Patents by Inventor Arthur Formanek

Arthur Formanek 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).

  • INLINE MICROGRAVITY AIR TRAP DEVICE AND AN INTRAVENOUS ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING AN INLINE MICROGRAVITY AIR TRAP DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230062073
    Abstract: An inline microgravity air trap device includes an elongate air trap chamber, the air trap chamber having a blind end, an opposite air outlet end containing a gas egress opening, a fluid inlet port connecting to a pressurized fluid supply, a fluid outlet port connecting the air trap chamber to a fluid delivery destination, a filter forming a tube having an interior, a first end at the blind end of the air trap chamber and a second end at the gas egress opening, and a structural insert in the interior of the tube, having a first insert end located at the blind end, and a second insert end located the air outlet end, where the chamber is formed to direct fluid from the pressurized fluid supply to accelerate centrifugally around the filter, forcing gas contained in the fluid to pass through the filter into the interior of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Arthur Formanek, Mark Ottensmeyer, Tovy Kamine
  • Inline microgravity air trap device and an intravenous assembly incorporating an inline microgravity air trap device
    Patent number: 11504484
    Abstract: An inline microgravity air trap device includes an elongate air trap chamber, the air trap chamber having a blind end, an opposite air outlet end containing a gas egress opening, a fluid inlet port connecting to a pressurized fluid supply, a fluid outlet port connecting the air trap chamber to a fluid delivery destination, a filter forming a tube having an interior, a first end at the blind end of the air trap chamber and a second end at the gas egress opening, and a structural insert in the interior of the tube, having a first insert end located at the blind end, and a second insert end located the air outlet end, where the chamber is formed to direct fluid from the pressurized fluid supply to accelerate centrifugally around the filter, forcing gas contained in the fluid to pass through the filter into the interior of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventors: Arthur Formanek, Mark Ottensmeyer, Tovy Kamine
  • INLINE MICROGRAVITY AIR TRAP DEVICE AND AN INTRAVENOUS ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING AN INLINE MICROGRAVITY AIR TRAP DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200338278
    Abstract: An inline microgravity air trap device includes an elongate air trap chamber, the air trap chamber having a blind end, an opposite air outlet end containing a gas egress opening, a fluid inlet port connecting to a pressurized fluid supply, a fluid outlet port connecting the air trap chamber to a fluid delivery destination, a filter forming a tube having an interior, a first end at the blind end of the air trap chamber and a second end at the gas egress opening, and a structural insert in the interior of the tube, having a first insert end located at the blind end, and a second insert end located the air outlet end, where the chamber is formed to direct fluid from the pressurized fluid supply to accelerate centrifugally around the filter, forcing gas contained in the fluid to pass through the filter into the interior of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Arthur Formanek, Mark Ottensmeyer, Tovy Kamine
  • Inline microgravity air trap device and an intravenous assembly incorporating an inline microgravity air trap device
    Patent number: 10737018
    Abstract: An inline microgravity air trap device includes an elongate air trap chamber, the air trap chamber having a blind end, an opposite air outlet end containing a gas egress opening, a fluid inlet port connecting to a pressurized fluid supply, a fluid outlet port connecting the air trap chamber to a fluid delivery destination, a filter forming a tube having an interior, a first end at the blind end of the air trap chamber and a second end at the gas egress opening, and a structural insert in the interior of the tube, having a first insert end located at the blind end, and a second insert end located the air outlet end, where the chamber is formed to direct fluid from the pressurized fluid supply to accelerate centrifugally around the filter, forcing gas contained in the fluid to pass through the filter into the interior of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventors: Arthur Formanek, Mark Ottensmeyer, Tovy Kamine
  • INLINE MICROGRAVITY AIR TRAP DEVICE AND AN INTRAVENOUS ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING AN INLINE MICROGRAVITY AIR TRAP DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200086037
    Abstract: An inline microgravity air trap device includes an elongate air trap chamber, the air trap chamber having a blind end, an opposite air outlet end containing a gas egress opening, a fluid inlet port connecting to a pressurized fluid supply, a fluid outlet port connecting the air trap chamber to a fluid delivery destination, a filter forming a tube having an interior, a first end at the blind end of the air trap chamber and a second end at the gas egress opening, and a structural insert in the interior of the tube, having a first insert end located at the blind end, and a second insert end located the air outlet end, where the chamber is formed to direct fluid from the pressurized fluid supply to accelerate centrifugally around the filter, forcing gas contained in the fluid to pass through the filter into the interior of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Arthur Formanek, Mark Ottensmeyer, Tovy Kamine