Patents by Inventor Vernon S. Taaffe

Vernon S. Taaffe 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: 5400818
    Abstract: Concentrations of stock hydrogen peroxide-peracetic acid solutions can be monitored resistively. The resistivity cell electrodes have titanium surfaces which resist corrosion better than other electrode materials including platinum electrodes. Such resistivity monitoring is particularly useful to verify the concentrations of sterilant stock solutions used in machinery for cleaning and sterilizing medical and dental equipment such as dialyzer reuse machines. Over the temperature range of interest the resistivity measurement is substantially not affected by changes of temperature in the room temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Minntech Corporation
    Inventors: Louis C. Cosentino, David C. Gust, Roger L. Funk, Gerald J. Rinehart, Vernon S. Taaffe