Patents by Inventor Scott Thomas Hollenbeck

Scott Thomas Hollenbeck 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).

  • Methods and Systems for Sterilizing Surgical Drains
    Publication number: 20220257814
    Abstract: Systems and methods for decontaminating a surgical drain and its reservoir are provided. An apparatus is provided in the form of a container having an interior chamber and an expansible opening to the interior chamber for insertion of a surgical drain therethrough. Ultraviolet light emitters are disposed within the interior chamber to emit beams of ultraviolet radiation at the surgical drain and/or its reservoir, thereby killing or neutralizing bacteria and fungus on the drain. Walls forming the expansible opening are collapsible to abut a portion of the inserted drain when inserted into the apparatus, and a fluid tight seal is formed between the drain and the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Charlotte Lynne Sawyer, Yitaek Azariah Hwang, Michaela Jane Walker, Vaibhav Bajaj, Scott Thomas Hollenbeck
  • Methods and systems for sterilizing surgical drains
    Patent number: 11298436
    Abstract: Systems and methods for decontaminating a surgical drain and its reservoir are provided. An apparatus is provided in the form of a container having an interior chamber and an expansible opening to the interior chamber for insertion of a surgical drain therethrough. Ultraviolet light emitters are disposed within the interior chamber to emit beams of ultraviolet radiation at the surgical drain and/or its reservoir, thereby killing or neutralizing bacteria and fungus on the drain. Walls forming the expansible opening are collapsible to abut a portion of the inserted drain when inserted into the apparatus, and a fluid tight seal is formed between the drain and the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Charlotte Lynne Sawyer, Yitaek Azariah Hwang, Michaela Jane Walker, Vaibhav Bajaj, Scott Thomas Hollenbeck
  • Methods and Systems for Sterilizing Surgical Drains
    Publication number: 20190343973
    Abstract: Systems and methods for decontaminating a surgical drain and its reservoir are provided. An apparatus is provided in the form of a container having an interior chamber and an expansible opening to the interior chamber for insertion of a surgical drain therethrough. Ultraviolet light emitters are disposed within the interior chamber to emit beams of ultraviolet radiation at the surgical drain and/or its reservoir, thereby killing or neutralizing bacteria and fungus on the drain. Walls forming the expansible opening are collapsible to abut a portion of the inserted drain when inserted into the apparatus, and a fluid tight seal is formed between the drain and the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Charlotte Lynne Sawyer, Yitaek Azariah Hwang, Michaela Jane Walker, Vaibhav Bajaj, Scott Thomas Hollenbeck