Patents by Inventor Jeffrey C. Garland

Jeffrey C. Garland 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).

  • Device for separating gas from a liquid path
    Patent number: 8128740
    Abstract: The invention is targeted at the process of separating gas, such as air, from a liquid path. Specifically, the invention provides a means to remove gas from a dynamic liquid path, manage the removed gas and liquid path. The invention provides a means to remove gas from a dynamic liquid path using the buoyant property of gas in a less buoyant liquid, having ingress and egress ports for liquid and gas flow, and separate points of egress for liquid and trapped gas and integral liquid channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Organ Recovery Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Walter Wright, Jeffrey C. Garland
  • Method and apparatus for transferring heat to or from an organ or tissue container
    Patent number: 8097449
    Abstract: An organ perfusion apparatus and method monitor, sustain and/or restore viability of organs and preserve organs for storage and/or transport. Other apparatus include an organ transporter, an organ cassette and an organ diagnostic device. The apparatus and methods include the cassette and transporter with heat transfer surfaces arranged to transfer heat between a cooling source in said transporter and the heat transfer surfaces of the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Organ Recovery Systems
    Inventors: Jeffrey C Garland, Douglas Schein, David Walters Wright
  • Method and apparatus for transferring heat to or from an organ or tissue container
    Publication number: 20100151559
    Abstract: An organ perfusion apparatus and method monitor, sustain and/or restore viability of organs and preserve organs for storage and/or transport. Other apparatus include an organ transporter, an organ cassette and an organ diagnostic device. The apparatus and methods include the cassette and transporter with heat transfer surfaces arranged to transfer heat between a cooling source in said transporter and the heat transfer surfaces of the cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: LIFELINE SCIENTIFIC, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Garland, Douglas Schein, David Walter Wright
  • Method and apparatus for transferring heat to or from an organ or tissue container
    Patent number: 7691622
    Abstract: An organ perfusion apparatus and method monitor, sustain and/or restore viability of organs and preserve organs for storage and/or transport. Other apparatus include an organ transporter, an organ cassette and an organ diagnostic device. The apparatus and methods include the cassette and transporter with heat transfer surfaces arranged to transfer heat between a cooling source in said transporter and the heat transfer surfaces of the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Lifeline Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Garland, Douglas Schein, David Walter Wright
  • Device for separating gas from a liquid path
    Publication number: 20040221719
    Abstract: The invention is targeted at the process of separating gas, such as air, from a liquid path. Specifically, the invention provides a means to remove gas from a dynamic liquid path, manage the removed gas and liquid path. The invention provides a means to remove gas from a dynamic liquid path using the buoyant property of gas in a less buoyant liquid, having ingress and egress ports for liquid and gas flow, and separate points of egress for liquid and trapped gas and integral liquid channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: ORGAN RECOVERY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: David Walter Wright, Jeffrey C. Garland
  • Method and apparatus for transferring heat to or from an organ or tissue container
    Publication number: 20040224299
    Abstract: An organ perfusion apparatus and method monitor, sustain and/or restore viability of organs and preserve organs for storage and/or transport. Other apparatus include an organ transporter, an organ cassette and an organ diagnostic device. The apparatus and methods include the cassette and transporter with heat transfer surfaces arranged to transfer heat between a cooling source in said transporter and the heat transfer surfaces of the cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: ORGAN RECOVERY SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Garland, Douglas Schein, David Walter Wright
  • Cassette for organ transporter
    Patent number: D531320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Organ Recovery Systems
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Garland, Douglas A. Schein