Patents by Inventor Juan N. Martin

Juan N. Martin 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).

  • Method of treating exhaust from laser surgery
    Patent number: 5039494
    Abstract: In order to render harmless the aerosol laden smoke stream which results from the operation of medical lasers in or on mammalian bodies, the stream is moved in a closed circuit maintained at negative pressure. The circuit includes a container of sterilizing fluid to retain and destroy the larger aerosol particles and downstream of that container a chamber having an oxygen enriched atmosphere which is heated to a temperature sufficient to incinerate the remaining aerosol particles which are too small to filter. The thus purified stream is then cooled and released to ambient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Inventors: Juan N. Martin, John K. Martin
  • Exhaust system for laser surgery
    Patent number: 4921679
    Abstract: In order to render harmless the aerosol laden smoke stream which results from the operation of medical lasers in or on mammalian bodies, the stream is moved in a closed circuit maintained at negative pressure. The circuit includes a container of sterilizing fluid to retain and destroy the larger aerosol particles and downstream of that container a chamber having an oxygen enriched atmosphere which is heated to a temperature sufficient to incinerate the remaining aerosol particles which are too small to filter. The thus purified stream is then cooled and released to ambient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Inventors: Juan N. Martin, John K. Martin