Patents by Inventor Lorne Belden, Jr.

Lorne Belden, Jr. 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).

  • Implantable artificial soft bladder system
    Patent number: 5041136
    Abstract: An implantable artificial bladder soft system is provided which comprises an at least partially deformation resistant support base, a compliant deformable diaphragm, an inlet means, an outlet means, an optional outer shell, an optional backflow control means, an optional discharge control means, and an optional anchoring means. This implantable artificial bladder can be completely emptied. A method for the collection of, the storage of and the discharge of biological fluids incorporating the implantable artificial bladder soft system is provided as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Uwe Wascher, Jacek L. Mostwin, Lorne Belden, Jr., Gerald Kushner, Louis W. Hardin
  • Implantable articifical bladder system
    Patent number: 4961747
    Abstract: Implantable artificial bladder and method for the collection of, the storage of, or the discharge of biological fluids using the natural peristaltic pressure of a patient's ureter or ureters or of an artifical ureter to fill a first chamber of the artificial bladder and a constant force stored energy means in a second chamber isolated by a rolling diaphragm from the first, said means biasing the rolling diaphragm against the first chamber and serving to empty the implantable artificial bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Uwe Wascher, Jacek L. Mostwin, Lorne Belden, Jr., Gerald Kushner