Patents by Inventor Tood Bettenhausen

Tood Bettenhausen 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).

  • Method of manufacture and apparatus for sterilization cassettes and baskets
    Publication number: 20050158222
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention a tray for sterilizing, storing, transporting and presenting surgical instruments is made by drawing or hydroforming a light weight, malleable sheet metal into die cavities with the shapes of the tools in question and in some cases a basket shape to hold several small instruments such as screws with no sharp edges or burrs to puncture or tear the sterile gauze wrap and a high heat transfer coefficient to expedite the drying process after sterilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicants: William I. Summers, Connie L. Summers
    Inventors: Cary Bettenhausen, Tood Bettenhausen