Patents by Inventor John S. Goodenough

John S. Goodenough 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).

  • Closure member for pierceable access ports
    Patent number: 3978859
    Abstract: A closure member for pierceable access ports of flexible containers of the type adapted for effective safe storage and use of parenteral fluids and similar sterile solutions, the access port having a pierceable access closure diaphragm, wherein the closure member includes a base portion in sealed engagement over the neck of the access port on the container, with a rigidifying and strengthening portion or an insert in sealed engagement therebetween, and a free-standing portion extending from the base portion and having a sealed end, the free-standing portion being connected to the base portion by a fragible thinned material section adapted to be ruptured to permit the free-standing portion to be removed, thereby providing access to the pierceable diaphragm for insertion therethrough of a parenteral solution administration spike.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: Cutter Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Goodenough, Wendell R. Parker