Brian M Lin

US Patent:

6867344, Mar 15, 2005

Filed:

Dec 28, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/034855

Inventors:

David Charles Potts - Dunwoody GA, US
Brian Eric Lin - Alpharetta GA, US
Cheryl Ann Mocadlo - New London WI, US

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A61F013/15

US Classification:

604367, 442121, 442123, 442327, 442381, 442417, 502400, 502405, 502526

Abstract:

A personal care absorbent article, such as a sanitary pad or napkin, wound dressing, and the like having one or more layers of absorbent material treated with a red blood cell lysing agent and a gelling agent. The effect of combining a lysing agent that thins menses or other blood-containing bodily fluids with a gelling agent that thickens menses or other blood-containing bodily fluids is enhanced agglomeration and increased viscosity of the blood-containing bodily fluids that come in contact with the treated material.

US Patent:

7549178, Jun 23, 2009

Filed:

Dec 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/956579

Inventors:

Brian Eric Lin - Atlanta GA, US
Gregory Scott Hafer - Roswell GA, US
Jerald Theodore Jascomb - Alpharetta GA, US
Jennifer Ann Sturm - Alpharetta GA, US

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A41D 13/12

US Classification:

2 51, 2 52, 2114

Abstract:

A patch having a notch therein and a tie coupled thereto is used to provide a closure for a garment, such as a gown. The notch is formed along an edge of the patch, and the tie is coupled to the patch such that it is positioned to extend across and beyond the notch. The notch acts to disperse tension on the patch when tension is applied to the tie. A gown having a notched patch is also disclosed.

US Patent:

7588034, Sep 15, 2009

Filed:

Sep 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/953655

Inventors:

Michael P. Mathis - Marietta GA, US
John Rotella - Marietta GA, US
Brian Lin - Alpharetta GA, US

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A61B 19/00

US Classification:

128849, 128850, 128851, 128852, 128853, 128854, 128855, 128856

Abstract:

A three-piece surgical drape with fluid diverting channel or sleeve therein and method of making or assembling the same. The drape generally including a first liquid impermeable section attached at either end thereof to second and third sections of the drape, respectively. At least a portion of one end of the first section of the drape folded back upon itself and intermittently tacked or bonded to the first section to create a channel or sleeve adapted to divert fluids. The channel or sleeve may also have a tube or hose placed therein to facilitate or enhance fluid diversion through the channel or fluid removal therefrom.

US Patent:

20030028164, Feb 6, 2003

Filed:

Dec 28, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/034637

Inventors:

David Potts - Dunwoody GA, US
Sylvia Little - Marietta GA, US
Brian Lin - Alpharetta GA, US
Teri Kish - Alpharetta GA, US
Ramonica Green - Alpharetta GA, US
Donald Waldroup - Roswell GA, US

International Classification:

A61F013/15
A61F013/20

US Classification:

604/378000, 604/367000, 604/368000

Abstract:

A personal care absorbent article, such as a sanitary pad or napkin, tampon, wound dressing, and the like having one or more layers of absorbent material treated with a density modulator. The treated layer or layers are highly wettable and upon contact with blood-containing bodily fluids undergo a decrease in density, thereby increasing the absorbent capacity of the treated material.

US Patent:

20040126543, Jul 1, 2004

Filed:

Dec 27, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/331141

Inventors:

David Potts - Dunwoody GA, US
Yen-Ling Lai - Houston TX, US
Brian Lin - Alpharetta GA, US
Christopher Laslie - Cumming GA, US

International Classification:

B32B003/00

US Classification:

428/195100

Abstract:

A striped material and a stripe focusing plate for making striped material. The stripe focusing plate includes a number of grooves extending through the plate, each groove having a transverse width l. The stripe focusing plate also includes a number of triangular prisms, each adjacent a groove and having a slope between about 70 and about 85 degrees. Particles distributed onto the plate fall through the grooves onto a substrate positioned below the plate to form stripes on the substrate. Each of the stripes has a half-height width L, and a sharpness coefficient L/l of less than 1. The resulting striped material is particularly suitable for use in disposable absorbent articles.

US Patent:

20080155728, Jul 3, 2008

Filed:

Dec 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/646631

Inventors:

Greg Hafer - Roswell GA, US
Brian Lin - Atlanta GA, US
Jerry Jascomb - Alpharetta GA, US

International Classification:

A41D 13/12

US Classification:

2 69

Abstract:

There is disclosed the use of bonding and the placement of a reinforcement piece to meet AAMI levels 3 and 4 barrier properties in surgical gowns and similar articles formed from thermally sensitive laminate barrier materials that are composed of thermoplastic polymers. The reinforcement piece is placed on the side opposite of the tie and the bonding uses a point-unbonded pattern.

US Patent:

20090320177, Dec 31, 2009

Filed:

Jun 30, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/164914

Inventors:

Brian Lin - Atlanta GA, US
Ajay Houde - Duluth GA, US

International Classification:

A41D 13/12
A41B 7/00
A41B 1/08
A41D 27/00

US Classification:

2114, 2123, 2125, 22431

Abstract:

A protective garment, such as a surgical gown, includes a garment body defining sleeves. A cuff may be secured at respective ends of the sleeves. A circumferentially extending coating is disposed on the sleeves beginning at the sleeve or cuff. The coating has a high friction surface such that an end of a glove pulled over the coating is inhibited from rolling or sliding back over the coating and down the sleeve. The coating may be formed of a low-tack surface modifier and may include a dye or colorant that may be used to indicate the fluid protection level of, for example, a surgical gown. Additionally, a second coating of a phase change and/or shape memory material may be applied to the protective garment.

US Patent:

20130140310, Jun 6, 2013

Filed:

Dec 2, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/310060

Inventors:

Khoa T. Lien - Milton GA, US
Brian E. Lin - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

B65D 17/50

US Classification:

220260

Abstract:

The present disclosure describes a lid piercer that pierces or punctures the lid of a small container. The container may hold a filler that is a liquid, gel, powder or granules needed for a specific task. The lid piercer is desirably usable with one hand. Also provided is an oral care kit that contains the lid piercer; such a kit includes a bag containing implements needed to perform oral care for a patient. The kit also has a container of oral care solution and the container is made from a cup with a top or lid covering it. The kit also has a lid piercer disposed in relation to the container such that a user may bend the tip of the lid piercer into the top of the container to pierce the top and release the oral care solution.