Patents by Inventor James G. Bachand

James G. Bachand 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).

  • INHIBITING BACTERIA COLONIZATION WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS
    Publication number: 20210405523
    Abstract: A device such as a medical device and a method for making same provides a device surfaces modified by beam irradiation, such as a gas cluster ion beams or a neutral beam, to inhibit or delay attachment or activation or clotting of platelets or to match surface energy of the device to that of a protein with the property of inhibition of bacterial colonization that can coat the all or part of the device surface to effect such inhibition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Exogenesis Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Khoury, Sean R. Kirkpatrick, Michael J. Walsh, James G. Bachand, Allen R. Kirkpatrick, Thomas J. Webster
  • Treatment method for inhibiting platelet attachment and articles treated thereby
    Patent number: 10971324
    Abstract: A device such as a medical device and a method for making same provides a surface modified by beam irradiation, such as a gas cluster ion beams or a neutral beam, to inhibit or delay attachment or activation or clotting of platelets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Exogenesis Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Khoury, Sean R. Kirkpatrick, Michael J. Walsh, James G. Bachand, Allen R. Kirkpatrick
  • TREATMENT METHOD FOR INHIBITING PLATELET ATTACHMENT AND ARTICLES TREATED THEREBY
    Publication number: 20180190468
    Abstract: A device such as a medical device and a method for making same provides a surface modified by beam irradiation, such as a gas cluster ion beams or a neutral beam, to inhibit or delay attachment or activation or clotting of platelets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph Khoury, Sean R. Kirkpatrick, Michael J. Walsh, James G. Bachand, Allen R. Kirkpatrick
  • TREATMENT METHOD FOR INHIBITING PLATELET ATTACHMENT AND ARTICLES TREATED THEREBY
    Publication number: 20150351892
    Abstract: A device such as a medical device and a method for making same provides a surface modified by beam irradiation, such as a gas cluster ion beams or a neutral beam, to inhibit or delay attachment or activation or clotting of platelets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Exogenesis Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph KHOURY, Sean R. KIRKPATRICK, Michael J WALSH, James G. BACHAND
  • Gas cluster ion beam smoother apparatus
    Patent number: 6486478
    Abstract: An apparatus for smoothing a surface of a substrate includes an ionizer to form gas cluster particles; a power supply to accelerate the gas cluster particles; a triode/Einzel lens combination assembly to focus the accelerated gas cluster particles; a permanent magnet beam filter; scan plates to irradiate the filtered accelerated gas cluster particles onto a surface of a workpiece situated in a reduced pressure atmosphere chamber; and a substrate loading/unloading mechanism to load and unload the workpiece. The ionizer includes an alignment device wherein the alignment device includes a X/Y translation element and an angular translation element. The substrate loading/unloading mechanism provides a workpiece from a plurality of workpieces onto a holder positioned at a first position within the reduced pressure atmosphere chamber, the first position being substantially parallel to a central axis of a flow of the filtered accelerated gas cluster particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Epion Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce K. Libby, Isao Yamada, James A. Greer, Lester G. Crawford, James G. Bachand, Matthew C. Gwinn, Richard P. Torti