Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Holmes

Thomas M. Holmes 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 high-throughput blood component collection
    Patent number: 11925743
    Abstract: Described are embodiments that include methods and devices for separating components from multi-component fluids. Embodiments may involve use of separation vessels and movement of components into and out of separation vessels through ports. Embodiments may involve the separation of plasma from whole blood. Also described are embodiments that include methods and devices for positioning portions, e.g., loops, of disposables in medical devices. Embodiments may involve use of surfaces for automatically guiding loops to position them into a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Terumo BCT, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Felt, Dennis J. Hlavinka, Brian M. Holmes
  • Tape cast silicon carbide dummy wafer
    Patent number: 5904892
    Abstract: This invention relates to tape casting a silicon carbide slip to eventually produce a silicon carbide wafer having a thickness of between 0.5 and 1 mm and a diameter of at least 150 mm, the wafer preferably having a strength of at least 30 MPa, and a porosity wherein at least 85% of the pores are no larger than 12 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain/Norton Industrial Ceramics Corp.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Holmes
  • Method of using a hot pressed silicon carbide dummy wafer
    Patent number: 5770324
    Abstract: This invention relates to hot pressed silicon carbide dummy wafers having low iron impurity levels, and a method of using hot pressed silicon carbide dummy wafers in silicon wafer processing applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Industrial Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Holmes, John A. Tomanovich