Patents by Inventor Luis E. Vera

Luis E. Vera 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: 6440364
    Abstract: A method of sterilizing absorbable sutures using a sterilant gas such as ethylene oxide gas. The method utilizes a first degassing step, and a second degassing step at elevated temperatures to remove residual sterilant gas, diluent gas, by-products and moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis E. Vera, Robert J. Cerwin, LeRoy Hugo Anderson, Vincent Foerst, John J. Karl, Lesley F. Traver, James Richard McDivitt, Jimmy Dalton Webber
  • Patent number: 5464580
    Abstract: A sterilization process for moisture sensitive products employing a closed system and moving unsealed products to be sterilized through a sterilizer, degassing chamber and a storage and package sealing chamber while maintaining the products in a dry pathogen free atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Miron G. Popescu, David F. Bekus, Shakti Routh, Luis E. Vera, Thomas A. Clark