Patents by Inventor Douglas D. Osborn

Douglas D. Osborn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5488811
    Abstract: A testing apparatus is disclosed which is useful for determining if air filters are providing clean/sterile air within acceptable aseptic processing and/or clean room operation acceptable contaminant levels. The advantage of the disclosed testing apparatus is that air filters may be tested "on-line" during a production process as opposed to the traditional testing methods which included removal of the air filter for off-line testing. Less down-time is experienced using the disclosed testing system. A series of valves positioned at the outputs from the air filters, which allow communication with a particle counter, are controlled by a computer which sequentially activates the valves to test the contamination level of the air which passed through an air filter during the production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Jianjun Wang, Douglas D. Osborn, Billy D. Cornelius, Douglas A. Harp