Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Conviser

Stephen A. Conviser 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 aerating chemically-sterilized articles
    Patent number: 6132679
    Abstract: A method for aerating an ethylene oxide-sterilized article, said method comprising exposing said article to at least one co-adsorbate under conditions such that said co-adsorbate remains vaporized, said co-adsorbate having a partial pressure under said conditions sufficient to displace at least a portion of ethylene oxide adsorbed by said article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: AlliedSignal, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen A. Conviser
  • Sterilant mixture
    Patent number: 5342579
    Abstract: A sterilant mixture comprising 14 to 25 mole percent ethylene oxide and 75 to 86 mole percent 1,1,2,2,2-pentafluoroethane, and a sterilization method using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen A. Conviser, Claude C Woltz, Jr.
  • Sterilization method
    Patent number: 5039485
    Abstract: A sterilant mixture comprising 14 to 25 mole percent ethylene oxide and 75 to 86 mole percent 1,1,2,2,2-pentafluoroethane, and a sterilization method using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Union Carbide Industrial Gases Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen A. Conviser, Claude C. Woltz, Jr.
  • Sterilant mixture
    Patent number: 5039484
    Abstract: A sterilant mixture comprising 15 to 30 mole percent ethylene oxide and 70 to 85 mole percent 1,1-dichloro-,2,2,2-trifluoroethane and/or 1-chloro-1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, and a sterilization method using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Union Carbide Industrial Gases Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Chippett, Stephen A. Conviser
  • Sterilization method
    Patent number: 4976922
    Abstract: A sterilant mixture comprising 15 to 30 mole percent ethylene oxide and 70 to 85 mole percent 1,1-dichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane and/or 1-chloro-1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, and a sterilization method using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Chippett, Stephen A. Conviser