Patents by Inventor James D. Lewis

James D. Lewis 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).

  • Publication number: 20240138064
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a multilayer circuit board is provided which includes forming a layer of a the multilayer circuit board with an internal clearance region having a modified voltage-to-ground clearance of conductive material adjacent to an aperture of the multilayer circuit board. The modified voltage-to-ground clearance of conductive material is based on a configuration of a connector pin to be press-fit connected within the aperture of the multilayer circuit board, and the internal clearance region is enlarged in a direction of greatest normal force outward from the aperture with insertion of the connector pin into the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: James D. BIELICK, Theron Lee LEWIS, David J. BRAUN, John R. DANGLER, Timothy P. YOUNGER, Stephen Michael HUGO, Timothy JENNINGS
  • Publication number: 20120310326
    Abstract: A tube which circumferentially distends from its initial circumference upon the application of a circumferentially distending force such as applied by an internal pressure, and which exhibits minimal recoil following the removal of the circumferentially distending force. The tube preferably has a second circumference larger than the initial circumference which remains substantially unchanged by further increasing force once it has been achieved. Because of the distensible circumference and minimal recoil of the tube, the tube is useful as a liner for pipes and vessels and particularly for pipes and vessels having irregular internal surfaces to which the tube can smoothly conform. The tube is preferably made from porous PTFE with thin walls, in which form it is particularly useful as a liner for both living and prosthetic blood vessels and to line anastomoses between living and prosthetic blood vessels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Carey V. Campbell, Alvaro J. Laguna, James D. Lewis, Mark E. Mayrand, David J. Myers
  • Patent number: 8221488
    Abstract: A method of making a tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Patent number: 8221487
    Abstract: A method of making an tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded PTFE which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Patent number: 8197531
    Abstract: A method of making a tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Patent number: 8197532
    Abstract: A method of making a tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Patent number: 8197530
    Abstract: A method of making a tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded PTFE which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Publication number: 20120046727
    Abstract: A method of making an tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Patent number: 8080051
    Abstract: A method of making an tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Publication number: 20100222874
    Abstract: A method of making a tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Publication number: 20100222865
    Abstract: A method of making a tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded PTFE which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Publication number: 20100218882
    Abstract: A method of making a tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Publication number: 20100218885
    Abstract: A method of making an tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded PTFE which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Publication number: 20100212809
    Abstract: A method of making a tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Publication number: 20100217375
    Abstract: A method of making an tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded PTFE which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Publication number: 20100131041
    Abstract: A method of making an tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Patent number: 7691141
    Abstract: A method of making an tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers, Wayne D. House
  • Publication number: 20040159574
    Abstract: A flexible polymeric container for holding albumin. The container is made of a sheet of flexible polymeric film formed into a bag having a cavity enclosed by a first wall, an opposing second wall, and seals about a periphery of the first and second walls. The seals join an interior portion of the opposing first and second walls and create a fluid-tight chamber within the cavity of the container for storing a concentration of the albumin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, William Baccia, Josef Schmidt, Johan Vandersande, John Carl Card, Theodor Langer, Georg Habison, Helmut Eder
  • Patent number: 6718735
    Abstract: A flexible polymeric container for holding albumin. The container is made of a sheet of flexible polymeric film formed into a bag having a cavity enclosed by a first wall, an opposing second wall, and seals about a periphery of the first and second walls. The seals join an interior portion of the opposing first and second walls and create a fluid-tight chamber within the cavity of the container for storing a concentration of the albumin. A method of packaging the albumin protein into a flexible polymeric container is also provided. Therein a flexible polymeric material is converted into bags, the bags are filled with a quantity of albumin by a filler, and a seal area of the bags is sealed to enclose the albumin within the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, Jr., William Baccia, Josef Schmidt, Johan Vandersande, John Carl Card, Theodor Langer, Georg Habison, Helmut Eder
  • Publication number: 20040024392
    Abstract: An improved apparatus for delivery of cryosurgery fluid in a surgical or other medical environment is disclosed. The preferred apparatus comprises a multiple-layered expanded polytetrafluoroethylene conduit that has a low profile, has low thermal conductivity, and provides exceptional flexibility. A wide variety of treatment instrumentalities may be employed on the end of the conduit to provide medical treatments ranging from direct topical application of cryosurgery fluid to open or closed-system surgical or endosurgical uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: James D. Lewis, David J. Myers