Patents by Inventor Pierre Vanat

Pierre Vanat 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: 4997083
    Abstract: The container (1) is intended for the separate storage of active compositions, especially of liquids or solutions, and for their subsequent mixing just before use.It comprises at least three compartments (3, 4, 5) separated from one another by leakproof seams (6) of the material of the envelope (2), sealable inlet passages (7, 8), sealed transfer passages (10, 11) and a sealable outlet passage (9). The envelope is made of a polymerized and homogeneous flexible material which is chemically inert to each of said compositions and to their mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Vifor S.A.
    Inventors: Maurice Loretti, Pierre Vanat, Jacques Andre
  • Patent number: 4917925
    Abstract: A multilayer sheet material comprising an 11-aminoundecanoic acid polyamide film (1) bonded by at least one of its faces to a polypropylene film (2) is obtained by coextrusion of the corresponding polyamide and polypropylene. It can be used for the manufacture of impermeable flexible bags for sterile solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Vifor S.A.
    Inventors: Maurice Loretti, Pierre Vanat
  • Patent number: 4414110
    Abstract: A hollow fiber medical separatory device of the type including a shell containing a plurality of hollow semipermeable fibers extending through a central dialysate chamber and terminating in spaced apart blood chambers; the device is improved by tubesheets at each end of the fibers having the shape of a frustum of a cone and sized such that the fibers fill the cone to the peripheral edge at the outer end planar surface of the frustum; and a multi-functional blood chamber means forming a blood chamber by pressure sealing engagement with the outer tapered surface of the cone and also pressure sealed to the outer end surface of the shell to prevent air ingress into the dialysate chamber during testing or use.The invention also includes a method for potting the frusto-conical tubesheets on the end portions of the fibers while the fibers are positioned in the shell which is improved by the use of steps and means to insure centering of the fibers in the cone during centrifugal casting of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: Cordis Dow Corp.
    Inventors: Zane H. Geel, Roger B. Hornby, Bennie J. Lipps, Charles E. Savage, Pierre Vanat