Joseph P Luongo

US Patent:

20120090219, Apr 19, 2012

Filed:

Oct 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/277195

Inventors:

JOSEPH LUONGO - Toms River NJ, US

International Classification:

A01M 7/00
A61B 17/50

US Classification:

431321, 606131

Abstract:

An apparatus for killing and removing ticks from the skin of mammals which includes an aerosol canister. An environmentally safe refrigerant HFO-1234yf is carried within the aerosol canister. A mechanism is for dispensing the environmentally safe refrigerant from the aerosol canister directly onto a tick to immobilize and kill the tick. Another mechanism is for safely removing the dead tick from the skin of a mammal.

US Patent:

20230056215, Feb 23, 2023

Filed:

Aug 23, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/408609

Inventors:

Joseph Peter Luongo - North Fort Myers FL, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/50

Abstract:

A refrigerant dispenser for tick removal can include a main body, an actuator structure, and a cage. A main body can include a proximal end, a distal end, and a cavity that extends from the proximate end to the distal end, with the proximate end having an intake opening in communication with the cavity and being configured to receive a refrigerant canister therein. An actuator structure can be connected to the distal end and can be in communication with the cavity. A cage can include an upper portion connected to the actuator structure and in communication with the cavity, and a lower portion terminating at an exhaust opening. The lower portion can be configured to at least partially surround a tick, and the exhaust opening can be in communication with the cavity.