Patents Examined by Dah-Wei D. Yuan
  • Patent number: 11684701
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coating applicator operable to apply a coating of a therapeutic agent upon an object comprising an openable and sealable device compartment, a therapeutic agent positioned in communication with the device compartment, an atomizer operable to atomize the therapeutic agent, and a source of vacuum in communication with the device compartment. The coating applicator may further comprise a drier, and the drier may comprise an arrangement to operate the source of vacuum for a time sufficient to promote drying of applied therapeutic agent. Deposition of the atomized therapeutic agent may be promoted by contacting the atomized therapeutic agent while the object is in a chilled condition and by contacting the object with atomized therapeutic agent while the atomized therapeutic agent is in a heated condition. Related methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Richard Cichocki, Duan Li Ou
  • Patent number: 11684948
    Abstract: A spray coating machine and process accommodates coating pans of various sizes and simplifies cleaning after particulate material in the pan is coated. A selected pan is supported on a trolley carried by a wheeled cart. After the cart is positioned adjacent the coating machine, the trolley and pan are extended into the machine, and then the pan lifted for support by a rotatable drive shaft and castors. The trolley is then removed from the machine, and the door is closed so that the coating process can commence. When coating is complete, the door is opened, and the trolley extended into the machine under the pan and raised for removal of the castors. Then, the trolley and pan are withdrawn from the machine. The trolley does not need cleaning after spraying, since the trolley is outside the machine during spraying of the coating solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Freund-Vector Corporation
    Inventor: Nicholas Decker
  • Patent number: 11685999
    Abstract: An electroless nickel plating solution and a method of using the same to produce a nickel deposit having a phosphorus content that remains at about 12% throughout the lifetime of the electroless nickel plating solution is disclosed. The electroless nickel plating solution comprises (a) a source of nickel ions; (b) a reducing agent comprising a hypophosphite; and (c) a chelation system comprising: (i) one or more dicarboxylic acids; and (ii) one or more alpha hydroxy carboxylic acids. The electroless nickel plating solution may also comprise stabilizers and brighteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MacDermid Acumen, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Janik, Nicole J. Micyus, Ryan Schuh
  • Patent number: 11666938
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid patterning device and liquid patterning method. The liquid patterning device includes: a substrate having a flat bottom and a surface; at least one microstructure formed to vertically protrude from the surface of the substrate and including a plurality of unit microposts so as to have a desired shape; and a liquid mover for moving a liquid to be patterned on the surface of the substrate in another direction from one direction of the microstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: CURIOSIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Young Yun, Myeong Woo Kang, Noo Li Jeon
  • Patent number: 11660029
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention are a flexible electrochemical electrode, a subcutaneous continuous glucose monitoring sensor equipped with the electrochemical electrode, and a preparation method thereof. The electrode directly uses gold layers on both sides of a chemically plated film, respectively as a working electrode and a reference-counter electrode, so as to form an electrochemical two-electrode system. Petaloid platinum nanoparticles are electrodeposited on a surface of the configured working electrode as a catalytic layer; a carbon nanotube/Nafion mesh layer functions as an anti-interference layer, and is formed thereon with an enzyme biochemical sensitive layer by means of electrostatic adsorption, after crosslinking and curing in glutaraldehyde, polyurethane mass transfer is coated to limit a protection layer, so as to prepare a flexible continuous glucose monitoring sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: VIVACHEK BIOTECH (HANGZHOU) CO., LTD, ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY CITY COLLEGE
    Inventors: Yuquan Chen, Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11648583
    Abstract: The invention is generally related to a method for producing, in a consistent manner, contact lenses each having an intact durable coating thereon, wherein the coating is a hydrogel coating formed by covalently attached a hydrophilic polymeric material having azetidinium groups onto a base coating of a polyanionic polymer on a contact lens at a relatively low temperature (e.g., from about 40° C. to about 60° C.). The coating temperature for forming a durable hydrogel coating on top of the base coating of a contact lens can be significantly lowered by raising, in situ, the pH (to about 9.5 or higher) of a reactive coating solution which contains the hydrophilic polymeric material having azetidinium groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Newton T. Samuel, Yongxing Qiu, John Dallas Pruitt, Matthew McCollum
  • Patent number: 11643743
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for forming the metal oxide nanostructure on surfaces are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the nanostructures can be formed on a substrate made of a nickel titanium alloy, resulting in a nanostructure that can include both titanium oxide and nickel oxide. The nanostructure can be formed on the surface(s) of an implantable medical device, such as a stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ALFRED E. MANN INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: David Alvin Tyvoll, Bharat Kumar Menon, Nan Chen, Heather Michelle Grandin, Harald Nuhn, Jenna Brynne Lubet
  • Patent number: 11633760
    Abstract: The multilayer coating film formation method for forming a multilayer coating film on a substrate comprises the steps of: applying an undercoat paint composition (X) comprising an antioxidant (a1) to a substrate to form at least one layer of an uncured first coating film; applying a topcoat paint composition (Y) containing a carboxy-containing polymer (b1) and an epoxy-containing acrylic resin (b2) to the first coating film to form an uncured second coating film; and simultaneously heating the uncured first coating film and the uncured second coating film to cure the films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11628469
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multilayer coating film-forming method that is capable of forming a multilayer coating film with excellent finished appearance and excellent luster. The aqueous base paint (X) is applied by using a rotary-atomization bell-shaped coater under coating conditions of a shaping air pressure of 0.15 to 0.25 MPa and a paint discharge amount of 100 to 300 cm3/min. The viscosity 60 seconds after the application of the aqueous base paint (X), measured at a temperature of 23° C. and a shear rate of 0.1 sec-1, is 90 to 160 Pa·s, the solids content 60 seconds after the application is 20 to 40 mass %, and the film thickness 60 seconds after the application is 17 to 35 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Itoh, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Takuya Nakabayashi, Masahiro Omura, Takao Tsukimori
  • Patent number: 11628466
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include apparatus and methods for coating drug coated medical devices. In an embodiment, the invention includes a coating apparatus including a coating application unit. The coating application unit can include a fluid applicator having a lengthwise axis and a width. The fluid applicator can include a tip comprising a first face across the width of the fluid applicator. The first face of the fluid applicator can be oriented at an angle of from about 15 to about 75 degrees with respect to the lengthwise axis of the fluid applicator. The fluid applicator can define a second face intersecting the first face. The coating apparatus can further include a rotation mechanism and an axial motion mechanism. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph A. Chappa, Michael Militello
  • Patent number: 11628257
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing an amount of sub visible particles in a pharmaceutical composition contained in a medical injection device comprising a container (1) including a barrel (10) lubricated with a lubricant coating (2) in contact with the pharmaceutical composition, and a stopper (14) in sliding engagement within the barrel (10), the container comprising a region (130, 121, 123) extending distally from the distal end (100) of the barrel which is not accessible to the stopper. During formation of said lubricant coating (2) on the inner wall of the barrel, the method comprises limiting lubricant from being deposited into said region (130, 121, 123) extending distally from the distal end (100) of the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventors: Tzvetelina Chevolleau, Benoit Fremon, Jean-Bernard Hamel, Sébastien Jouffray
  • Patent number: 11623239
    Abstract: Systems having one or more features that are advantageous for depositing fluorinated polymeric coatings on substrates, and methods of employing such systems to deposit such coatings, are generally provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: GVD Corporation
    Inventors: W. Shannan O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Grant, Kelli J. Byrne, Michael E. Stazinski, Hilton Pryce Lewis
  • Patent number: 11624749
    Abstract: Coating materials such as MALDI matrix solutions are aerosolized and are used to coat analyte particles in an acoustic coater. Methods and devices for coating analyte particles in real time are disclosed. The coating improves the detection and quantification of the analyte particles using analytical instruments such as an aerosol time of flight mass spectrometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: ZeteoTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne A. Bryden, Charles J. Call
  • Patent number: 11624159
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a synthetic non-perforated drainable material is disclosed herein. Generally, the method includes injecting a coating material with air, applying the air-injected coating material to the first side of the material, and curing the air-injected material such that it adheres. Once cured, the material has a highly efficient drainage rate that remains consistent throughout the life of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Sprinturf, LLC
    Inventors: Jamie Randall Collins, Timothy Bryan Wagoner
  • Patent number: 11623020
    Abstract: Hydrophilic coatings including a base coat layer and a top coat layer wherein at least one of the base coat and top coat compositions that form the hydrophilic coatings comprises a diacrylate compound have a number average molecular weight less than 1000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Hollister Incorporated
    Inventors: John P. O'Mahony, David J. Farrell
  • Patent number: 11623241
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film that is capable of forming a multilayer coating film that has excellent blackness, high reflectance of an infrared laser, and excellent coating film performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyuki Gontani, Naoto Yanagidate, Shoichi Shinkoda, Toru Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11618816
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a multilayer coating film with excellent performance such as acid resistance, by using a coating composition which is completely different from conventional clear coating compositions and cheaper than conventional non-melamine curing type, acid/epoxy type, and isocyanate type clear coating compositions. A method for forming a multilayer coating film comprising a step (1) of applying a base coating composition and a step (2) of applying a clear coating composition on a coating film formed in the step (1), wherein the clear coating composition causes a curing reaction through a transesterification reaction between a hydroxyl group and an alkyl ester group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: KYOEISHA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Moriwaki, Kosuke Asada, Masaru Donkai, Naomi Takenaka
  • Patent number: 11617813
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a hyaluronate-coated high-functional suture and a high-functional suture manufactured thereby, and more particularly to a method of manufacturing a high-functional suture and a high-functional suture manufactured thereby, wherein a suture for internal and external surgery derived from a conventional chemical synthetic material is coated with a hyaluronate as a biocompatible material, thus improving biocompatibility, functionality and ease of use. Upon application of the hyaluronate-coated suture of the invention to the human body, the hyaluronate applied on the surface of the suture is rapidly swollen by body fluids and can thus function as a lubricant, thus being convenient to use by a surgical doctor and reducing the pain of a patient and maximizing the functions of skin filling or skin regeneration in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventors: Dong Keon Kweon, Seung Hyeon Park
  • Patent number: 11596719
    Abstract: This adhesion prevention film for medical devices is a single-layer or multilayer adhesion prevention film that is formed on the surface of a medical device. This adhesion prevention film for medical devices comprises an outermost layer that contains a plurality of conductive particles and a resin having a continuously usable temperature of 200° C. or higher. The surface of the outermost layer is provided with recesses and projections by having parts of the plurality of conductive particles exposed from the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Murano, Takuya Fujihara, Takeshi Deguchi, Hiroaki Kasai, Kohei Shiramizu
  • Patent number: 11600593
    Abstract: Disclosed are a die bonding apparatus, a substrate bonding apparatus, a die bonding method, and a substrate bonding method that are capable of bonding a die to a substrate or bonding substrates together without using a bonding medium such as an adhesion film and a solder bump. The die bonding method includes hydrophilizing a bonding surface of the die, by plasma processing, forming a liquid film on a bonding area of the substrate, by supplying a liquid including water to the bonding area of the substrate, pre-bonding the die to the substrate by bringing the die into contact with the liquid film, and post-bonding one or more dies to the substrate at the same time, by performing heat treatment in a state in which the one or more dies are pre-bonded to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hanglim Lee, Jungsuk Goh, Kwangsup Kim, Doyeon Kim, Minyoung Kim, Jihoon Park, Yungi Kim, Do Heon Kim, Choonghyun Lee, Hyo Seok Lee, Soo Ill Jang