Walter D Sanders

US Patent:

7722016, May 25, 2010

Filed:

Aug 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/469113

Inventors:

Keith J. Bradley - Atlanta GA, US
Walter R. Sanders - Duluth GA, US

Assignee:

Medex Cardio-Pulmonary, Inc. - Carlsbad CA

International Classification:

B01F 3/04

US Classification:

261 70, 261 74, 261DIG 65

Abstract:

A float for a humidification chamber has formed-in-place conformable seal, which may be accomplished by overmolding a thermoplastic elastomeric material to the float. The float may be comprised of sections sealingly joined together at an elevation above the water level defined by the buoyancy of the float and also above the water level within the humidifier chamber when filled.

US Patent:

20080054497, Mar 6, 2008

Filed:

Aug 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/469086

Inventors:

Keith J. Bradley - Atlanta GA, US
John Jackson - Buford GA, US
Juan D. Salleras - Alpharetta GA, US
Walter R. Sanders - Duluth GA, US

Assignee:

MEDEX CARDIO-PULMONARY, INC.. - Carlsbad CA

International Classification:

B01D 47/00

US Classification:

261 19

Abstract:

A chamber-to-reservoir vented humidification system in which the reservoir is an inverted water bottle elevated above the humidification chamber. A vented cap is provided to couple water from the bottle to the chamber via a supply line coupled between a water port of the cap and a water inlet of the chamber, and to provide a vent between the chamber and the bottle via a vent line coupled between a vent port of the cap and a vent of the chamber. A straw couples the vent port to a space within the inverted bottle spaced from the cap, such as above the water line. The vented cap includes a duckbill valve in the vent port.

US Patent:

20090018589, Jan 15, 2009

Filed:

Jul 13, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/777832

Inventors:

David C. Field - Snellville GA, US
Paul Gombar - Winder GA, US
Walter R. Sanders - Duluth GA, US
Brandi Bohleber - Macon GA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/04
A61B 17/56

US Classification:

606301, 606318, 606315

Abstract:

A bone screw is provided for securing a medical device to bone. The bone screw can engage with a bone screw hole in a medical device, such as an anterior cervical plate or sternal closure plate.