Patents by Inventor George Grobe

George Grobe 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).

  • COMPOSITION AND SYSTEM FOR WOUND DECONTAMINATION
    Publication number: 20070009505
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a cleansing solution and system for administering the cleansing solution to decontaminate a wound surface. A method and kit for decontaminating a wound surface is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Edward Arscott, Irina Ganopolsky, George Grobe, Mark Heldreth, Joseph LiBrizzi, Hugo Pedrozo
  • Surface treatment of fluorinated contact lens materials
    Publication number: 20060246250
    Abstract: Hydrogen-plasma modification of fluorinated polymers reduces the surface chemistry of this polymer removing fluorine, leaving behind a carbon-enriched surface that is further plasma processed into a hydrophilic surface for a lens material to be inserted into the ocular environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventor: George Grobe
  • Hydrogel composition and methods for making the same
    Publication number: 20060074182
    Abstract: The invention provides a hydrogel composition comprising water and a hydrophilic polymer, wherein the hydrogel composition has (a) an ultimate tensile strength of about 10 kPa or more, (b) a compressive strength of about 70 kPa or more, or (c) an ultimate tensile strength of about 10 kPa or more and a compressive strength of about 70 kPa or more. The invention further provides methods for producing a hydrogel composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: DePuy Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard King, George Grobe
  • Coated biomedical device and associated method
    Publication number: 20060068224
    Abstract: The present invention provides a halogen coated biomedical device and a method for producing the device. The method generally involves generating a plasma that affects the release of a halogen species from a source. The halogen reacts with the surface of the biomedical device to form a halogen coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: George Grobe, Janine Orban, Mark Heldreth, Richard Tarr, Don Paquin, Jonathon Spanyer
  • Drug delivery device
    Publication number: 20050261668
    Abstract: A drug delivery device includes a drug core having a pharmaceutically active agent, a holder that holds the drug core and is made of a material impermeable to passage of the active agent; and a tab for attaching the device to eye tissue. A surface of the holder is plasma treated and adhered to at least one of the drug core and the tab. The device is preferably designed for placing in the eye, such as implanting the device using the tab, so the active agent is released in a sustained manner to the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Linda Mosack, Daniel Hook, George Grobe, Matthew Jonasse
  • Plasma treatment of contact lens and IOL
    Publication number: 20050045589
    Abstract: Intraocular lenses or contact lenses 20 are placed on a lower spindle 34 and held there by a vacuum in conduit 34. Noble and reactive gases 56, 58 are introduced and a voltage is applied across upper spindle 32 and lower spindle 34 to plasma treat one surface of the lens. The lens is transferred to the other spindle and the process is repeated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Sanjay Rastogi, Michael Moorehead, William Appleton, George Grobe, Paul Trotto