Patents by Inventor Douglas E. Thorogood

Douglas E. Thorogood 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 removal of items from a sterile enclosure
    Patent number: 4715165
    Abstract: A length of flexible packaging is provided for use with a sterile enclosure or isolator. The packaging is attached to a port on the outside of the sterile isolator and is adapted to enable an item to be passed from the interior of the sterile isolator through the port into the interior of the packaging. A transverse seal is made in the packaging to seal the dangerous chemical in a segment of the packaging. The packaging is cut transversely along the sealed section and the segment containing the item is separated from the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1987
    Assignee: Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas E. Thorogood
  • Certain lodophor disinfectant compositions
    Patent number: 4148884
    Abstract: Stable microbicidal disinfectant compositions comprising a complex of a halogen, a nonionic surface-active agent, and an -onium salt of an alkyl amine characterized by a negative reaction to standard tests for free halogen, no loss of halogen when boiled in an aqueous solution, and having microbicidal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1979
    Inventor: Douglas E. Thorogood