Patents by Inventor Robert H. Orr, III

Robert H. Orr, III 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).

  • Ureteral stents
    Patent number: 10226606
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein includes materials, devices, systems, and methods for utilizing a stent (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700), reducing movement of a stent within an ureter, securing the stent within the ureter, aiding in insertion or retrieval of a stent from the ureter, preventing irritation of the trigone, or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, a stent is disclosed including at least one retaining structure (228, 328, 428, 528, 628, 728) positioned at least proximate a bladder configured to irritate a trigone less than a curled retaining structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: C.R. BARD, INC.
    Inventors: Beatrice Wan, Robert H. Orr, III, Richard Reineke, Jill Walthall, Mitch Loy
  • URETERAL STENTS
    Publication number: 20170173312
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein includes materials, devices, systems, and methods for utilizing a stent (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700), reducing movement of a stent within an ureter, securing the stent within the ureter, aiding in insertion or retrieval of a stent from the ureter, preventing irritation of the trigone, or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, a stent is disclosed including at least one retaining structure (228, 328, 428, 528, 628, 728) positioned at least proximate a bladder configured to irritate a trigone less than a curled retaining structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Beatrice Wan, Robert H. Orr, III, Richard Reineke, Jill Walthall, Mitch Loy
  • Method and manufacture of a wound dressing for covering an open wound
    Patent number: 6369289
    Abstract: A method for covering an open wound by contacting the wound with a cellulosic bandage having a calculated amount of PHMB applied to the bandage. The cellulosic bandage can be prepared by providing at least one rolled beam of cellulosic material onto a perforated drum, inserting the beam of material into an enclosed vessel, adding PHMB into the vessel, and circulating the PHMB for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventor: Robert H. Orr, III