Miles C Huffstutler

US Patent:

43035302, Dec 1, 1981

Filed:

Oct 26, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/845649

Inventors:

Suresh T. Shah - Edina MN
Miles C. Huffstutler - Burnsville MN
Bruce D. Bentzen - Burnsville MN

Assignee:

Medical Incorporated - Inver Grove Heights MN

International Classification:

B01D 1300

US Classification:

210651

Abstract:

A blood filter in which the pore size of the filtering media generally decreases through a series of at least three stages where the filtering capacity of at least the first stage is chosen so as to accommodate without substantial impairment of function the quantity of large particle size debris which is normally present in a predetermined amount of blood. The filtering media is composed of several plies of porous material including both depth and screen filter elements. These filter elements are arranged in one or more elongated bands. The bands are spirally wound into a cylindrical form around a generally rigid, perforate core. The ends of the spirally wound cylindrically configured filter are sealed to produce a filter cartridge. The filter cartridge is in turn sealed into a container which has blood inlet and outlet ports arranged so that blood normally flows radially inwardly through the filter.

US Patent:

57114447, Jan 27, 1998

Filed:

Aug 12, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/695610

Inventors:

Patrick E. Meacham - Lakeville MN
Mark W. Wallace - Minneapolis MN
Carl Nyberg - Bloomington MN
William W. Thompson - Midlothian VA
Miles Conrad Huffstutler - Liberty Hill TX

Assignee:

Temp Top Container Systems, Inc. - Minneapolis MN

International Classification:

P65D 6116

US Classification:

220 6

Abstract:

A transport container having a base and a plurality of side walls perpendicularly connected to form a container having an inner cavity. The side walls are formed of first and second wall panels. The first and second wall panels are hingedly connected so that the first or upper wall panels may fold down relative to the second or lower wall panels to collapse the transport container after use. The first and second wall panels are hingedly connected by an elongated flexible hinge. Edge portions of the first wall panels have coupling assemblies that are designed to selectively connect and disconnect adjacent first wall panels.

US Patent:

42401615, Dec 23, 1980

Filed:

Feb 21, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/013375

Inventors:

Miles C. Huffstutler - Burnsville MN
Marshall S. Kriesel - St. Paul MN
Lawrence Anderson - Fridley MN

Assignee:

Medical, Incorporated - Inver Grove Heights MN

International Classification:

A61F 122

US Classification:

3 15

Abstract:

A free floating pivoting disc heart valve in which the disc has a generally arcuate segment configuration positioned so as to present a generally convex surface toward the outflow side of said base and a generally concave surface toward the inflow side of the base when viewed in the closed configuration.

US Patent:

54664551, Nov 14, 1995

Filed:

Sep 15, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/120988

Inventors:

Miles C. Huffstutler - Burnsville MN
Gary M. Steuart - Harmony MN

International Classification:

A61K 3578
A01N 2502

US Classification:

424401

Abstract:

Processes for polyphase fluid extraction of concentrated, active therapeutic components from parts of selected medicinal plants which have been identified chemotaxonomically are described. The resulting products-by-processes are defined as Concentrated Fluid Therapeutic Extracts, CFTE, of the selected plant types, where T represents a specific herbal plant family such as Symphytum, SYM, Taxus, TAX, Panax, PAN or Aloe, ALO. The process disclosed for CFTE preparation includes multiple/sequential stages of diffusional transfer of bioactive constituents from plant tissue into liquid and/or vapor extraction phases under contact conditions of forced convection at controlled temperature and pressure. Therapeutic formulations based on CFTE including emulsions, aerosols, liposomes and controlled-release devices are presented. Treatment methods for a variety of mammalian diseases and conditions and complications of specific diseases are described.