Patents by Inventor Mark P. Reale

Mark P. Reale 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).

  • Apparatus for calendering and coating/filling sutures
    Patent number: 5540773
    Abstract: A method for calendering a suture includes passing the suture lengthwise between two pairs of calendering rollers each pair being oriented orthogonally to the other pair. The suture may be coated and/or filled by passing it through the contacting region of a suture filling applicator to which filling agent is supplied by a metering pump. The filling process may be computer controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Chesterfield, Mark P. Reale
  • Apparatus for calendering sutures in orthogonal directions
    Patent number: 5447100
    Abstract: A method for calendering a suture includes passing the suture lengthwise between two pairs of calendering rollers each pair being oriented orthogonally to the other pair. The suture may be coated and/or filled by passing it through the contacting region of a suture filling applicator to which filling agent is supplied by a metering pump. The filling process may be computer controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Chesterfield, Mark P. Reale
  • Method and apparatus for calendering and coating/filling sutures
    Patent number: 5312642
    Abstract: A method for calendering a suture includes passing the suture lengthwise between two pairs of calendering rollers each pair being oriented orthogonally to the other pair. The suture may be coated and/or filled by passing it through the contacting region of a suture filling applicator to which filling agent is supplied by a metering pump. The filling process may be computer controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Chesterfield, Mark P. Reale