Patents by Inventor Jorge L. Aday

Jorge L. Aday 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).

  • Patent number: 4555016
    Abstract: A three-panel needled suture retainer with a separate compartment for the needle and a separate compartment for the suture. The retainer includes die cut and foldable portions to readily expose the needle to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorge L. Aday, Robert J. Cerwin
  • Patent number: 4533041
    Abstract: A folder and retainer for a plurality of sutures. The folder and retainer comprises a plurality of panels forming a compartment between adjacent panels with a single loop of sutures disposed in any single compartment to provide for removal of an individual suture from the folder and retainer without entanglement of the sutures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorge L. Aday, Robert J. Cerwin
  • Patent number: 4491218
    Abstract: An elongated, multi-paneled, foldable retainer for sterile sutures. Sutures are wound about a winding panel so as to be disposed inwardly from the edges of the retainer and the sutures are held in that position by a suture retaining panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventor: Jorge L. Aday
  • Patent number: 4406363
    Abstract: A folder retainer having plurality of surgical sutures, the retainer comprising three panels with surfaces of two of the panels covered with a foam member. A retainer includes a fourth panel which locks the retainer in its folded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1983
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventor: Jorge L. Aday