Four medical devices are among the 10 inventions by Utah inventors that were awarded patents by the United States Patent Office.
- Peter E. Gibbs, Salt Lake City. A safety clamp appliance for use with a safety rope with a feature allowing it to be used in either a spring loaded or non-spring loaded mode. Filed Oct. 29, 1991. Patent 5,146,655.- John W. Raynes, Sandy. A compensation bridge circuit for temperature compensation of a catheter tip pressure transducer. Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, N.J. Filed Oct. 25, 1990. Patent 5,146,788.
- Marlow W. Larson, Ogden. A bowstring hold-back apparatus for an archery bow. Assigned to Browning, Morgan. Filed March 21, 1990. Patent 5,146,908.
- Helma S. Wiser, Bountiful, and Steven R. Radford, South Jordan. Shoe assembly with catcher for removing a core of a rock formation. Assigned to Baker Hughes Inc., Houston, Texas. Filed April 4, 1991. Patent 5,146,999.
- Jacob Chow, Salt Lake City; Ralph M. Horton, Murray; and Mark L. Jones, Midvale. A drill bit with discontinuities for drilling subterranean formations. Assigned to Norton Co., Worcester, Mass. Filed May 28, 1991, a continuation of application March 6, 1990. Patent 5,147,001.
- Dusan J. Hvolka, Salt Lake City. A U-shaped multipurpose unibody digging service vehicle. Assigned to DJH Engineering Center Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed July 8, 1991, a continuation-in-part of applications Jan. 4, 1988, May 31, 1989, and Aug. 17, 1990. Patent 5,147,011.
- Valdon G. Reynolds, Bountiful, and John A. Davison, Sandy. An apparatus for affixing and anchoring a catheter to the body of a patient. Assigned to Sorex Medical Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed May 3, 1991. Patent 5,147,320.
- H. Robert Moorehead, Salt Lake City. A catheter with multiple valves for use in aspirating or infusing fluids to a patient. Assigned to C. R. Bard Inc., Murray Hill, N.J. Filed May 17, 1991. Patent 5,147,332.
- E. Marlowe Goble, Logan. An endosteal ligament fixation device. Filed April 8, 1991. Patent 5,147,362.
- Qiu-Jiang Lu, Salt Lake City. A new evaporative air cooler. Filed Feb. 4, 1991. Patent 5,147,581.
Copies of patents are available by number for $3.00 from Box 9, Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C. 20231.