like protrusion engages the needle to prevent movement of the housing and further use of the needle.

US Patent:

52692965, Dec 14, 1993

Filed:

Feb 17, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/019993

Inventors:

Robert M. Landis - New York NY

International Classification:

A62B 700
A62B 904
A61M 1508

US Classification:

12820718

Abstract:

A nasal continuous positive airway pressure apparatus includes a pair of cannula each having an inflatable cuff to position the cannulae within the nares of a patient. The cannulae are connected to a source of positive air pressure to provide continuous positive nasal airway pressure. The cuffs may be inflated by providing cuff apertures in the cannula so that the positive airway pressure during inhalation and exhalation maintain the cuffs inflated and the cannulae positioned within the nares during treatment. Alternatively, the cuffs may be separately inflated. The apparatus includes an inflatable air strap harness to position and hold the nasal cannulae device relative to the patient's head. The inflatable air strap harness is soft and flexible and comfortable for the patient to wear. The air strap is inflated and secured, such as with a hook and loop belt, surrounding the patient's head with the cannulae inserted into the patient's nares.