Patents by Inventor John Patrick TIERNAN

John Patrick TIERNAN 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).

  • Methods for Detecting Materials in a Body Cavity
    Publication number: 20160015472
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medical material or surgical sponge including an integral construction having a plurality of micro-particle taggants that are UV or radio wave detectable. The sponge includes a fibrous, nonwoven fabric containing entangled fibers arranged in an interconnecting patterned relationship in a plane of the fabric, and at least one UV or radio wave detectable element positioned interiorly of the fibrous nonwoven fabric in the plane. The fibers of the nonwoven fabric may be inter twined about the micro-particle taggants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew NOBLE, John Patrick TIERNAN, Lawrence Scott ARONSON