Patents by Inventor Thomas Williams Lovell

Thomas Williams Lovell 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).

  • Apparatus and method for removing gasses from a liquid
    Patent number: 7097690
    Abstract: Medical devices for removing gasses, such as gas bubbles and/or dissolved gasses, from a liquid to be delivered to a patient, and methods of use and making of such devices. In at least some embodiments, a gas permeable membrane material is used in the construction of the gas removal devices. In some embodiments, layers of gas permeable membrane material are used to construct a filter structure for removing gas from the liquid. In other embodiments, hollow tubes and/or fibers of the gas permeable membrane material are used to construct a filter structure for removing gas from the liquid. The gas removal devices may be used in any of a broad variety of liquid delivery systems and/or configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn M. Usher, George R. Foster, Edward M. Kolvek, Andrew C. Harvey, Malcolm E. Taylor, Thomas Williams Lovell, Colin P. Hart, William Edmund Girzone