Patents by Inventor JACK E. KOCHEAVAR

JACK E. KOCHEAVAR 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).

  • TAMPER-EVIDENT CLOSURE
    Publication number: 20220241520
    Abstract: The disclosed tamper-evident closure (100) encloses a medical access device, such as a vascular access device (200), such that it will be visibly apparent if the medical access device contained in the tamper-evident closure becomes exposed. The tamper-evident closure cannot be reapplied over the medical access device in a way to look the same as it did prior to exposing the medical access device. The tamper-evident closures comprise a holding cavity (110), a securing mechanism (160), and an apparent release. The disclosed tamper-evident closures are well suited for securing a medical access device that has an access point for delivering fluid to a patient or removing fluid from a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: ALAN R. DOMBROWSKI, ADAM S. TRONESS, JACK E. KOCHEAVAR, DENNARD J. POWELL, MICHAEL J. VOSTAL, MATTHEW T. ZABEL, JACQUELINE M. GANSER