Patents by Inventor Virginia Thanh Ta

Virginia Thanh Ta 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).

  • Bioreactor with application as blood therapy device
    Patent number: 6582955
    Abstract: A bioreactor having an outer shell compartment containing many coaxial pairs of hollow microporous fibers. An annular compartment exists between an outer surface of the inner hollow microporous fiver and the inner surface of the outer hollow microporous fiber. The annular compartment preferably contains blood or plasma. The blood or plasma is, thus, exposed to two microporous hollow fibers which have fluids which can purify or otherwise affect the blood through the walls of two different microporous hollow fibers. An artificial liver or kidney can result when liver or kidney cells are placed in the shell compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Spectrum Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: F. Jesus Martinez, Virginia Thanh Ta
  • Bioreactor with application as blood therapy device
    Publication number: 20020168758
    Abstract: A bioreactor having an outer shell compartment containing many coaxial pairs of hollow microporous fibers. An annular compartment exists between an outer surface of the inner hollow microporous fiver and the inner surface of the outer hollow microporous fiber. The annular compartment preferably contains blood or plasma. The blood or plasma is, thus, exposed to two microporous hollow fibers which have fluids which can purify or otherwise affect the blood through the walls of two different microporous hollow fibers. An artificial liver or kidney can result when liver or kidney cells are placed in the shell compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: F. Jesus Martinez, Virginia Thanh Ta