Patents by Inventor Robert Gettens

Robert Gettens 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: 20180014908
    Abstract: A trocar device is provided. The trocar includes a body having a first passageway sized to receive a surgical instrument. A cannula is coupled to the body, the cannula having a second passageway that cooperates with the first passageway to allow the surgical instrument to pass therethrough. A plurality of orifices is operably coupled to one of the body or the cannula and arranged to direct a washing fluid onto at least a portion of the surgical instrument in one of the first passageway or the second passageway. An output port is fluidly coupled to receive the washing fluid from one of the first passageway or second passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Katz, Robert Gettens, Mary G. Schoonmaker, Nicolette R. LaPierre, Shaine Gregory Spencer, Samuel Thomas Mackerer, Marc Castiello, Trinh Thuy Pham
  • Publication number: 20040015121
    Abstract: A container for retaining a fluent therapeutic has a fluid transfer tube having a proximal end in fluid communication with an interior space of the container, a distal end accessible outside of the container and an inner surface defining a flow passage through which fluent therapeutic is delivered from the interior space of the container. At least a portion of the tube inner surface is textured such that the inner surface has a surface roughness equal to or greater than about 20 microinches. In a method for making such a container, the fluid transfer tube is extruded from an extruder and its inner surface is textured to have a surface roughness equal to or greater than about 20 microinches. The tube is secured to the container with a proximal end in fluid communication with the interior space of the container and a distal end accessible outside of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: Baxter International, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick T. Ryan, Robert R. Roberts, Randy J. Koppen, Robert J. Kristan, Joseph Nolan Veillon, Robert Gettens