Patents by Inventor Gerard I. Libby

Gerard I. Libby 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).

  • MECHANICAL VACUUM DRESSING FOR MECHANICALLY MANAGING, PROTECTING AND SUCTIONING SMALL INCISIONAL WOUNDS
    Publication number: 20230043453
    Abstract: A mechanical vacuum dressing comprising: a first valve layer comprising a first one-way valve; a second valve layer comprising a second one-way valve; the first valve layer being joined to the second valve layer so as to define a chamber therebetween; the first one-way valve being configured to admit fluid into the chamber through the first one-way valve but prevent fluid from exiting the chamber through the first one-way valve; the second one-way valve being configured to exhaust fluid from the chamber through the second one-way valve but prevent fluid from entering the chamber through the second one-way valve; and the second valve layer comprising an elastomeric material such that (i) when the second valve layer is moved away from the first valve layer, the volume of the chamber is increased, and (ii) when the second valve layer is thereafter released, the second valve layer moves back towards the first valve layer and the volume of the chamber is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Lee, Anthony Assal, Matthew Baird, John Frederick Cornhill, Russell Corwin, Andrew Harvey, Jeffrey Milsom, Anh Nguyen, Jia Xing, James Goldie, Vladimir Gilman, Minh Duong, Jennifer Vondran, Blair Hough, Gerard I. Libby, Timothy Norman Johnson, Darwin T. Keith-Lucas
  • Mechanical vacuum dressing for mechanically managing, protecting and suctioning small incisional wounds
    Patent number: 11491265
    Abstract: A mechanical vacuum dressing comprising: a first valve layer comprising a first one-way valve; a second valve layer comprising a second one-way valve; the first valve layer being joined to the second valve layer so as to define a chamber therebetween; the first one-way valve being configured to admit fluid into the chamber through the first one-way valve but prevent fluid from exiting the chamber through the first one-way valve; the second one-way valve being configured to exhaust fluid from the chamber through the second one-way valve but prevent fluid from entering the chamber through the second one-way valve; and the second valve layer comprising an elastomeric material such that (i) when the second valve layer is moved away from the first valve layer, the volume of the chamber is increased, and (ii) when the second valve layer is thereafter released, the second valve layer moves back towards the first valve layer and the volume of the chamber is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Sang Lee, Anthony Assal, Matthew Baird, John Frederick Cornhill, Russell Corwin, Andrew Harvey, Jeffrey Milsom, Anh Nguyen, Jia Xing, James Goldie, Vladimir Gilman, Minh Duong, Jennifer Vondran, Blair Hough, Gerard I. Libby, Timothy Norman Johnson, Darwin T. Keith-Lucas
  • MECHANICAL VACUUM DRESSING FOR MECHANICALLY MANAGING, PROTECTING AND SUCTIONING SMALL INCISIONAL WOUNDS
    Publication number: 20190365962
    Abstract: A mechanical vacuum dressing comprising: a first valve layer comprising a first one-way valve; a second valve layer comprising a second one-way valve; the first valve layer being joined to the second valve layer so as to define a chamber therebetween; the first one-way valve being configured to admit fluid into the chamber through the first one-way valve but prevent fluid from exiting the chamber through the first one-way valve; the second one-way valve being configured to exhaust fluid from the chamber through the second one-way valve but prevent fluid from entering the chamber through the second one-way valve; and the second valve layer comprising an elastomeric material such that (i) when the second valve layer is moved away from the first valve layer, the volume of the chamber is increased, and (ii) when the second valve layer is thereafter released, the second valve layer moves back towards the first valve layer and the volume of the chamber is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Sang Lee, Anthony Assal, Matthew Baird, John Frederick Cornhill, Russell Corwin, Andrew Harvey, Jeffrey Milsom, Anh Nguyen, Jia Xing, James Goldie, Vladimir Gilman, Minh Duong, Jennifer Vondran, Blair Hough, Gerard I. Libby, Timothy Norman Johnson, Darwin T. Keith-Lucas