Patents by Inventor Samsel K. Labrecque

Samsel K. Labrecque 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).

  • Method and apparatus for continuously cleaning yarn fibers
    Patent number: 6383229
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for continuously cleaning a yarn moving through the device. A first scouring body has a yarn entrance and a yarn exit connected by a central cavity. Pressurized fluid is introduced through the yarn while the yarn is positioned within and moving through the central cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Entrekin, Samsel K. Labrecque, Harvey Gordon Anderson
  • Method and apparatus for continuously cleaning yarn fibers
    Publication number: 20010000364
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for continuously cleaning a yarn moving through the device. A first scouring body has a yarn entrance and a yarn exit connected by a central cavity. Pressurized fluid is introduced through the yarn while the yarn is positioned within and moving through the central cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: April 26, 2001
    Inventors: Richard T. Entrekin, Samsel K. Labrecque, Harvey Gordon Anderson
  • Process and apparatus for coating surgical sutures
    Patent number: 6187095
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process and apparatus for coating sutures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Inventors: Samsel K. Labrecque, Vishvaroop Agarwal, Henry Pokropinski, Jr.
  • Method and apparatus for continuously cleaning yarn fibers
    Patent number: 6170302
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for continuously cleaning a yarn moving through the device. A first secouring body has a yarn entrance and a yarn exit connecting by a centeral cavity. Pressurized fluid is introduced through the yarn while the yarn is positioned within and moving through the central cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Entrekin, Samsel K. Labrecque, Harvey Gordon Anderson
  • Process and apparatus for coating surgical sutures
    Patent number: 5817129
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process and apparatus for coating sutures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Samsel K. Labrecque, Vishvaroop Agarwal, Henry Pokropinski, Jr.