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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Randall W Nichols, Westlake, OH (US);
James C Davis, Hudson, OH (US);
Assignee:
Whatman, Inc., , MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G / ; B29C / ; A62B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428398 ; 428375 ; 428376 ; 428364 ; 264 41 ; 264558 ; 264561 ; 264563 ; 55527 ; 55528 ; 21050023 ; 210506 ; 12820113 ; 12820413 ;
Abstract
A method for forming a hollow fiber bundle unit for insertion into an assisted breathing device comprising spinning a hollow fiber or hollow fibers, collecting multiple fibers into a bundle, filling the walls of the hollow fibers within the hollow fiber bundle with an humectant, coating the hollow fibers containing the humectant with a solution of an adhesive material, forming and drying the hollow fiber bundle coated with the solution, and preparing the hollow fiber bundle coated with the solution for insertion into the assisted breathing device.