Patents by Inventor Lynn M. Layman-Spillar

Lynn M. Layman-Spillar 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).

  • Hydrocolloid dressing
    Patent number: 5569207
    Abstract: A dressing is described which is preferably constructed of a layer of hydrocolloid material having a downwardly extending lip member thereon that is sized to be received adjacent to a percutaneous device which is at least partially implanted into a patient such that the dressing having a lip member thereon forms a physical barrier to decrease the incidence of catheter tract infections in a patient and the lip member provides a downward extension into the wound to help remove exudate and detritus from the catheter tract and wherein the dressing further includes a mesh layer adjacent to the skin of the patient to minimize the amount of hydrocolloid material remaining on the skin of the patient after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Quinton Instrument Company
    Inventors: Margo L. Gisselberg, Lynn M. Layman-Spillar
  • Hydrocolloid exit site dressing
    Patent number: 5554106
    Abstract: A dressing is described which is preferably constructed of a layer of hydrocolloid material having a downwardly extending lip member thereon that is sized to be received adjacent to a percutaneous device which is at least partially implanted into a patient such that the dressing having a lip member thereon forms a physical barrier to decrease the incidence of catheter tract infections in a patient and the lip member provides a downward extension into the wound to help remove exudate and detritus from the catheter tract and wherein the dressing further includes a mesh layer adjacent to the skin of the patient to minimize the amount of hydrocolloid material remaining on the skin of the patient after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Quinton Instrument Company
    Inventors: Lynn M. Layman-Spillar, Margo L. Gisselberg, Bradford C. Fowler