Thomas Demarco

US Patent:

20020046056, Apr 18, 2002

Filed:

Sep 10, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/950389

Inventors:

Thomas Demarco - Marietta GA, US
Bryan Demarco - Marietta GA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/001000

Abstract:

A product return facilitating procedure for facilitating the return of a product purchased online. The product is returnable at the discretion of the consumer and under predetermined rules. An enrollment procedure may include the activation of a hyperlink by the consumer indicating a request for enrollment offer in the system for facilitating the return of the purchased product. Alternatively, the consumer may have to enroll in the system only one time via an online application, with the online merchants who utilize the system providing customer and product-specific purchase data at the time a purchase is made. Once the purchase data is obtained by the inventive system, an enrollment email notification is automatically generated and sent to the consumer indicating the terms and conditions for returning the product. The enrollment email may include an indication informing the consumer that the product return requesting procedure requires replying to the enrollment email. The enrollment email also may include identifying-information dependent on the consumer data and/or the product purchase data. The product return facilitating procedure includes the steps of providing a product return requesting procedure for the consumer to request a return of the purchased product, and providing a product return transporting procedure for transporting the purchased product to a designated product return location.

US Patent:

20050154259, Jul 14, 2005

Filed:

Jan 11, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/033002

Inventors:

Thomas Demarco - Marietta GA, US

International Classification:

A61B001/00

US Classification:

600114000

Abstract:

A magnetically guidable medical device for use within the large intestine of a human body. A magnetically guidable guide wire is introduced into the rectum of a body of a patient and maneuvered through the colon under the influence of a controlled magnetic field to a desired location within the body of the patient. An external magnetic field applying means applies an external magnetic field effective to guide the magnetically guidable member within the body of the patient. A colonoscope is advanced over the guide wire so that the advancement and placement of the colonoscope is aided by the magnetically guided guide wire. Either or both the magnetically guidable guide wire and the colonoscope can be viewed using a fluoroscope to assist in positioning it within the body of the patient.