Patents by Inventor Hallie A. Finucane

Hallie A. Finucane 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).

  • Medical article with adhered antimicrobial metal
    Patent number: 6267782
    Abstract: A variety of new ways can be used for associating antimicrobial elemental metal with a medical article. The associated antimicrobial metal reduces the risk of infection associated with the medical use of the medical article. New medical articles are produced by some of these new approaches. Some of the methods involve ways of adjusting the dissociation rate of associated elemental metal such that desired degrees of antimicrobial activity can be achieved over selected periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew F. Ogle, William R. Holmberg, Richard F. Schroeder, Donald S. Guzik, M. William Mirsch, II, Darrin J. Bergman, Hallie A. Finucane, Katherine S. Tweden
  • Medical article with adhered antimicrobial metal
    Patent number: 6190407
    Abstract: A variety of new ways can be used for associating antimicrobial elemental metal with a medical article. The associated antimicrobial metal reduces the risk of infection associated with the medical use of the medical article. New medical articles are produced by some of these new approaches. Some of the methods involve ways of adjusting the dissociation rate of associated elemental metal such that desired degrees of antimicrobial activity can be achieved over selected periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew F. Ogle, William R. Holmberg, Richard F. Schroeder, Donald S. Guzik, M. William Mirsch, II, Darrin J. Bergman, Hallie A. Finucane, Katherine S. Tweden