Patents by Inventor Thurman Sheldon Jess

Thurman Sheldon Jess 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).

  • Patent number: 4004587
    Abstract: A parenteral liquid administration set is provided which comprises flexible tubing, connection means with a parenteral liquid source at one end of the tubing, and means for connection to a blood vessel-penetrating member, such as a needle, at the other end of the tubing. In accordance with this invention, a filter, positioned in fluid communication with the bore of the tubing, comprises a housing, which carries first and second filter members in parallel flow position so that each increment of fluid flow through the tubing passes through one or the other of the filter members. The first filter member is hydrophilic, to permit the passage of solution under normal administration conditions. The second filter member is hydrophobic, to permit the passage of gas after wetting of the filter members. Accordingly, the filter members, which are closed from the exterior by the administration set, cannot airblock by the accumulation of air bubbles immediately upstream of the filter members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Thurman Sheldon Jess