Patents by Inventor Timothy P. Hickey
Timothy P. Hickey 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).
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Patent number: 6837027Abstract: A medical procedure kit incorporates one or more surgical tools necessary to perform at least part of a medical procedure, along with a container having a quantity of a medical adhesive. Medical adhesives are useful as an alternate or an adjunct to surgical sutures and/or staples in wound closure, as well as for covering and protecting surface wounds such as lacerations, abrasions, burns, stomatitis, sores, minor cuts and scrapes, and other wounds. As such, the inclusion of such an adhesive into a composite medical procedure kit can be of great assistance to a medical doctor or surgeon by providing in single kit form, tools necessary to complete many medical procedures, without having to use multiple procedure kits. The adhesive may be independently sterilized and wrapped from the other surgical tools of the resultant kit, and then associated into kit form, or assembled and sterilized together as a unitary kit.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2002Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Closure Medical CorporationInventor: Timothy P. Hickey
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Patent number: 6637967Abstract: An article of manufacture for dispensing an adhesive material, such as a synthetic or semi-synthetic polymerizable or cross-linkable monomer material, includes a container body, and a porous applicator tip having a proximal end that is attached to the container body, and a distal end located away from the container body, wherein the adhesive material is located in the container body in a non-contacting relationship with the applicator tip prior to dispensing the material. A flow pattern of the adhesive material within or on the applicator tip is controlled by providing one or more cuts in the applicator tip to alter flow properties of the adhesive material through the applicator tip.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2002Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Closure Medical CorporationInventors: John Bobo, Michael F. Brady, Jeffrey G. Clark, William M. Cotter, Daniel L. Hedgpeth, Timothy P. Hickey, Jerry Jonn, Jon Moseley, Julian Quintero
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Patent number: 6607631Abstract: A polymerizable monomer adhesive composition includes a 1,1-disubstituted ethylene monomer and at least one slip additive, where the slip additive causes a polymer film formed from the monomer to have a lower coefficient of friction than in an absence of the slip additive. The slip additive can be selected from, inter alia, fluorinated monomers or polymers, fluorinated additives, siloxane-containing monomers or polymers, siloxane-containing additives, fluorinated siloxanes, and long chain fatty acid esters. The slip additive can also form a second phase in a resultant polymer film, where the second phase is soluble in the monomer but is insoluble or substantially insoluble in the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2000Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Closure Medical CorporationInventors: Ibraheem T. Badejo, Wendy Y. Su, Keith R. D'Alessio, Jerry Jonn, Julian A. Quintero, Michelle Knotts, Timothy P. Hickey, Lawrence H. Mainwaring, Upvan Narang
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Patent number: 6592281Abstract: An article of manufacture for dispensing an adhesive material, such as a synthetic or semi-synthetic polymerizable or cross-linkable monomer material, includes a container body, and a porous applicator tip having a proximal end that is attached to the container body, and a distal end located away from the container body, wherein the adhesive material is located in the container body in a non-contacting relationship with the applicator tip prior to dispensing the material. A flow pattern of the adhesive material within or on the applicator tip is controlled by controlling lengths of flow paths of the material through the applicator tip, forming one or more grooves in the applicator tip, providing a hollow, controlled thickness tip, and/or adding a cover surrounding at least a part but not all of an exposed area of the applicator tip.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2002Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Closure Medical CorporationInventors: Jeffrey G Clark, Michael F Brady, Daniel L Hedgpeth, William M Cotter, Timothy P Hickey
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Publication number: 20020192107Abstract: A medical procedure kit incorporates one or more surgical tools necessary to perform at least part of a medical procedure, along with a container having a quantity of a medical adhesive. Medical adhesives are useful as an alternate or an adjunct to surgical sutures and/or staples in wound closure, as well as for covering and protecting surface wounds such as lacerations, abrasions, burns, stomatitis, sores, minor cuts and scrapes, and other wounds. As such, the inclusion of such an adhesive into a composite medical procedure kit can be of great assistance to a medical doctor or surgeon by providing in single kit form, tools necessary to complete many medical procedures, without having to use multiple procedure kits. The adhesive may be independently sterilized and wrapped from the other surgical tools of the resultant kit, and then associated into kit form, or assembled and sterilized together as a unitary kit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: CLOSURE MEDICAL CORPORATIONInventor: Timothy P. Hickey
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Publication number: 20020192011Abstract: An article of manufacture for dispensing an adhesive material, such as a synthetic or semi-synthetic polymerizable or cross-linkable monomer material, includes a container body, and a porous applicator tip having a proximal end that is attached to the container body, and a distal end located away from the container body, wherein the adhesive material is located in the container body in a non-contacting relationship with the applicator tip prior to dispensing the material. A flow pattern of the adhesive material within or on the applicator tip is controlled by providing one or more cuts in the applicator tip to alter flow properties of the adhesive material through the applicator tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: Closure Medical CorporationInventors: John Bobo, Michael F. Brady, Jeffrey G. Clark, William M. Cotter, Daniel L. Hedgpeth, Timothy P. Hickey, Jerry Jonn, Jon Moseley, Julian Quintero
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Publication number: 20020176733Abstract: An article of manufacture for dispensing an adhesive material, such as a synthetic or semi-synthetic polymerizable or cross-linkable monomer material, includes a container body, and a porous applicator tip having a proximal end that is attached to the container body, and a distal end located away from the container body, wherein the adhesive material is located in the container body in a non-contacting relationship with the applicator tip prior to dispensing the material. A flow pattern of the adhesive material within or on the applicator tip is controlled by controlling lengths of flow paths of the material through the applicator tip, forming one or more grooves in the applicator tip, providing a hollow, controlled thickness tip, and/or adding a cover surrounding at least a part but not all of an exposed area of the applicator tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2002Publication date: November 28, 2002Applicant: Closure Medical CorporationInventors: Jeffrey G. Clark, Michael F. Brady, Daniel L. Hedgpeth, William M. Cotter, Timothy P. Hickey
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Patent number: 6428233Abstract: An article of manufacture for dispensing an adhesive material, such as a synthetic or semi-synthetic polymerizable or cross-linkable monomer material, includes a container body, and a porous applicator tip having a proximal end that is attached to the container body, and a distal end located away from the container body, wherein the adhesive material is located in the container body in a non-contacting relationship with the applicator tip prior to dispensing the material. A flow pattern of the adhesive material within or on the applicator tip is controlled by controlling lengths of flow paths of the material through the applicator tip, forming one or more grooves in the applicator tip, providing a hollow, controlled thickness tip, and/or adding a cover surrounding at least a part but not all of an exposed area of the applicator tip.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2000Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignee: Closure Medical CorporationInventors: Jeffrey G Clark, Michael F Brady, Daniel L Hedgpeth, William M Cotter, Timothy P Hickey
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Patent number: 6428234Abstract: An article of manufacture for dispensing an adhesive material, such as a synthetic or semi-synthetic polymerizable or cross-linkable monomer material, includes a container body, and a porous applicator tip having a proximal end that is attached to the container body, and a distal end located away from the container body, wherein the adhesive material is located in the container body in a non-contacting relationship with the applicator tip prior to dispensing the material. A flow pattern of the adhesive material within or on the applicator tip is controlled by providing one or more cuts in the applicator tip to alter flow properties of the adhesive material through the applicator tip.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2000Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignee: Closure Medical CorporationInventors: John Bobo, Michael F. Brady, Jeffrey G. Clark, William M. Cotter, Daniel L. Hedgpeth, Timothy P. Hickey, Jerry Jonn, Jon Moseley, Julian Quintero
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Patent number: 6425704Abstract: An applicator for dispensing adhesive material includes a container body holding the adhesive material and an applicator tip configured to permit improved control and economy in application of the adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2000Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: Closure Medical CorporationInventors: Anthony S Voiers, Keith R D'Alessio, Jeffrey G Clark, Timothy P Hickey
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Patent number: 6412639Abstract: A medical procedure kit incorporates one or more surgical tools necessary to perform at least part of a medical procedure, along with a container having a quantity of a medical adhesive. Medical adhesives are useful as an alternate or an adjunct to surgical sutures and/or staples in wound closure, as well as for covering and protecting surface wounds such as lacerations, abrasions, burns, stomatitis, sores, minor cuts and scrapes, and other wounds. As such, the inclusion of such an adhesive into a composite medical procedure kit can be of great assistance to a medical doctor or surgeon by providing in single kit form, tools necessary to complete many medical procedures, without having to use multiple procedure kits. The adhesive may be independently sterilized and wrapped from the other surgical tools of the resultant kit, and then associated into kit form, or assembled and sterilized together as a unitary kit.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2000Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: Closure Medical CorporationInventor: Timothy P. Hickey
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Publication number: 20010031170Abstract: An applicator for dispensing adhesive material includes a container body holding the adhesive material and an applicator tip configured to permit improved control and economy in application of the adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2000Publication date: October 18, 2001Inventors: Anthony S. Voiers, Keith R. D'Alessio, Jeffrey G. Clark, Timothy P. Hickey
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Patent number: 6174919Abstract: An adhesive composition includes compounds having the following formula: wherein R1 is alkyl, alkoxy alkyl, anhydride, ether, ester, or amide, and R2 and R3 are hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy alkyl, hydroxy, alkenyl, ester, carboxylic acid or ether and wherein R1 is optionally omitted where R2 and R3 are not both hydrogen.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1998Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Closure Medical CorporationInventor: Timothy P. Hickey