Patents by Inventor Jess M. Waller

Jess M. Waller 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).

  • Lubricious radiation stable polymeric composition and method for sterilizing therefrom
    Patent number: 5356948
    Abstract: A lubricious polymeric composition which is stable toward sterilizing radiation includes a semicrystalline polyolefin of narrow molecular weight distribution having incorporated therein a liquid mobilizing additive, a radiation stabilizing amount of a hindered amine, a lubricating amount of an erucic acid derivative and a clarifying amount of a sorbitol derivative. The invention includes a sterilized article fabricated from the composition and a method to radiation sterilize the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Donald N. Payne, Jr., Jess M. Waller, Richard P. Clarke, George R. Titus, David A. Martin
  • Lubricious radiation stable polymeric composition and articles therefrom
    Patent number: 5331019
    Abstract: A lubricious polymeric composition which is stable toward sterilizing radiation includes a semicrystalline polyolefin of narrow molecular weight distribution having incorporated therein a liquid mobilizing additive, a radiation stabilizing amount of a hindered amine, a lubricating amount of an erucic acid derivative and a clarifying amount of a sorbitol derivative. The invention includes a sterilized article fabricated from the composition and a method to radiation sterilize the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Donald N. Payne, Jr., Jess M. Waller, Richard P. Clarke, George R. Titus, David A. Martin