Patents Examined by Donald R Spamer
  • System and method for photoelectrochemical air purification
    Patent number: 10684027
    Abstract: An air purification system including a housing defining a lumen, an inlet, an outlet, and a flow pathway between the inlet and the outlet and through the lumen; a filter assembly retained within the lumen and including a substrate defining an open three-dimensional volume, a photocatalytic material disposed on the substrate, and a photon source arranged to illuminate the photocatalytic material with optical radiation; and a flow control mechanism arranged along the flow pathway between the inlet and the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Molekule, Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Goswami, David Sanabria
  • Corrosion inhibition composition for pipelines, process of elaboration and synthesis
    Patent number: 10676829
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions are used as corrosion inhibitors for pipelines for crude oil containing water with high salt concentrations. The inhibitors are ionic liquids, imidazoles, benzotriazoles, and mixtures thereof. The composition includes two or more members of the inhibitors with a solvent. The inhibitors reduce corrosion of metallic surfaces of the pipelines containing crude oil having 0.2 and 40 wt % water, 10,000 to 70,000 ppm salt, and 9 to 600 ppm hydrogen sulfide. A synergic effect is provided by two or more different inhibitors. This synergy is derived from interactions with the metallic surface, among themselves or with the corrosive medium depending on the chain length, to inhibit the corrosion with decrease of the formulation dose. The composition can be a ternary formulation of the three families or two components of one family and a third component of a different family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Jesus Marin Cruz, Araceli Vega Paz, Luisa Elena Montiel Sanchez, Salvador Castillo Cervantes, Rafael Martinez Palou, Arquimedes Estrada Martinez, Luis Manuel Quej Ake, Jose Luis Rodolfo Benitez Aguilar, Veronica Sanchez Garcia
  • Flexible plasma applicators based on fibrous layers
    Patent number: 10646604
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are flexible plasma applicators based on fibrous layers that are capable of rapidly sanitizing a surface via either direct or indirect contact with said surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron Mazzeo, Jingjin Xie, Qiang Chen, Subrata Roy
  • Antimicrobial batch dilution system
    Patent number: 10640403
    Abstract: An antimicrobial supply system employs a process water supply and incorporates a metallic ion supply connected to the process water supply to provide a high ion concentrate to an output. A dilution reservoir is connected to the metallic ion supply output and has an input from the process water supply. A pump is connected to an output of the reservoir. A manifold connected to the pump provides a dilute concentrate to at least one washing system and a recirculation loop to the dilution reservoir for enhanced mixing of the dilute concentrate. An electronics control module is connected to a first flow controller between the process water supply and the metallic ion supply and a second flow controller between the metallic ion supply and the reservoir for dilution control establishing a desired metallic ion concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Applied Silver, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Brown, Sean Morham
  • Method and device for the continuous ozone-based treatment of particulate products, comprising means for conveying and vibrating said products
    Patent number: 10632218
    Abstract: A method of treating a substance in the form of divided solids, includes the steps of introducing the substance into an enclosure in which there exists an ozonated atmosphere under pressure, conveying the substance in the enclosure with a continuous movement in such a manner that the substance is located continuously in the ozonated atmosphere while it is being conveyed in the enclosure, the substance being conveyed by vibration means causing the enclosure to vibrate, and unloading the substance from the enclosure via the outlet after a single passage of the substance through the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: E.T.I.A.—EVALUATION TECHNOLOGIQUE, INGENIERIE ET APPLICATIONS
    Inventors: Olivier Lepez, Philippe Sajet, Tatiana Guzun
  • System for photoelectrochemical air purification
    Patent number: 10625207
    Abstract: An air purification system that includes a housing including a pedestal and an outer shell, wherein the outer shell is operable between an extended configuration and a compacted configuration, and includes a filter arranged within the housing along a flow path between an inlet and an outlet of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Molekule, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaya Rao, Dilip Goswami, David Sanabria, Peter Riering-Czekalla
  • Flowing fluid disinfection method and disinfector
    Patent number: 10617782
    Abstract: A method for disinfecting a fluid includes emitting UV light into a flowing fluid pillar along its axial direction. The flowing fluid pillar is surrounded by and in contact with a fluid medium having a refractive index lower than that of the fluid to be disinfected so that total internal reflection occurs when the UV light travels within the flowing fluid pillar. Also provided is a UV disinfector for disinfecting a flowing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: BOLB INC.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Ling Zhou, Ying Gao
  • Sterilization device
    Patent number: 10610609
    Abstract: Described herein generally are sterilization devices that can allow sterilization of luminal connection ports. Methods of using these devices are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: HAI SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Swaney, Adnan Abbas
  • Dialysis monitors and methods of operation
    Patent number: 10603392
    Abstract: Dialysis monitors capable of storing and using thermal energy and methods related thereto are disclosed. Dialysis monitors capable of storing and using disinfection and/or cleaning fluids which was used at an earlier disinfection and/or cleaning event and methods related thereto are also disclosed. Thermally stored energy may, for example, be used for quick thermal disinfection of the fluid path, quick start-up of the preparation of treatment fluid, and as back-up power for continuous preparation of treatment fluid should externally provided power be interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: GAMBRO LUNDIA AB
    Inventors: Thomas Hertz, Sture Hobro, Lennart Jönsson
  • Compact aromatic diffuser and method of use
    Patent number: 10596292
    Abstract: A compact aromatic diffuser configured to be used in conjunction with a breathing mask, allowing full consumption of the diffused essential oil by the user. The compact aromatic diffuser may also be used as a hand held inhaler for application proximate the user's face or a standalone diffuser for treating the atmosphere in a room or closed compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Inventor: Son Le
  • Float and evaporation suppressing method
    Patent number: 10597226
    Abstract: A float floating in a liquid has a spherical body having a spherical shape from which parts are cut off so as to form a regular hexagonal shape when viewed from one direction. In addition, the float is shaped so as to form a regular hexagonal shape when viewed from the above-mentioned one direction, and the floats are arranged in a honeycomb geometry to thereby reduce the contact area between the liquid and air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Minjie Ai
  • Sterilization container with battery powered sensor module for monitoring the environment in the container
    Patent number: 10583214
    Abstract: A sterilization container with a sensor module for monitoring the environmental characteristics internal to the container. The sensor module includes a normally closed end bore. A sensor is disposed in the closed end void space. Other sensors also part of the module monitor the pressure and temperature of the environment inside the container. Based on the measurements of the environment in the container and the environment within the closed end void space it is possible to determine the extent to which the container is filled with saturated steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W Childers, Bruce Henniges
  • Nozzle-type electron beam irradiation device, and electron beam sterilization equipment equipped with same
    Patent number: 10568980
    Abstract: A nozzle-type electron beam irradiation device includes a vacuum chamber, an electron beam generator disposed in the vacuum chamber, and a vacuum nozzle that is connected to the vacuum chamber so as to guide an electron beam from the electron beam generator and emit the electron beam to the outside. The nozzle-type electron beam irradiation device includes a high-vacuum pump capable of sucking gas from the vicinity of the connecting part of the vacuum nozzle in the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Noda, Ichiro Sakai, Hiroyuki Daiku
  • Systems and methods for air revitalization
    Patent number: 10562649
    Abstract: An air revitalization system may include a humidity control device configured to remove water vapor from air within a pressurized enclosed volume. The system may further include an inlet duct configured to transport the air from the pressurized enclosed volume to the humidity control device. The system may also include an outlet duct configured to transport the air from the humidity control device to the pressurized enclosed volume. The system may include a sublimator configured to cool the air within the pressurized enclosed volume while generating additional water vapor. The system may further include a vacuum vent duct configured to transport the water vapor from the humidity control device and the additional water vapor from the sublimator to an exterior of the pressurized enclosed volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Charles Gray, John Lumpkin, Daniel J. Leonard, John B. Lauger, Michael James Fuller, Brian R. Dunaway
  • Dry prosthetic heart valve packaging system
    Patent number: 10561486
    Abstract: Packaging for prosthetic heart valves including an assembly for stabilizing dry prosthetic tissue implants such as heart valves during storage. The packaging assembly can be used for storing a bioprosthetic heart valve without a liquid preservative solution. The packaging assembly can comprise a holder comprising an engagement structure configured for removably attaching a bioprosthetic heart valve, the holder comprising a shaft. The packaging assembly can also include a storage tray comprising a cavity and an insert sized to provide a cap over the cavity of the storage tray, the insert comprising a slot having a closed central end and an open outer periphery. The shaft of the holder can be non-rotatably retained at the closed central end, wherein the insert defines a flat, generally planar disc comprising at least one of outward projections and flow passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory G. Liburd, Abishek Gautam
  • Ozone generator methods for retrofit of enclosed and air-conditioned environments
    Patent number: 10555548
    Abstract: An ozone generator includes at least four independent ozone generation control channels that energize at least four independent ozone generation plates. The at least four independent ozone generation control channels allow for multiple modes of operation, including sterilization, disinfecting, and managing, in addition to interleaved operation, which significantly extends the useful life of the individual ozone generation plates. The ozone generator is placed in a preexisting conditioned airflow that enters a conditioned airspace enclosed by a container. Being placed in the preexisting conditioned airflow, the ozone generator does not require a fan or other air movement device to actively transport ozone-enriched air or oxygen through the ozone generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Quail Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Robert W. Smith
  • Mobile supercritical extractor system with evaporator chamber having cones and related methods
    Patent number: 10556192
    Abstract: A supercritical extractor system may include extractor chambers coupled to a supercritical fluid pump and configured to receive a matrix for an extraction process and a supercritical fluid from the supercritical fluid pump, and evaporator chambers coupled to the extractor chambers and configured to output an extractant from the matrix. Each evaporator chamber may include a body defining a cavity, a cone within the cavity, and arms coupled between an inner surface of the body and the cone. The supercritical extractor system may include a condenser coupled between the evaporator chambers and the supercritical fluid reservoir, and a controller coupled to the supercritical fluid pump, the extractor chambers, and the evaporator chambers and configured to monitor a characteristic during the extraction process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: AG Equipment IP Holding Co, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Parker, Scott Delarvin
  • Portable chemical oxygen generator
    Patent number: 10556135
    Abstract: A portable chemical oxygen generator for delivering oxygen to a patient is described. The generator includes a housing containing a reaction chamber. Within the reaction chamber is a quantity of a peroxide adduct. A valve is provided with a lower portion of the valve in fluid communication with the reaction chamber. An upper portion of the valve is in fluid communication with a reservoir that holds a quantity of an aqueous solution. An internal chamber is formed within the valve by releasable seals that separate the internal chamber from the upper portion of the valve and a lower portion of the valve. The internal chamber holds a quantity of a peroxide-decomposing catalyst. The generator also includes a valve actuator. Operation of the valve actuator releases the seals in the valve and creates a fluid path from the reservoir through the internal chamber into the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: RAPID OXYGEN COMPANY INC.
    Inventors: Richard P. Imbruce, David Cowan
  • Device for generating oxygen
    Patent number: 10544511
    Abstract: A device for generating oxygen comprising at least one reaction chamber for housing a composition for generating oxygen, the composition comprising a combination of constituents consisting of at least one oxygen source, at least one ionic liquid, and at least one metal oxide compound, means for maintaining at least one of the oxygen source, the ionic liquid and the metal oxide compound physically separated from the remaining constituents, means for establishing physical contact of the oxygen source, the ionic liquid and the metal oxide compound, and means for allowing oxygen to exit the reaction chamber, wherein the metal oxide compound is an oxide of a single metal or of two or more different metals, said metal(s) being selected from the metals of groups 2 to 14 of the periodic table of the elements, and wherein the oxygen source comprises a peroxide compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH
    Inventors: Fritz Kuehn, Florian J. Groche, Christoph Kallfass
  • Oxygen generator using ionic liquids
    Patent number: 10544044
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for generating oxygen, comprising at least one reaction chamber for housing a composition for generating oxygen, the composition comprising an oxygen source formulation and a ionic liquid formulation, the oxygen source formulation comprising a peroxide compound, and the ionic liquid formulation comprising a ionic liquid having a cation and a metallate anion, means for maintaining the oxygen source formulation and the ionic liquid formulation physically separated from each other, means for establishing physical contact of the oxygen source formulation and the ionic liquid formulation, and means for allowing oxygen to exit the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH
    Inventors: Fritz Kuehn, Florian J. Groche, Christoph Kallfass