Patents by Inventor Spencer K. Ford

Spencer K. Ford 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).

  • Integrated cardioplegia delivery system
    Patent number: 4512163
    Abstract: A cardioplegia system in which cardioplegia medication or a mixture of arterial blood and medication is delivered to the heart of a patient undergoing open heart surgery. A cooling system incorporates flat coils vertically disposed in upright tanks in which the level of cooling liquid is controlled and thus the percentage area of the coil which is immersed. This permits the control of the cooling while isolating the blood or medication from the cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Edward S. Wells, Spencer K. Ford, Jack E. Werner, Erin J. Lindsay
  • Integrated cardioplegia delivery system
    Patent number: 4427009
    Abstract: A cardioplegia system in which cardioplegia medication or a mixture of arterial blood and medication is delivered to the heart of a patient undergoing open heart surgery. A cooling system incorporates flat coils vertically disposed in upright tanks in which the level of cooling liquid is controlled and thus the percentage area of the coil which is immersed. This permits the control of the cooling while isolating the blood or medication from the cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Edward S. Wells, Spencer K. Ford, Jack E. Werner, Erin J. Lindsay