Patents by Inventor Michael D. Laferriere

Michael D. Laferriere 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).

  • Publication number: 20040073192
    Abstract: A flexible tubing for an intravenous fluid delivery set including an elongate tubing member formed of aliphatic polyether polyurethane. The set may include connectors to a container and an intravenous needle, and additional connectors for components placed in line with the tubing, with hollow posts on the connectors, with the tubing ends adapted to friction fit over the posts. The posts may have outer diameters which are tapered from a first diameter to a second diameter, where the inner diameter of the tubing ends are less than the second diameter. A method of delivering therapeutic fluid is also shown including providing the delivery set, providing a flow path by forcing tubing ends over connector posts in an in-line arrangement, and then controlling the flow of the therapeutic fluid between the container and the intravenous needle through the fluid flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Mary Jane Flament-Garcia, Michael D. Laferriere, Natwar S. Patel, Erin Kim Pavlovic, Paul J. Somodi, Derwin S. Threats
  • Patent number: 6371319
    Abstract: A closure system for molded plastic containers having a threaded container neck, the closure system comprising a screw cap having internal threading constructed for threaded engagement with the threaded container neck, a gasket, means for retaining the gasket on the screw cap and an abutment surface integrally formed in and extending substantially radially from the container neck for sealably contacting the gasket, wherein the screw cap and the abutment surface are constructed so that downward axial rotation of the screw cap is effective to seal the gasket against the abutment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Stephen C. Yeaton, George M. Ramsay, Jacquie Trausch, Michael D. Laferriere
  • Publication number: 20010002012
    Abstract: A closure system for molded plastic containers having a threaded container neck, the closure system comprising a screw cap having internal threading constructed for threaded engagement with the threaded container neck, a gasket, means for retaining the gasket on the screw cap and an abutment surface integrally formed in and extending substantially radially from the container neck for sealably contacting the gasket, wherein the screw cap and the abutment surface are constructed so that downward axial rotation of the screw cap is effective to seal the gasket against the abutment surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Publication date: May 31, 2001
    Inventors: STEPHEN C. YEATON, GEORGE M. RAMSAY, JACQUIE TRAUSCH, MICHAEL D. LAFERRIERE