Patents by Inventor Jerry Fischer

Jerry Fischer 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).

  • Packaged antimicrobial medical device having improved shelf life and method of preparing same
    Patent number: 9474524
    Abstract: A method of making a packaged antimicrobial suture having improved shelf life. The method comprising the steps of providing an inner package having a source of antimicrobial agent, providing an adsorbent material effective to adsorb a portion of the antimicrobial agent over time, positioning a suture within the inner package, the suture comprising one or more surfaces, covering the inner package with an outer package having an inner surface and subjecting the suture, the inner package and the inner surface of the outer package to time, temperature and pressure conditions sufficient to vapor transfer an effective amount of the antimicrobial agent from the antimicrobial agent source to the suture and the inner package, thereby substantially inhibiting bacterial colonization on the suture and the inner package, wherein the packaged antimicrobial suture exhibits improved shelf life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Fischer, Howard Scalzo, Henry Pokropinski, Jr.
  • PACKAGED ANTIMICROBIAL MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED SHELF LIFE AND METHOD OF PREPARING SAME
    Publication number: 20120267263
    Abstract: A method of making a packaged antimicrobial suture having improved shelf life. The method comprising the steps of providing an inner package having a source of antimicrobial agent, providing an adsorbent material effective to adsorb a portion of the antimicrobial agent over time, positioning a suture within the inner package, the suture comprising one or more surfaces, covering the inner package with an outer package having an inner surface and subjecting the suture, the inner package and the inner surface of the outer package to time, temperature and pressure conditions sufficient to vapor transfer an effective amount of the antimicrobial agent from the antimicrobial agent source to the suture and the inner package, thereby substantially inhibiting bacterial colonization on the suture and the inner package, wherein the packaged antimicrobial suture exhibits improved shelf life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: ETHICON, INC.
    Inventors: Jerry Fischer, Howard Scalzo, Henry Pokropinski
  • Method of making a packaged antimicrobial suture
    Patent number: 8112973
    Abstract: A method of making a packaged antimicrobial suture having improved shelf life. The method comprising the steps of providing an inner package having a source of antimicrobial agent, providing an adsorbent material effective to adsorb a portion of the antimicrobial agent over time, positioning a suture within the inner package, the suture comprising one or more surfaces, covering the inner package with an outer package having an inner surface and subjecting the suture, the inner package and the inner surface of the outer package to time, temperature and pressure conditions sufficient to vapor transfer an effective amount of the antimicrobial agent from the antimicrobial agent source to the suture and the inner package, thereby substantially inhibiting bacterial colonization on the suture and the inner package, wherein the packaged antimicrobial suture exhibits improved shelf life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Fischer, Howard Scalzo, Henry Pokropinski, Jr.
  • PACKAGED ANTIMICROBIAL MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED SHELF LIFE AND METHOD OF PREPARING SAME
    Publication number: 20100163435
    Abstract: A method of making a packaged antimicrobial suture having improved shelf life. The method comprising the steps of providing an inner package having a source of antimicrobial agent, providing an adsorbent material effective to adsorb a portion of the antimicrobial agent over time, positioning a suture within the inner package, the suture comprising one or more surfaces, covering the inner package with an outer package having an inner surface and subjecting the suture, the inner package and the inner surface of the outer package to time, temperature and pressure conditions sufficient to vapor transfer an effective amount of the antimicrobial agent from the antimicrobial agent source to the suture and the inner package, thereby substantially inhibiting bacterial colonization on the suture and the inner package, wherein the packaged antimicrobial suture exhibits improved shelf life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: ETHICON, INC.
    Inventors: Jerry FISCHER, Howard SCALZO, Henry POKROPINSKI, JR.
  • Plant monitor
    Patent number: D636280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: JERMIC, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry Fischer, Michael Plitman