Patents Represented by Attorney Barry E. Edelberg

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  • Medical device with infection preventing feature
    Patent number: 5380298
    Abstract: A flexible medical device which is intended to be disposed in the opening or the incision in the skin tissue of an animal includes a thin, flexible, adherent film coating of a bioactive ceramic material at least at a point where the flexible portion of the medical device exits from the tissue. This bioactive coating bonds with the skin at the exit site to prevent infection of the tissue while allowing the catheter to remain flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Paul M. Zabetakis, Catherine M. Cotell, Douglas B. Chrisey
  • Method for detecting chemical vapors using a lasing dye sensor
    Patent number: 5108931
    Abstract: In a lasing dye sensor system, a stream of lasing dye freeflows across an ea open to the atmosphere. A chemical reaction between contaminants in the atmosphere and the lasing dye result in the change of emission spectra of the lasing dye. The change in emission spectra is detected and provides an improved apparatus and method for detecting low concentrations of chemical vapors in the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Terence W. Barrett, John F. Giuliani