Patents by Inventor Timothy Gassner

Timothy Gassner 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).

  • MEDICAL SPONGE FOR CATHETER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230172686
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and medical sponge for cleaning needleless connectors. A medical sponge can include a shaped foam configured to engage a portion of the needless connector and a disinfecting solution applied to the shaped foam. A system can include the medical sponge and a liquid-impermeable pouch in which the medical sponge is separately retained. The medical sponge can include highly-abrasive and highly-conforming foam material in place of wipes or other sponge products. The foam material may be an open-cell micro abrasive material such as melamine foam. The foam material may contain disinfecting solutions such as isopropyl alcohol, chlorhexidine gluconate, or povidone-iodine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: William J. Ready, Pranav Godbole, Bharathwaj Nandagopal, Mary Catherine Adams, Timothy Gassner, You Keun Kim, Ruifu Shi
  • Method of Disinfecting Ports in Central Venous Catheter Systems
    Publication number: 20190099239
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems for disinfecting Central Venous Catheter (CVC) system ports that use highly-abrasive and highly-conforming foam material in place of wipes or other sponge products, and methods for using such systems. The foam material may be an open-cell microabrasive material such as melamine foam. The foam material may contain disinfecting solutions such as isopropyl alcohol, chlorhexidine gluconate, or povidone-iodine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: William J. Ready, Pranav Godbole, Bharathwaj Nandagopal, Mary Catherine Adams, Timothy Gassner, You Keun Kim, Ruifu Shi
  • Method of disinfecting ports in central venous catheter systems
    Patent number: 10166085
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems for disinfecting Central Venous Catheter (CVC) system ports that use highly-abrasive and highly-conforming foam material in place of wipes or other sponge products, and methods for using such systems. The foam material may be an open-cell microabrasive material such as melamine foam. The foam material may contain disinfecting solutions such as isopropyl alcohol, chlorhexidine gluconate, or povidone-iodine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Hub Hygiene
    Inventors: William Judson Ready, Pranav Godbole, Bharathwaj Nandagopal, Mary Catherine Adams, Timothy Gassner, You Keun Kim, Ruifu Shi
  • ABRASIVE SCRUBBER FOR PORTS IN CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20170333156
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems for disinfecting Central Venous Catheter (CVC) system ports that use highly-abrasive and highly-conforming foam material in place of wipes or other sponge products, and methods for using such systems. The foam material may be an open-cell microabrasive material such as melamine foam. The foam material may contain disinfecting solutions such as isopropyl alcohol, chlorhexidine gluconate, or povidone-iodine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: William Judson Ready, Pranav Godbole, Bharathwaj Nandagopal, Mary Catherine Adams, Timothy Gassner, You Keun Kim, Ruifu Shi