Patents by Inventor Cal Aaron Hoople

Cal Aaron Hoople 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).

  • INDICIA BEARING SEPTUMS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SEPTUMS AND PORTAL THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20210331346
    Abstract: An information bearing septum viewable under radiographic imaging is formed by molding a septum base to have a depression with a given configuration and molding a one-piece solid radiopaque material insert having the same given configuration. The radiopaque insert is mounted to the cavity formed by the depression at the septum base. The top of the septum is then covered by a silicone layer that bonds to the septum. The finished septum is adapted to be fitted to a reservoir housing of a subcutaneous implantable portal. In place of the solid insert, the septum may be formed by placing on top of the septum base a one-piece top layer impregnated with a radiopaque material that has an integral hanging insert that fittingly mounts into the cavity formed by the depression at the septum base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.
    Inventors: Kristin Finberg, Cal Aaron Hoople, Amy Kubas, Ronald Gene Travis, Louis Woo
  • INDICIA BEARING SEPTUMS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SEPTUMS AND PORTAL THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20150100032
    Abstract: An information bearing septum viewable under radiographic imaging is formed by molding a septum base to have a depression with a given configuration and molding a one-piece solid radiopaque material insert having the same given configuration. The radiopaque insert is mounted to the cavity formed by the depression at the septum base. The top of the septum is then covered by a silicone layer that bonds to the septum. The finished septum is adapted to be fitted to a reservoir housing of a subcutaneous implantable portal. In place of the solid insert, the septum may be formed by placing on top of the septum base a one-piece top layer impregnated with a radiopaque material that has an integral hanging insert that fittingly mounts into the cavity formed by the depression at the septum base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.
    Inventors: Kristin Finberg, Cal Aaron Hoople, Amy Kubas, Ronald Gene Travis, Louis Woo