Patents by Inventor Vytautas R. Rupinskas

Vytautas R. Rupinskas 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).

  • Surgical sponge and method of making
    Patent number: 5041103
    Abstract: A surgical sponge comprising, a sheet of absorbent material comprising entangled fibers. The sponge has an elongated radiopaque element in the sheet, with the fibers being entangled about the element to retain it in place in the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: The Kendall Company
    Inventor: Vytautas R. Rupinskas
  • Surgical sponge
    Patent number: 4645499
    Abstract: A surgical sponge comprising, a sheet of absorbent material comprising entangled fibers. The sponge has an elongated radiopaque element in the sheet, with the fibers being entangled about the element to retain it in place in the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: The Kendall Company
    Inventor: Vytautas R. Rupinskas
  • Sponge fabric
    Patent number: 4424249
    Abstract: A sponge fabric comprising, a nonwoven material in sheet form having a mass of randomy disposed fibers. The sheet has a bonding pattern in the form of a plurality of diamonds, with each of the diamonds in the pattern having a plurality of sides and being free of corners, and with each side of a specified diamond in the pattern being the side of an adjacent diamond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Assignee: The Kendall Company
    Inventor: Vytautas R. Rupinskas