Patents by Inventor Thomas Lee GUTSHALL

Thomas Lee GUTSHALL 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).

  • ENHANCEMENT OF ANTIMICROBIAL SILVER, SILVER COATINGS, OR SILVER PLATINGS
    Publication number: 20170312399
    Abstract: Antimicrobial metal ion coatings. In particular, described herein are coatings including an anodic metal (e.g., silver and/or zinc and/or copper) that is co-deposited with a cathodic metal (e.g., palladium, platinum, gold, molybdenum, titanium, iridium, osmium, niobium or rhenium) on a substrate (including, but not limited to absorbable/resorbable substrates) so that the anodic metal is galvanically released as antimicrobial ions when the apparatus is exposed to a bodily fluid. The anodic metal may be at least about 25 percent by volume of the coating, resulting in a network of anodic metal with less than 20% of the anodic metal in the coating fully encapsulated by cathodic metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Houdin DEHNAD, Julie LUCERO, Paul E. CHIRICO, Jason A. JEGGE, Thomas Lee GUTSHALL
  • Enhancement of antimicrobial silver, silver coatings, or silver platings
    Patent number: 9452242
    Abstract: Antimicrobial metal ion coatings. In particular, described herein are coatings including an anodic metal (e.g., silver and/or zinc and/or copper) that is co-deposited with a cathodic metal (e.g., palladium, platinum, gold, molybdenum, titanium, iridium, osmium, niobium or rhenium) on a substrate (including, but not limited to absorbable/resorbable substrates) so that the anodic metal is galvanically released as antimicrobial ions when the apparatus is exposed to a bodily fluid. The anodic metal may be at least about 25 percent by volume of the coating, resulting in a network of anodic metal with less than 20% of the anodic metal in the coating fully encapsulated by cathodic metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Silver Bullet Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Houdin Dehnad, Julie Lucero, Paul E. Chirico, Jason A. Jegge, Thomas Lee Gutshall
  • ENHANCEMENT OF ANTIMICROBIAL SILVER, SILVER COATINGS, OR SILVER PLATINGS
    Publication number: 20160136335
    Abstract: Antimicrobial metal ion coatings. In particular, described herein are coatings including an anodic metal (e.g., silver and/or zinc and/or copper) that is co-deposited with a cathodic metal (e.g., palladium, platinum, gold, molybdenum, titanium, iridium, osmium, niobium or rhenium) on a substrate (including, but not limited to absorbable/resorbable substrates) so that the anodic metal is galvanically released as antimicrobial ions when the apparatus is exposed to a bodily fluid. The anodic metal may be at least about 25 percent by volume of the coating, resulting in a network of anodic metal with less than 20% of the anodic metal in the coating fully encapsulated by cathodic metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Houdin DEHNAD, Julie LUCERO, Paul E. CHIRICO, Jason A. JEGGE, Thomas Lee GUTSHALL