Patents by Inventor William L. Patton

William L. Patton 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 for packaging elongated surgical device
    Patent number: 7549270
    Abstract: A package for an elongate surgical device, such as a catheter, includes an elongate tube formed into a coil configuration with a first coil portion disposed adjacent to a second coil portion. A thermal weld bonds the coil portions in a fixed relationship and with a strength sufficient to prevent peeling the first coil portion from the second coil portion. The surgical device can then be loaded into the tube, pouched and sterilized for ultimate distribution. In an associated method, the tube is coiled on a turntable and moved relative to heating stations where the thermal bonds can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Clean Cut Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Howard V. Rowe, Timothy C. Bell, Larry Bonzoumet, William L. Patton
  • Apparatus and method for packaging elongate surgical devices
    Patent number: 7234597
    Abstract: A package for an elongate surgical device, such as a catheter, includes an elongate tube formed into a coil configuration with a first coil portion disposed adjacent to a second coil portion. A thermal weld bonds the coil portions in a fixed relationship and with a strength sufficient to prevent peeling the first coil portion from the second coil portion. The surgical device can then be loaded into the tube, pouched and sterilized for ultimate distribution. In an associated method, the tube is coiled on a turntable and moved relative to heating stations where the thermal bonds can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Clean Cut Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Howard V. Rowe, Timothy C. Bell, Larry Bonzomet, William L. Patton
  • Apparatus and method for packaging elongate surgical devices
    Publication number: 20040055919
    Abstract: A package for an elongate surgical device, such as a catheter, includes an elongate tube formed into a coil configuration with a first coil portion disposed adjacent to a second coil portion. A thermal weld bonds the coil portions in a fixed relationship and with a strength sufficient to prevent peeling the first coil portion from the second coil portion. The surgical device can then be loaded into the tube, pouched and sterilized for ultimate distribution. In an associated method, the tube is coiled on a turntable and moved relative to heating stations where the thermal bonds can be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Howard V. Rowe, Timothy C. Bell, Larry Bonzomet, William L. Patton