Patents by Inventor Mark A. Thom

Mark A. Thom 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: 6929041
    Abstract: A system for facilitating the delivery of a liquid anesthetic agent from an anesthetic bottle to an anesthetic vaporizer. The system includes a bottle adapter, an anesthetic bottle and a filler arrangement positioned on the anesthetic vaporizer. The bottle adapter and filler arrangement each include a keyed configuration such that only the correct type of anesthetic agent can be emptied into the anesthetic vaporizer. The bottle adapter includes an adapter valve assembly that engages a filler valve assembly contained within the filler. The dimensions and arrangement of the adapter valve assembly and the filler valve assembly insure anesthetic agent is delivered to the anesthetic vaporizer only when the anesthetic agent can safely flow from the anesthetic bottle to the anesthetic vaporizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Datex-Ohmeda, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Falligant, Mark A. Thom, Gordon George Sansom
  • Patent number: 6817390
    Abstract: A system for facilitating the delivery of a liquid anesthetic agent from an anesthetic bottle to an anesthetic vaporizer. The system includes a bottle adapter, an anesthetic bottle and a filler arrangement positioned on the anesthetic vaporizer. The bottle adapter and filler arrangement each include a keyed configuration such that only the correct type of anesthetic agent can be emptied into the anesthetic vaporizer. The bottle adapter includes an adapter valve assembly that engages a filler valve assembly contained within the filler. The dimensions and arrangement of the adapter valve assembly and the filler valve assembly insure anesthetic agent is delivered to the anesthetic vaporizer only when the anesthetic agent can safely flow from the anesthetic bottle to the anesthetic vaporizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Datex-Ohmeda, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Falligant, Mark A. Thom, Gordon George Sansom
  • Publication number: 20040206417
    Abstract: A system for facilitating the delivery of a liquid anesthetic agent from an anesthetic bottle to an anesthetic vaporizer. The system includes a bottle adapter, an anesthetic bottle and a filler arrangement positioned on the anesthetic vaporizer. The bottle adapter and filler arrangement each include a keyed configuration such that only the correct type of anesthetic agent can be emptied into the anesthetic vaporizer. The bottle adapter includes an adapter valve assembly that engages a filler valve assembly contained within the filler. The dimensions and arrangement of the adapter valve assembly and the filler valve assembly insure anesthetic agent is delivered to the anesthetic vaporizer only when the anesthetic agent can safely flow from the anesthetic bottle to the anesthetic vaporizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: John C. Falligant, Mark A. Thom, Gordon George Sansom
  • Publication number: 20040089375
    Abstract: A system for facilitating the delivery of a liquid anesthetic agent from an anesthetic bottle to an anesthetic vaporizer. The system includes a bottle adapter, an anesthetic bottle and a filler arrangement positioned on the anesthetic vaporizer. The bottle adapter and filler arrangement each include a keyed configuration such that only the correct type of anesthetic agent can be emptied into the anesthetic vaporizer. The bottle adapter includes an adapter valve assembly that engages a filler valve assembly contained within the filler. The dimensions and arrangement of the adapter valve assembly and the filler valve assembly insure anesthetic agent is delivered to the anesthetic vaporizer only when the anesthetic agent can safely flow from the anesthetic bottle to the anesthetic vaporizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Datex-Ohmeda, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Falligant, Mark A. Thom, Gordon George Sansom
  • Patent number: 6517908
    Abstract: Provided is a test wafer and a process for making the same that includes a plurality of peaks on a surface thereof that have a cross-section sufficient to reduce the stress of a refractory metal layer deposited thereon. The present invention is based upon the discovery that by fracturing a refractory metal layer on a test wafer reduces the stress to which the test wafer is subjected. The test includes a substrate having a surface with a plurality of peaks and troughs formed therein defining a roughness. Typically, the roughness Ra is in the range of 500 to 1200 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: NEC Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Thom