Lisa Marie Fitzgerald

US Patent:

6958054, Oct 25, 2005

Filed:

Jan 28, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/765666

Inventors:

Lisa M. Fitzgerald - Sarasota FL, US

International Classification:

A61M005/32

US Classification:

604162, 604263, 60416408

Abstract:

A catheter device is disclosed which the hypodermic needle used for insertion is retracted into a protective sheath and left in place during use. An IV fluid flow path is provided that is blocked by the hypodermic needle prior to retraction but is opened by the retraction of the needle from the catheter. The insertion hypodermic needle is not discarded separately but only after the use of the whole catheter device to inject fluids.

US Patent:

7250039, Jul 31, 2007

Filed:

Jul 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/891783

Inventors:

Lisa M. Fitzgerald - Sarasota FL, US

International Classification:

A61M 5/178

US Classification:

604212, 604192, 604217

Abstract:

A compression hypodermic syringe is disclosed wherein two leaves are hinged together. One leaf contains a receptacle for a collapsible capsule which contains a pre-measured dose of medication. The second leaf has a structure that acts as a plunger when the second leaf is folded over the first leaf. A double ended hypodermic needle is provided that has one end that pierces a membrane on the collapsible capsule and a second end that is exposed for insertion into a patient when the two leaves are folded together.

US Patent:

7270649, Sep 18, 2007

Filed:

Jul 14, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/890645

Inventors:

Lisa M. Fitzgerald - Sarasota FL, US

International Classification:

A61M 5/178

US Classification:

60416401, 60416801

Abstract:

A catheter appliance having a catheter in fluid communication with a luer connector is releasably secured to a catheter applicator having a track for slidably mounting a needle carrier module. The needle carrier module includes a hypodermic which extends through the catheter for insertion and which is in fluid communication with a flashback indicator on the module. The catheter applicator includes a needle cavity for containing the hypodermic needle after use.

US Patent:

7285110, Oct 23, 2007

Filed:

Jun 10, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/457948

Inventors:

Lisa Marie Fitzgerald - Sarasota FL, US

International Classification:

A61M 5/00

US Classification:

604110, 128919

Abstract:

A retractable hypodermic safety syringe device is provided for encapsulating a needle after use to prevent accidental needlesticks. The retractable syringe device includes a syringe barrel having one or more locking tabs for securing a needle carrier. A hypodermic needle attached to the needle carrier. A plunger having a piston slideably mounted within the syringe body. Locking fingers on the needle carrier for receiving the plunger.

US Patent:

7288078, Oct 30, 2007

Filed:

Apr 12, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/822268

Inventors:

Lisa M. Fitzgerald - Sarasota FL, US

International Classification:

A61M 5/00
A61M 5/32

US Classification:

604110, 604198, 604263

Abstract:

A spring loaded retractable needle syringe comprising a body, a central tube coaxially mounted within said body, a needle carrier and needle slidably mounted within said central tube, a spring mounted within said central tube to bias said needle carrier and needle into said central tube, means for sliding said needle carrier and needle within said central tube to compress said spring and expose said needle, means for retaining said needle carrier and needle in the exposed position against the biasing force of said spring, and means for releasing the needle carrier and needle such that said needle carrier and needle are retracted into said central tube.

US Patent:

7291134, Nov 6, 2007

Filed:

Oct 25, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/971906

Inventors:

Lisa M. Fitzgerald - Sarasota FL, US

Assignee:

P. Rowan Smith, Jr. - Houston TX

International Classification:

A61M 25/00

US Classification:

604247, 604284

Abstract:

A needleless connector for adding medication to a parenteral fluid is provided. The needleless connector comprises a connector adapted to receive a syringe and having a check valve to seal the port in place of a puncture pad. The check valve comprises a resilient disc held in place and biased closed by the tensile stress of the check valve material. When a syringe or other apparatus having a male luer connector is engaged with the connector and fluid pressure is applied to the check valve the resilient disc is deformed which allows the medication to flow through the connector into the tubing and thus to the patient.

US Patent:

D567878, Apr 29, 2008

Filed:

Aug 14, 2006

Appl. No.:

29/264595

Inventors:

David R. Tollis - Bradenton FL, US
Lisa Fitzgerald - Sarasota FL, US

International Classification:

2002

US Classification:

D20 41

US Patent:

7427238, Sep 23, 2008

Filed:

Jul 26, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/881314

Inventors:

Arthur V. Oprandi - Osprey FL, US
Lisa Fitzgerald - Sarasota FL, US

International Classification:

A63B 69/36

US Classification:

473223, 473221

Abstract:

A golf club swinging guide releasably attachable to a lower end of a golf club shaft. The guide includes a housing having a stationary member with an alignment portion which is adjustably alignable perpendicular to the striking face of the golf club head. A wind vane is connected for free rotation to the housing about an upright axis of rotation oriented generally parallel to the club shaft. The wind vane, being responsive to movement of air, thereby visually aligns itself to the direction that the golf club is swung. Visual misalignment between the stationary portion and the actual direction of golf club swing at the moment of golf ball impact is discerned by an electronic circuit within the housing producing a sensorially perceivable output.