Patents by Inventor Chad Ronholdt

Chad Ronholdt 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).

  • Methods for determining microbial contamination of allograft products
    Patent number: 8158379
    Abstract: A method for determining microbial contamination of allograft products includes providing an extraction vessel having an outer container and a removable inner basket, placing the allograft product into the inner basket, providing an extraction fluid in the outer container of the extraction vessel, positioning the inner basket in the outer container, so that the allograft product and the inner basket are submerged in the extraction fluid and agitating the extraction fluid for a predetermined amount of time and analyzing the extraction fluid for microbial contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Allosource
    Inventor: Chad Ronholdt
  • Anti-Adhesion Barrier Wound Dressing Comprising Processed Amniotic Tissue and Method of Use
    Publication number: 20110129520
    Abstract: An anti-adhesion wound barrier fabricated from amnion obtained from human birth tissue and treated with a glutaraldehyde solution is provided. The amnion is treated in 1% glutaraldehyde solution for up to 15 minutes to fix the amnion. Methods of processing the birth tissue to prepare the amnion for use as a wound barrier are also provided. Use of the amnion anti-adhesion wound barrier for dressing wounds is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Simon Bogdansky, Chad Ronholdt, Adrian Samaniego, Kenneth Blood, Terrell Suddarth
  • Methods for determining microbial contamination of allograft products
    Publication number: 20050214895
    Abstract: A method for determining microbial contamination of allograft products comprises providing an extraction vessel having an outer container and a removable inner basket, place the allograft product into the inner basket, providing an abstraction fluid in the outer container of the extraction vessel, positioning the inner basket in the outer container, so that the allograft product and the inner basket is submerged in the extraction fluid and agitating the extraction fluid for a predetermined amount of time and analyzing the extraction fluid from microbial contamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventor: Chad Ronholdt