Patents by Inventor Michael J. Derr

Michael J. Derr 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MEDICAL DRESSING
    Publication number: 20090112141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical dressing having an elastic material for encircling about a body member, an elastomer attached to the elastic material and adapted to directly contact a wound on the body member, and where the elastomer includes an additive for treating the wound, wherein the elastic material applies compressive force to the elastomer and wound as the elastic material encircles the body member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventor: Michael J. Derr
  • Hydrocolloid foam medical dressings and method of making the same
    Patent number: 6566576
    Abstract: Foam wound dressings for medical and veterinary use are disclosed, along with methods for making the same. The wound dressings contain a hydrophilic polyurethane foam matrix having at least one hydrocolloid absorptive material integrally and generally uniformly dispersed throughout that improves the absorptive properties of the wound dressing. The foam wound dressings are formed from a polymerized combination of an aqueous mixture having at least one hydrocolloid absorptive material with a hydrophilic urethane prepolymer in a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Inventors: James F. Komerska, Michael J. Derr, Wayne Celia