Patents by Inventor Amelia Prentice

Amelia Prentice 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).

  • Patent number: 10968543
    Abstract: A wound dressing for use in vacuum wound therapy comprising a wound contact layer which is an open structure comprising a yarn comprising gel-forming filaments or fibres, the structure having a porosity which allows exudate to flow through it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Bonnefin, Sarah Wroe, Amelia Prentice
  • Patent number: 9562305
    Abstract: A yarn comprising gel forming filaments or fibers particularly one used to make a woven or knitted wound dressing or other gelling fabric structure. The invention provides a yarn comprising a blend of from 30% to 100% by weight of gel-forming fibers and 0% to 70% by weight of textile fibers. Process for making the yarns are also described including those using rotor spinning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Convatec Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Bonnefin, Sarah Wroe, Amelia Prentice
  • Publication number: 20140323999
    Abstract: A wound dressing for use in vacuum wound therapy comprising a wound contact layer which is an open structure comprising a yarn comprising gel-forming filaments or fibres, the structure having a porosity which allows exudate to flow through it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Wayne Bonnefin, Sarah Wroe, Amelia Prentice
  • Publication number: 20140305092
    Abstract: A yarn comprising gel forming filaments or fibres particularly one used to make a woven or knitted wound dressing or other gelling fabric structure. The invention provides a yarn comprising a blend of from 30% to 100% by weight of gel-forming fibres and 0% to 70% by weight of textile fibres. Process for making the yarns are also described including those using rotor spinning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Wayne Bonnefin, Sarah Wroe, Amelia Prentice