Patents by Inventor James Wade Curlee

James Wade Curlee 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).

  • Textile products having selectively applied sealant or coating with visual indicator and method of detecting the same
    Patent number: 11577003
    Abstract: A method of detecting the presence or absence of a sealant applied to a textile graft includes the steps of: providing a textile graft having a first surface and an opposed second surface; providing a water soluble masking agent; applying the water soluble masking agent to at least a portion of the first surface of the textile graft; providing a sealant solution; providing a visual indicator; applying the water insoluble sealing agent and the visual indicator to the second surface of the textile graft; and removing the water soluble masking agent after the step of applying sealing solution. The second surface has visual indication of the visual indicator and the first surface is substantially free of visual indication of the visual indicator. An implantable textile graft includes the selectively applied visual indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hothouse Medical Limited
    Inventors: David Granville Stevenson, Timothy Rawden Ashton, Lindsey Calcutt, Paul Van Hulle, James Wade Curlee
  • TEXTILE PRODUCTS HAVING SELECTIVELY APPLIED SEALANT OR COATING WITH VISUAL INDICATOR AND METHOD OF DETECTING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210283309
    Abstract: A method of detecting the presence or absence of a sealant applied to a textile graft includes the steps of: providing a textile graft having a first surface and an opposed second surface; providing a water soluble masking agent; applying the water soluble masking agent to at least a portion of the first surface of the textile graft; providing a sealant solution; providing a visual indicator; applying the water insoluble sealing agent and the visual indicator to the second surface of the textile graft; and removing the water soluble masking agent after the step of applying sealing solution. The second surface has visual indication of the visual indicator and the first surface is substantially free of visual indication of the visual indicator. An implantable textile graft includes the selectively applied visual indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Hothouse Medical Limited
    Inventors: David Granville Stevenson, Timothy Rawden Ashton, Lindsey Calcutt, Paul Van Hulle, James Wade Curlee