Patents by Inventor Barbara Thome

Barbara Thome 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).

  • Heat-sterilizable membrane
    Patent number: 5891338
    Abstract: Heat-sterilizable membranes are disclosed comprising at least two hydrophobic polymers which are normally immiscible with each other, and in which at least one of the hydrophobic polymers is normally unstable under sterilization conditions while at least one of the other hydrophobic polymers is normally stable at sterilization conditions, and in which the at least two hydrophobic polymers are compatibilized with each other so that the membrane formed therefrom is stable at such sterilization conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Gambro Dialysatoren GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Carl-Martin Bell, Reinhold Buck, Barbara Thome, Markus Storr, Hermann Gohl