Patents by Inventor Jeremy D. Kimmel

Jeremy D. Kimmel 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).

  • Devices, systems and methods for reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide in blood
    Patent number: 9814821
    Abstract: A method for removal of at least a portion of carbon dioxide from an aqueous fluid such as a blood fluid includes placing a first surface of at least one membrane through which carbon dioxide and at least one acid gas other than carbon dioxide can pass in fluid in contact with the fluid. The membrane limits or prevent passage of the fluid therethrough. A carrier or sweep gas including the acid gas other than carbon dioxide is passed over a second surface (which is typically opposite the first surface) of the membrane so that the acid gas other than carbon dioxide can pass through the membrane into the fluid, and carbon dioxide from the fluid can pass from the liquid, through the membrane, and into the sweep gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: William J. Federspiel, David T. Arazawa, Jeremy D. Kimmel
  • DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING THE CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN BLOOD
    Publication number: 20150129493
    Abstract: A method for removal of at least a portion of carbon dioxide from an aqueous fluid such as a blood fluid includes placing a first surface of at least one membrane through which carbon dioxide and at least one acid gas other than carbon dioxide can pass in fluid in contact with the fluid. The membrane limits or prevent passage of the fluid therethrough. A carrier or sweep gas including the acid gas other than carbon dioxide is passed over a second surface (which is typically opposite the first surface) of the membrane so that the acid gas other than carbon dioxide can pass through the membrane into the fluid, and carbon dioxide from the fluid can pass from the liquid, through the membrane, and into the sweep gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh-of The Commonweath System of Higher Education
    Inventors: William J. Federspiel, David T. Arazawa, Jeremy D. Kimmel