Patents by Inventor Kevin TURNEY

Kevin TURNEY 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).

  • Rapid, non-destructive, selective infrared spectrometry analysis of organic coatings on molded articles
    Patent number: 9952147
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a non-destructive method of detecting whether a coating or deposit (30, 34) of (a) SiOxCy or SiNxCy and/or (b) of SiOx is present on or near a surface of an article (12), such as a disposable thermoplastic medical article. The method includes impinging infrared light (216) having a wave number in at least a portion of a desired range onto at least a first surface being examined for the presence of the one or more coatings or deposits. At least a portion (224) of the infrared light impinged on the first surface is collected (at 222) and the response output, which may include for example the maximum intensity and/or peak area of the collected infrared light at an infrared spectroscopy peak, is used to indicate the presence of the one or more coatings or deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SIO2 MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Fisk, Kevin Turney, Robert L. Browning
  • RAPID, NON-DESTRUCTIVE, SELECTIVE INFRARED SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC COATINGS ON MOLDED ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20160195472
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a non-destructive method of detecting whether a coating or deposit (30, 34) of (a) SiOxCy or SiNxCy and/or (b) of SiOx is present on or near a surface of an article (12), such as a disposable thermoplastic medical article. The method includes impinging infrared light (216) having a wave number in at least a portion of a desired range onto at least a first surface being examined for the presence of the one or more coatings or deposits. At least a portion (224) of the infrared light impinged on the first surface is collected (at 222) and the response output, which may include for example the maximum intensity and/or peak area of the collected infrared light at an infrared spectroscopy peak, is used to indicate the presence of the one or more coatings or deposits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas E. FISK, Kevin TURNEY, Robert L. BROWNING