Laurence Joseph Dinardo

US Patent:

20060107962, May 25, 2006

Filed:

Sep 2, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/217667

Inventors:

Kevin Ward - Glenn Allen VA, US
Curtis Sessler - Richmond VA, US
Mary Grap - Midlothian VA, US
Laurence Dinardo - Richmond VA, US
Bruce Spiess - Manakin Sabot VA, US
Rao Ivatury - Richmond VA, US
Cindy Munro - Richmond VA, US

International Classification:

A62B 9/06
A61M 16/00

US Classification:

128207140, 128207150

Abstract:

Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) may be prevented in a patient, or its occurrence reduced in a population of patients, by using an anti-VAP device or an anti-VAP material. By reducing the problem of bacterial-containing secretions that otherwise build up in the airway of the intubated patient, VAP can be prevented from occurring in intubated patients, such as patients intubated with an endotracheal tube (ETT) or a nasogastric tube.

US Patent:

20120006331, Jan 12, 2012

Filed:

Jul 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/181843

Inventors:

Kevin R. Ward - Glen Allen VA, US
Curtis N. Sessler - Richmond VA, US
Mary Jo Grap - Midlothian VA, US
Laurence J. Dinardo - Richmond VA, US
Bruce D. Spiess - Manakin Sabot VA, US
Rao R. Ivatury - Richmond VA, US
Cindy Munro - Apollo Beach CA, US

International Classification:

A61M 16/00

US Classification:

12820714

Abstract:

Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) may be prevented in a patient, or its occurrence reduced in a population of patients, by using an anti-VAP device or an anti-VAP material such as an anti-VAP mouthpiece that absorbs secretions. By reducing the problem of bacterial-containing secretions that otherwise build up in the airway of, and elsewhere in, the intubated patient, VAP can be prevented from occurring in intubated patients, such as patients intubated with an endotracheal tube (ETT) or a nasogastric tube. Anti-VAP mouthpieces also are useable in non-intubated patients to maintain oral hygiene.