Patents Examined by Timothy C Cleveland
  • Patent number: 11504444
    Abstract: A modified liquid electrical vaporiser is disclosed with a modified chimney that provides enhanced distribution of actives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited
    Inventors: Dafni Panagopoulou, Simon Woolley
  • Patent number: 11491248
    Abstract: A sterilization tray is disclosed herein. A medical instrument, such as an endoscope, may be placed into the sterilization tray, and the sterilization tray with the medical instrument disposed therein may be placed into a vacuum chamber of a sterilization system. The sterilization tray may also be used to transport the medical instrument to and from a point of care. Sterilization is performed with the instrument in the base component and the lid component disposed atop the base component. Transportation is performed with the instrument in the lid component and the base component disposed atop the lid component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ASP GLOBAL MANUFACTURING GMBH
    Inventors: Samuel J. Rhodes, Masood Siddiqui, Darius D. Eghbal
  • Patent number: 11478562
    Abstract: A technique is provided whereby hydrogen peroxide introduced into a working chamber containing a resin component is reduced to a low concentration in a shorter time than before. The present invention resides in a method of maintaining a sterile environment of a working chamber that contains a resin component, and includes a step (a) of introducing hydrogen peroxide into the working chamber, a step (b) of introducing air into the working chamber through a filter after completion of the step (a), a step (c) of generating ozone by irradiating the air with ultraviolet having a peak wavelength of from 160 nm to less than 200 nm upstream of the filter or inside the working chamber and introducing the ozone into the working chamber, and a step (d) of decomposing the ozone introduced into the working chamber into oxygen radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keisuke Naito
  • Patent number: 11471897
    Abstract: A centrifuge rotor for sample vessels includes a seal between a lower part and a cover. The seal comprises a gasket, which is arranged in a first groove. The first groove is arranged on one of the elements constituted by the cover and the lower part. The first groove, in relation to the axis of rotation of the centrifuge rotor, is open axially toward the other of the elements constituted by the cover and the lower part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Eppendorf AG
    Inventor: Steffen Kühnert
  • Patent number: 11471909
    Abstract: An aromatherapy diffuser includes a diffuser body and a diffusion device. The diffuser body has an oil storage cavity for storing a predetermined amount of essential oil. The diffusion device is supported in the diffuser body, and includes an ultrasonic vibrator arranged to generate ultrasonic vibrations, in such a manner that when the diffusion body is partially immersed in the water stored in the container, the essential oil is released to the water from the oil storage cavity while the ultrasonic vibrator is arranged to cause ultrasonic vibrations in the water so as to agitate the water molecules for releasing negatively charged mist and essential oil into ambient air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Jiao Chen
  • Patent number: 11464884
    Abstract: An antibacterial device that includes a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a second electrode on the substrate, and a protective layer covering the first electrode and the second electrode and having a first surface opposing of the substrate and a second surface opposite the first surface. Further, the first electrode and the second electrode are arranged such that the protective layer has an electric field strength on the second surface thereof of 150 kV/m or more when a voltage is applied to the first electrode or the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Ando, Kenichiro Takumi, Daiji Tamakura, Kenichi Mori
  • Patent number: 11452792
    Abstract: A deodorization module including a housing having a suction port and a discharge port formed therein, a fan disposed between the suction port and the discharge port, a photocatalytic filter disposed between the suction port and the fan, a light source module including a substrate and an ultraviolet light source and configured to irradiate the photocatalytic filter with ultraviolet light, and an ion generator disposed between the fan and the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Won Kim, Jae Hak Jeong, Byeong Cheol Ju, Sang Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 11446405
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a safe steady portable incense heater and, more particularly, to a self-contained incense heater shaped as a trapezoid hexagon inflated from bottom for safely holding, igniting, and heating incense (bukhoor wood bricks). The safe steady portable incense heater shaped as a trapezoid hexagon inflated from bottom heats the incense (bukhoor wood bricks) to a specific temperature in order to help the user direct the smoke flow in the exact direction of the nozzle using the fan thrust. The self-contained safe incense heater shaped as a trapezoid hexagon inflated from the bottom has a small hand size and is portable without any wires to enhance the mobility of the users and the way of using incense or bukhoor wood bricks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Sadeq Qasem
  • Patent number: 11446406
    Abstract: Provided is a photocatalytic device capable of further enhancing an effect by a photocatalyst and also efficiently dissipating heat emitted from a light applying portion, and capable of further enhancing the purification effect by increase of a light amount. In the photocatalytic device, both end portions of a housing in the lateral direction are in contact with an upper face of a photocatalyst filter to support the photocatalyst filter, and form upper-side edge portions for openings. A center portion of the housing is distant from the photocatalyst filter in an upward direction. Tilted portions are positioned in regions between both the end portions and the center portion. A lower-side inner wall of the housing supports the photocatalyst filter, and forms lower-side edge portions for the openings. A light applying portion is disposed on a lower face of the center portion of the upper-side inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: APS JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teruo Watanabe, Hidemitsu Watanabe, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takafumi Watanabe, Masao Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11439723
    Abstract: A disinfectant misting system and assembly operably configured to selectively control emission of an atomized spray of disinfectant solution within an enclosed structure at desired times, in desired locations, and for a desired amount of flow through at least one electronic control unit in an effective and efficient manner, and comprising a liquid supply housing with a liquid disinfectant storage tank housing a disinfectant solution, a disinfectant supply pump, an electronically controlled room pressure regulation component, and an electronically controlled pump pressure regulation component fluidly couplable to a liquid conduit assembly operably configured to transport the disinfectant solution to at least one disinfectant emission housing operably configured to emit an atomized spray of the disinfectant solution into the enclosed room space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AIRSEBY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nicholas Battersby
  • Patent number: 11434065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to automatic odor treatment spray dispensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventors: Robert C. Danville, Andrew G. Przyjemski
  • Patent number: 11434032
    Abstract: A modular production system including a plurality of production modules connected in a linear series to form a production tunnel, and collectively defining a production channel, and wherein at least one fluid inlet port defined along the production tunnel, said inlet port is in fluid communication with a pressurized fluid source, whereby influx of fluid from said fluid source through said fluid inlet port acts to maintain the fluid pressure within the production channel at a higher pressure than the atmospheric pressure outside of the production tunnel; and wherein one of said production modules positioned between said proximal-most and distal-most production modules comprises a depyrogenator and/or sterilization module, comprising a transparent tubular body, and an irradiation source positioned external to said transparent tubular body, said irradiation source capable of heating the internal environment of the depyrogenation and/or sterilization module to a temperature sufficient to depyrogenate or sterilize
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
    Inventor: Francesco Sanmartin
  • Patent number: 11419957
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an automated device for tissue and organ engineering. The device comprises a main chamber for performing decellularization, tissue sterilization, and recellularization and a set of solution and medium chambers, which provide solutions and medium for the decellularization and recellularization processes, respectively, in a continuous closed circuit. The device further comprises a sterilizing system for self-sterilization of the automated device. The device further comprises a user interface to input steps of protocols for tissue or organ engineering. The device further comprises a controller configured to control valves and pumps, which control and direct the flow of solutions and medium based on the steps of protocols, thereby automating the processes of decellularization, tissue sterilization, recellularization and self-sterilization. All parts of the device are installed in one single body in a fully integrated manner, in one example, which makes the device ready to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Ghassem Amoabediny, Seyed Hossein Mahfouzi Mousavi, Seyed Hamid Safiabadi Tali, Mostafa Ghanei
  • Patent number: 11406725
    Abstract: A device and system for sterilizing objects, commonly dental, medical, or veterinary instruments, having a double door configuration that can provide entry of contaminated instruments into a sterilizer from a contaminated area and subsequently, post-sterilization, their pass-through directly into a sterile area through an exit door from said sterilizer. More specifically, the invention is a countertop, high velocity, dry heat sterilization device that is readily adaptable for those clinical areas requiring separation of contaminated and sterile areas for the processing of medical, dental, or veterinary instruments. The sterilization device utilizes a dual airflow pathway and a controlled heat delivery system to deliver to the sterilization chamber the supply air having temperature uniformity and air velocity required of the high velocity dry heat sterilization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Integrated Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Bryan Smith, Michael Howard Linse, Nelson Sigman Slavik
  • Patent number: 11382998
    Abstract: A scent device comprises a container defining a volume and configured to hold a fill material, which may include one or more chemical compounds, natural formulations, or both configured to absorb odor and/or moisture, and/or emit a scent. The scent device includes a vented cap reversibly coupled to the container via a connection mechanism, and a breathable insert sandwiched between the container and the cap. The breathable insert may comprise a non-woven fabric supported along its perimeter by a structural mount. Methods of manufacturing the scent device involve cutting a mount from a support material, attaching a breathable material to the mount to form a breathable insert, depositing a scent-controlling material within a container, and sandwiching the breathable insert between the container and a cap upon coupling the cap with the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Wildlife Research Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Burgeson, Anthony Berg
  • Patent number: 11376342
    Abstract: The miniature aromatherapy diffuser comprises a main shell and a perfume bottle assembly, a heating body fixed seat is arranged in the main shell, one end of the heating body fixing seat is provided with a connecting cavity, and the other end is detachably assembled with a heating body; a PCB assembly is arranged on the heating body fixing seat, and both sides of the heating body are provided with electrodes connected with the PCB assembly. The perfume bottle assembly comprises a bottle body and a cotton bar, the bottle body is connected with the connecting cavity, one end of the cotton bar extends out of the mouth of the bottle body and extends into the heating body; a fragrance emitting area is arranged on the main shell, and the main shell is also provided with a rotary plug socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Xiaoming Wang
  • Patent number: 11369708
    Abstract: A method reduces microbiological contamination in a closed chamber (6), formed by at least two interconnected components (1, 4), by introducing a germicidal medium in liquid form into the chamber (6). The chamber (6) is formed by and between a cap (4) and a head (2) of a filled container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KOCHER-PLASTIK MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Spallek, Johannes Geser
  • Patent number: 11364316
    Abstract: An air disinfection device includes: a housing including an inlet port and a disinfection chamber that has a shape of a frustum; and a disinfection head disposed in the inlet port and including a fan for taking air into the housing, a filter for filtering the air; and a light source for generating disinfection light that forms a light frustum and disinfects the air in the disinfection chamber. The air disinfection device further includes a power source that provides electrical power for the disinfection head. The light source is arranged so that the light frustum is coaxial with the chamber frustum, and the light and chamber frusta diverge along the same direction. The lateral surface of the light frustum can coincide with the inner lateral surface of the disinfection chamber and the entire portion of a space defined by the disinfection chamber is located within the light frustum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Bolb Inc.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Huazhong Deng, Bin Zhang, Ling Zhou, Ying Gao
  • Patent number: 11366096
    Abstract: Embodiments are described for separating/collecting components from a multi-component fluid such as whole blood. Some embodiments provide for controlling the amount of a component, such as platelets, introduced into a separation chamber to ensure that the density of fluid in the separation chamber does not exceed a particular value. This may provide for collecting purer components. Other embodiments may provide for determining a chamber flow rate based on a concentration of a component in the multi-component fluid, which may then be used to determine a centrifuge speed, to collect purer concentrated components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TERUMO BCT, INC.
    Inventors: Marlene Bainbridge, Todd Curtis Green, Logan Fender
  • Patent number: 11360075
    Abstract: Embodiments are described for separating/collecting components from a multi-component fluid such as whole blood. Some embodiments provide for controlling the amount of a component, such as platelets, introduced into a separation chamber to ensure that the density of fluid in the separation chamber does not exceed a particular value. This may provide for collecting purer components. Other embodiments may provide for determining a chamber flow rate based on a concentration of a component in the multi-component fluid, which may then be used to determine a centrifuge speed, to collect purer concentrated components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TERUMO BCT, INC.
    Inventors: Marlene Bainbridge, Todd Curtis Green, Logan Fender