Patents by Inventor Gregory D. Giter

Gregory D. Giter 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: 4722829
    Abstract: A mass/heat exchange device for use as blood oxygenator, dializer, heat exchanger and the like, includes a rectangular or cylindrical elongated housing with first and second opposite axial ends. The interior of the housing is subdivided into three chambers, including an inlet chamber located at one axial end, an outlet chamber located at the opposite axial end and a central mass/heat transfer chamber located therebetween. A plurality of parallel tubes extend through the central chamber and connect the inlet and outlet chambers to provide passageways for treating medium to flow therebetween. The outer surface of each tube has the shape of a series of spherical lobes, connected end-to-end. Further, adjacent tubes are offset from one another to allow internesting of their lobes in a tight orderly packed manner. The treating medium, for example oxygen, flows through the tubes while a medium to be treated, for example blood, flows through the interstitial spaces between the tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Inventor: Gregory D. Giter
  • Patent number: 4594998
    Abstract: An implantable penile prosthesis for overcoming male erectile impotence in the form of an elongated cylindrical device of malleable construction. The device is adapted to be implanted within the corpora cavernosa of the penis. A malleable rod capable of holding any shape to which it is bent is encapsulated within a cylindrical insert member made of biocompatible, flexible material. A thin walled sleeve of predetermined wall thickness may be positioned over the outside of the cylindrical insert member in covering relation thereto for adjustment of the outside diameter of the implant device. The cylindrical insert member tapers along its distal end section towards the distal end extremity of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Assignee: American Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher H. Porter, Gregory D. Giter, Robert W. Pugh, Jr.