Patents by Inventor Maurice A. Warren

Maurice A. Warren 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: 4934375
    Abstract: A resilient valve core, biased against its seat in a molded body, controls large flow volumes for flushing. A small resilient tube embedded in the core bypasses the valve to provide smaller flow volumes for IV-fluid drip. For flushing, the core is deformed, rather than bodily moved, relative to the body. A fluid-flow channel is recessed along one side of the valve cavity, and the valve seat forms a short barrier across this channel. The core is a T-shaped unitary member; the center of the "upper" surface of the T crossbar is biased against the seat, and the extrema of the crossbar are hermetically sealed against the valve body, while the stem of the T extends outward from the body. A user squeezes a cowling mounted outside the body to start and control flushing. The cowling itself deforms to pull the stem of the T outward, deforming the T and separating the middle of its crossbar portion from the valve seat. A user can elect to grasp and pull the stem directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Spectramed, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Cole, Maurice A. Warren, Douglas R. Savage
  • Patent number: D243932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Vec/Trak Research & Development Corporation
    Inventor: Maurice Warren