Patents by Inventor David Walter Wright

David Walter Wright 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 and apparatus for controlling air pressure in an organ or tissue container
    Publication number: 20040248281
    Abstract: An organ perfusion apparatus and method monitor, sustain and/or restore viability of organs and preserve organs for storage and/or transport. Other apparatus include an organ transporter, an organ cassette and an organ diagnostic device. The apparatus and methods include the organ cassette with one or more openings configured to allow tubing to pass through the openings and be connected to the organ or tissue within the cassette, and including a pressure control device to allow pressure inside the portable housing to be varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: ORGAN RECOVERY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: David Walter Wright, Douglas Schein, John Brassil
  • Method and apparatus for transferring heat to or from an organ or tissue container
    Publication number: 20040224299
    Abstract: An organ perfusion apparatus and method monitor, sustain and/or restore viability of organs and preserve organs for storage and/or transport. Other apparatus include an organ transporter, an organ cassette and an organ diagnostic device. The apparatus and methods include the cassette and transporter with heat transfer surfaces arranged to transfer heat between a cooling source in said transporter and the heat transfer surfaces of the cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: ORGAN RECOVERY SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Garland, Douglas Schein, David Walter Wright
  • Device for separating gas from a liquid path
    Publication number: 20040221719
    Abstract: The invention is targeted at the process of separating gas, such as air, from a liquid path. Specifically, the invention provides a means to remove gas from a dynamic liquid path, manage the removed gas and liquid path. The invention provides a means to remove gas from a dynamic liquid path using the buoyant property of gas in a less buoyant liquid, having ingress and egress ports for liquid and gas flow, and separate points of egress for liquid and trapped gas and integral liquid channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: ORGAN RECOVERY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: David Walter Wright, Jeffrey C. Garland