Patents by Inventor Andre Maurice Rustad

Andre Maurice Rustad 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).

  • Method of installing an anti-siphon flow restricter for a nebulizer
    Patent number: 5738086
    Abstract: A method of installing an anti-siphon flow restricter into a gas flow lumen of a nebulizer includes providing an anti-siphon flow restricter having a side wall conforming to a cross section of the gas flow lumen, first and second ends at opposite ends of the side wall and an elastomeric diaphragm closing the first end of the side wall. The anti-siphon flow restricter is axially inserted into the gas flow lumen with the diaphragm leading. The diaphragm is slit and allowed to self-bias closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David McMahon, Andre Maurice Rustad