Patents by Inventor Donald E. Buglino

Donald E. Buglino 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).

  • Patent number: 7947025
    Abstract: A drainable urine pouch includes a discharge portion that is foldable between a discharge position and a closed position. A security flap is sealed to both walls of the pouch by a through weld, to define a baffle near the discharge portion. The discharge portion includes a constriction, and a stepped profile with multiple step stages. The discharge portion has one or more bias members. A drainage adapter is releasably coupled to the discharge portion. The drainage adapter has a plug with a shoulder for abutting the constriction in the discharge portion, to locate the adapter correctly for obtaining a liquid-tight seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: ConvaTec Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Buglino, Matt Dawson, Bret Weig, Adrian Breakwell
  • Publication number: 20090082743
    Abstract: A drainable urine pouch includes a discharge portion that is foldable between a discharge position and a closed position. A security flap is sealed to both walls of the pouch by a through weld, to define a baffle near the discharge portion. The discharge portion includes a constriction, and a stepped profile with multiple step stages. The discharge portion has one or more bias members. A drainage adapter is releasably coupled to the discharge portion. The drainage adapter has a plug with a shoulder for abutting the constriction in the discharge portion, to locate the adapter correctly for obtaining a liquid-tight seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
    Inventors: Donald E. Buglino, Matt Dawson, Bret Weig, Adrian Breakwell
  • Patent number: 6011194
    Abstract: An improved wound dressing is provided according to the present invention. In a prefenred embodiment, the dressing comprises an absorbent layer including one or more absorbent and/or superabsorbent materials; a porous, non-stick layer or film larger in size than said absorbent layer and overlying, a wound-facing surface of the absorbent layer such that a portion of the non-stick layer extends beyond the length and width of the absorbent layer; a protective cover layer, which protective cover layer is larger in size than the absorbent layer but generally no greater in size than the non-stick layer; and a cohesive layer of an adhesive material generally being substantially the size and shape of the protective cover layer which is adhered to its non-wound-facing surface and having the absorbent layer and the extending portion of the non-stick layer adhered to its wound facing surface, whereby a substantially non-adherent dressing is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Donald E. Buglino, Barry Constantine, Joanne C. Hudak, Marjory A. Kadash