Patents by Inventor Michael Scott Hughes
Michael Scott Hughes 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).
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Patent number: 6871087Abstract: A device and method for providing a suspended agent such as a contrast agent without mechanical resuspension. A volume of agent is divided into sub-volumes in a network of tubes, cells, sponges, grooves, etc. A propellant fluid flows through the network to release the suspended agent. The network may be internal to a container for the propellant fluid. Alternatively, the network may be adjacent an exit port of a container for the propellant fluid, or may be in-line between a propellant fluid container and a patient. The invention reduces sedimentation of agents into one or a few aggregates and eliminates a mechanical mixing step. The invention thus provides a uniformly suspended agent, improving patient health and safety and increasing cost and time savings.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2000Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: Mallinckrodt Inc.Inventors: Michael Scott Hughes, William Hagen, Mark Boyce, Frank M. Fago
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Publication number: 20040260242Abstract: A device and method for providing a suspended agent such as a contrast agent without mechanical resuspension. A volume of agent is divided into sub-volumes in a network configured to suspend and deliver the sub-volumes of agent to a patient when a propellant fluid flows through the network. The invention reduces sedimentation of agents into one or a few aggregates and eliminates a mechanical mixing step. The invention thus provides a uniformly suspended agent, improving patient health and safety and increasing cost and time savings.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: MALLINCKRODT INC.Inventors: Michael Scott Hughes, William Hagen, Brian Doty, Gordon Persaud
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Patent number: 6770051Abstract: A device and method for providing a suspended agent such as a contrast agent without mechanical resuspension. A volume of agent (12) is divided into sub-volumes in a network (8) of tubes (18), cells (42), sponges (44), grooves (48), etc. A propellant fluid (16) flows through the network (8) to release the suspended agent (12). The network (8) may be internal to a container (10) for the propellant fluid (16). Alternatively, the network (8) may be adjacent an exit port (24) of a container (10) for the propellant fluid (16), or may be in-line between a propellant fluid container (10) and a patient. The invention reduces sedimentation of agents into one or a few aggregates and eliminates a mechanical mixing step. The invention thus provides a uniformly suspended agent, improving patient health and safety and increasing cost and time savings.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2001Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Mallinckrodt Inc.Inventors: Michael Scott Hughes, William Hagen, Brian Doty, Gordon Persaud
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Publication number: 20030105423Abstract: A device and method for providing a suspended agent such as a contrast agent without mechanical resuspension. A volume of agent (12) is divided into sub-volumes in a network (8) of tubes (18), cells (42), sponges (44), grooves (48), etc. A propellant fluid (16) flows through the network (8) to release the suspended agent (12). The network (8) may be internal to a container (10) for the propellant fluid (16). Alternatively, the network (8) may be adjacent an exit port (24) of a container (10) for the propellant fluid (16), or may be in-line between a propellant fluid container (10) and a patient. The invention reduces sedimentation of agents into one or a few aggregates and eliminates a mechanical mixing step. The invention thus provides a uniformly suspended agent, improving patient health and safety and increasing cost and time savings.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Applicant: MALLINCKRODT INC.Inventor: Michael Scott Hughes
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Patent number: 6554792Abstract: A device and method for providing a suspended agent such as a contrast agent without mechanical resuspension. A volume of agent is divided into sub-volumes in a network of tubes, cells, sponges, grooves, etc. A propellant fluid flows through the network to release the suspended agent. The network may be internal to a container for the propellant fluid. Alternatively, the network may be adjacent an exit port of a container for the propellant fluid, or may be in-line between a propellant fluid container and a patient. The invention reduces sedimentation of agents into one or a few aggregates and eliminates a mechanical mixing step. The invention thus provides a uniformly suspended agent, improving patient health and safety and increasing cost and time savings.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1999Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Mallinckrodt Inc.Inventor: Michael Scott Hughes
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Publication number: 20010056256Abstract: A device and method for providing a suspended agent such as a contrast agent without mechanical resuspension. A volume of agent (12) is divided into sub-volumes in a network (8) of tubes (18), cells (42), sponges (44), grooves (48), etc. A propellant fluid (16) flows through the network (8) to release the suspended agent (12). The network (8) may be internal to a container (10) for the propellant fluid (16). Alternatively, the network (8) may be adjacent an exit port (24) of a container (10) for the propellant fluid (16), or may be in-line between a propellant fluid container (10) and a patient. The invention reduces sedimentation of agents into one or a few aggregates and eliminates a mechanical mixing step. The invention thus provides a uniformly suspended agent, improving patient health and safety and increasing cost and time savings.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2001Publication date: December 27, 2001Applicant: MALLINCKRODT INC.Inventors: Michael Scott Hughes, William Hagen, Brian Doty, Gordon Persaud
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Publication number: 20010018571Abstract: A device and method for providing a suspended agent such as a contrast agent without mechanical resuspension. A volume of agent is divided into sub-volumes in a network of tubes, cells, sponges, grooves, etc. A propellant fluid flows through the network to release the suspended agent. The network may be internal to a container for the propellant fluid. Alternatively, the network may be adjacent an exit port of a container for the propellant fluid, or may be in-line between a propellant fluid container and a patient. The invention reduces sedimentation of agents into one or a few aggregates and eliminates a mechanical mixing step. The invention thus provides a uniformly suspended agent, improving patient health and safety and increasing cost and time savings.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 1999Publication date: August 30, 2001Applicant: MALLINCKRODT INC.Inventor: MICHAEL SCOTT HUGHES