Patents by Inventor Sarah N. Verner

Sarah N. Verner 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: 20110201888
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides methods and devices for removing fluid from a medical device, such as a access device having a viewing port. The viewing port may comprise a lens formed of a generally transparent piezoelectric material, and one or more electrodes may be operatively associated with the lens to cause the lens to vibrate in a desired mode of vibration, such as to shake off and/or atomize fluid or other debris on the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventor: Sarah N. Verner