Patents Assigned to Puritek, Inc.
  • Liquid purification apparatus
    Patent number: 8734644
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for decontaminating water, having an iodine release section in which iodine, often from a charged nylon iodophor, is released into the water, followed by an iodine recapture section in which a nylon polymer removes iodine from the water by forming an iodophor with it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Puritek, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Walter Krumm, John Henry Abel, Gary Ellsworth McQuay
  • Iodophor compositions
    Patent number: 6565866
    Abstract: A class of water insoluble iodophors comprising complexes of iodine with various nylons such as nylon-4,6, nylon-6, nylon-6,6 or other polyamides is disclosed. These nylons complexed with iodine can be made in various forms such as powders, pellets, molded objects, granules, films, monofilaments, and either non-woven or woven fabrics. These nylon based iodophors and other water insoluble iodophors herein disclosed can find product applications in the fields of air treatment, water treatment, public hygiene and medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Puritek, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathy L. Gottlund, Arthur G. Barnes
  • Iodophor compositions
    Patent number: 6312705
    Abstract: A class of water insoluble iodophors comprising complexes of iodine with various nylons such as nylon-4,6, nylon-6, nylon-6,6 or other polyamides is disclosed. These nylons complexed with iodine can be made in various forms such as powders, pellets, molded objects, granules, films, monofilaments, and either non-woven or woven fabrics. These nylon based iodophors and other water insoluble iodophors herein disclosed can find product applications in the fields of air treatment, water treatment, public hygiene and medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Puritek, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathy L. Gottlund, Arthur G. Barnes