Thomas Kip Carter

6565793, May 20, 2003

Sep 11, 1998

09/152170

William B. Goldsworthy - Palos Veredes Estates CA
George J. Korzeniowski - Sherman Oaks CA
Thomas G. Carter - Kent OH

Essef Corporation - Cincinnati OH

B29C 7044

264516, 264257, 264258, 264314, 156156, 156172, 220589, 220590

A process of fabricating a composite vessel includes the steps of: A) fabricating a thermoplastic liner for the vessel; B) overlaying a layer comprising fiber and a thermoplastic material (preferably by winding commingled filaments, rovings or yarns) onto the thermoplastic liner to obtain a composite intermediate structure (the fiber and thermoplastic material can be heated if desired during the overlaying, e. g. winding, step); C) heating the composite intermediate structure in a mold while applying at least one force thereto tending to urge the composite intermediate structure against and into the shape of the interior walls of the mold; D) continuing step C) until the thermoplastic liner and the overlaid layer consolidate to form a composite vessel; E) cooling the mold and composite vessel until the composite vessel is solidified; and F) removing the formed composite vessel from the mold. The at least one force applied during step C) may be obtained by introducing gas pressure into the interior of the composite intermediate structure. Suitable materials for the thermoplastic material include: polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate.

59386460, Aug 17, 1999

Oct 17, 1997

8/953302

Thomas E. Carter - Newbury Park CA

A61M 100
B65D 9004

604317

A medical storage assembly for reusable medical equipment includes a main storage bag having an opening, a bottom and an interconnecting wall which is operatively suspended from a mounting member that can be removably secured to a vertical support pole. A pivotable rigid lid member is connected to the mounting member and is configured to enable the closing of the opening of the medical storage bag. The medical storage bag can include a plurality of sub-storage bags that are removably mounted within the main storage bag and are removably connected together to provide open configurations whereby different types of reusable medical equipment can be stored. Alternatively, the main storage bag can hold used blood product containers and can be provided with an exterior compartment member of a configuration to hold medical forms that identify the recipient patient with the used blood product container.