Patents by Inventor Kathryn Usher

Kathryn Usher 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).

  • Publication number: 20050077225
    Abstract: Medical devices for removing gasses, such as gas bubbles and/or dissolved gasses, from a liquid to be delivered to a patient, and methods of use and making of such devices. In at least some embodiments, a gas permeable membrane material is used in the construction of the gas removal devices. In some embodiments, layers of gas permeable membrane material are used to construct a filter structure for removing gas from the liquid. In other embodiments, hollow tubes and/or fibers of the gas permeable membrane material are used to construct a filter structure for removing gas from the liquid. The gas removal devices may be used in any of a broad variety of liquid delivery systems and/or configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Kathryn Usher, George Foster, Edward Kolvek, Andrew Harvey, Malcolm Taylor, Thomas Lovell, Colin Hart, William Girzone