Patents by Inventor Ralph M. Quinn

Ralph M. Quinn 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).

  • Safety packaging improvements
    Patent number: 5332399
    Abstract: Packaging of highly toxic materials entails incorporating safety improvement so as not to endanger patients and health care workers. Such safety improvements include the use of suitable sealing members between the glass vials and the protective covering therefor and various means to ensure that vials of highly toxic materials can not be inadvertently interconnected to single treatment I.V. bags, for instance, by making the connecting means on the vials and the single treatment diluent bags incompatible with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Richard W. Grabenkort, Ralph M. Quinn