公开(公告)号：US20100063580A1

公开(公告)日：2010-03-11

申请号：US12522379

申请日：2008-01-08

Applicant: James B. McClain ,  Doug Taylor ,  Robert Rabiner

Inventor： James B. McClain ,  Doug Taylor ,  Robert Rabiner

IPC: A61F2/92 ,  B05D1/36

CPC classification number: A61L31/10 ,  A61F2/91 ,  A61L31/148

Abstract: A method for preparing a laminate coronary stent comprising: providing a stent framework; and depositing a plurality of layers on said stent framework to form said laminate coronary stent; wherein at least one of said layers comprises a bioabsorbable polymer.

Abstract translation: 一种制备层压冠状支架的方法，包括：提供支架框架; 以及在所述支架框架上沉积多个层以形成所述层压冠状支架; 其中所述层中的至少一个包含生物可吸收聚合物。

公开(公告)号：US06989172B2

公开(公告)日：2006-01-24

申请号：US10681515

申请日：2003-10-08

Applicant: James P. DeYoung ,  James B. McClain ,  Stephen M. Gross ,  Doug Taylor ,  Mark I. Wagner ,  David Brainard

Inventor： James P. DeYoung ,  James B. McClain ,  Stephen M. Gross ,  Doug Taylor ,  Mark I. Wagner ,  David Brainard

IPC: B05D5/12 ,  B05D1/18

CPC classification number: H01L21/283 ,  B05D1/18 ,  B05D2401/90 ,  H01L21/28556 ,  H01L21/288 ,  H01L21/67028 ,  H01L28/65

Abstract: A method of coating a substrate comprises the steps of: (a) providing a substrate in an enclosed vessel, the substrate having a surface portion; (b) at least partially filling the enclosed vessel with a first supercritical fluid so that said first supercritical fluid contacts the surface portion, with the first supercritical fluid carrying or containing a coating component; then (c) adding a separate compressed gas atmosphere to the reaction vessel so that a boundary is formed between the first supercritical fluid and the separate compressed gas atmosphere, said separate compressed gas atmosphere having a density less than said first supercritical fluid; and then (d) displacing said first supercritical fluid from said vessel by continuing adding said separate compressed gas atmosphere to said vessel so that said boundary moves across said surface portion and a thin film of coating component is deposited on said microelectronic substrate.

公开(公告)号：US06795991B2

公开(公告)日：2004-09-28

申请号：US10696612

申请日：2003-10-29

Applicant: David E. Brainard ,  James B. McClain ,  Michael E. Cole ,  Steve L. Worm

Inventor： David E. Brainard ,  James B. McClain ,  Michael E. Cole ,  Steve L. Worm

IPC: D06B3902

CPC classification number: D06F43/08 ,  D06F43/007

Abstract: A method for conserving carbon dioxide vapor in a carbon dioxide dry cleaning system employing a liquid carbon dioxide cleaning solution to clean articles, where the method includes removing carbon dioxide vapor from a wash tank to a vapor tank, storing the carbon dioxide vapor in the vapor tank; and charging the wash tank with carbon dioxide vapor from the vapor tank. The method may be performed as part of a wash cycle that includes filling the wash tank with cleaning solution, washing articles to be cleaned in the wash tank, and emptying the cleaning solution out of the wash tank. An apparatus may also be employed for conserving carbon dioxide vapor in a carbon dioxide dry cleaning system employing a liquid carbon dioxide cleaning solution to clean articles, where the apparatus includes a wash tank for contacting the articles to be cleaned with the liquid carbon dioxide cleaning solution, a working tank for storing liquid carbon dioxide cleaning solution, a vapor tank for storing carbon dioxide vapor, a first piping system providing fluid communication between the wash tank and the vapor tank, where the first piping system includes a first line and a first valve residing in the first line, and a second piping system providing fluid communication between the working tank and the wash tank. Methods and apparatus for collecting liquid carbon dioxide in a collecting tank are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US06602351B2

公开(公告)日：2003-08-05

申请号：US09951247

申请日：2001-09-13

Applicant: James P. DeYoung ,  James B. McClain ,  Stephen M. Gross

Inventor： James P. DeYoung ,  James B. McClain ,  Stephen M. Gross

IPC: B08B300

CPC classification number: B08B7/0021 ,  C23G5/00 ,  H01L21/02063 ,  Y10S134/902

Abstract: A method of cleaning and removing water and entrained solutes during a manufacturing process from a microelectronic device such as a resist-coated semiconductor substrate, a MEM's device, or an optoelectronic device comprising the steps of: (a) providing a partially fabricated integrated circuit, MEM's device, or optoelectronic device having water, entrained solutes, and/or solid particles or the like on the substrate; (b) providing a densified (e.g., liquid or supercritical) carbon dioxide cleaning composition, the drying composition comprising carbon dioxide and, optionally but preferably, a cleaning adjunct; (c) immersing the surface portion in the densified carbon dioxide cleaning composition; and then (d) removing the cleaning composition from the surface portion.

公开(公告)号：US06596093B2

公开(公告)日：2003-07-22

申请号：US09951259

申请日：2001-09-13

Applicant: James DeYoung ,  James B. McClain ,  Michael E. Cole ,  David Brainard

Inventor： James DeYoung ,  James B. McClain ,  Michael E. Cole ,  David Brainard

IPC: B08B300

CPC classification number: B08B7/0021 ,  C23G5/00 ,  H01L21/02063 ,  Y10S134/902 ,  Y10S438/906

Abstract: A method of cleaning and removing water, entrained solutes and particulate matter during a manufacturing process from a microelectronic device such as a resist-coated semiconductor substrate, a MEM's device, or an optoelectronic device comprising the steps of: (a) providing a partially fabricated integrated circuit, MEM's device, or optoelectronic device having water and entrained solutes on the substrate; (b) providing a densified (e.g., liquid or supercritical) carbon dioxide cleaning composition, the cleaning composition comprising carbon dioxide and, optionally but preferably, a cleaning adjunct; (c) immersing the surface portion in the densified carbon dioxide drying composition, and subjecting the densified carbon dioxide drying composition to cyclical phase modulation during at least a portion of the immersing step to thereby facilitating cleaning; and then (d) removing the cleaning composition from the surface portion. Process parameters are preferably controlled so that the drying composition is maintained as a homogeneous composition during the immersing step, the removing step, or both the immersing and removing step, without substantial deposition of the drying/cleaning adjunct or entrained solutes on the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US06536059B2

公开(公告)日：2003-03-25

申请号：US09760346

申请日：2001-01-12

Applicant: James B. McClain ,  Michael E. Cole

Inventor： James B. McClain ,  Michael E. Cole

IPC: D06F3908

CPC classification number: B08B7/0021 ,  D06F43/02 ,  D06F43/08

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the pumpless transfer of liquid carbon dioxide cleaning medium in a carbon dioxide dry cleaning apparatus having a wash vessel, a working vessel, a vapor vessel, and a compressor. The apparatus is preferably overpressurized with an overpressurization gas such as air. The method comprises (a) storing liquid carbon dioxide dry cleaning medium in the working vessel; (b) storing a vapor comprising air and carbon dioxide as a gas under pressure in the vapor vessel; (c) transferring a portion of the vapor from the vapor vessel to the wash vessel, by at least partially equilibrating the pressure between the vapor vessel and the wash vessel, with the wash vessel remaining at a pressure less then that of the working vessel; then (d) transferring at least a portion of the liquid carbon dioxide cleaning medium from the working vessel to the wash vessel by the force of a pressure differential therebetween; (e) washing articles to be cleaned in the wash vessel while concurrently (f) circulating at least a portion of the liquid dry cleaning medium back and forth between the wash vessel to the working vessel.

公开(公告)号：US06506259B1

公开(公告)日：2003-01-14

申请号：US09718020

申请日：2000-11-20

Applicant: Timothy J. Romack ,  James B. McClain ,  Gina M. Stewart ,  Ramone D. Givens

Inventor： Timothy J. Romack ,  James B. McClain ,  Gina M. Stewart ,  Ramone D. Givens

IPC: B08B704

CPC classification number: B01D11/0411 ,  B01D11/0203 ,  B08B3/08 ,  B08B7/0021 ,  C23G5/00

Abstract: A separation method includes (a) providing a heterogeneous separation system, the heterogeneous cleaning system comprising CO2 in a first phase and an oil in a separate second phase; (b) entraining a material to be separated in the second phase; (c) wholly or partially solubilizing the second phase in the first phase to produce a separation system in which said material to be separated is insoluble; and then (d) separating the material from the system. The separating step is preferably followed by the step of (e) recovering at least a portion of the oil. The system is useful in a variety of applications, including cleaning (particularly metal cleaning), polymerization, extraction, coating, and particle formation and treatment.

Abstract translation: 分离方法包括（a）提供非均相分离系统，所述非均相清洁系统包括第一阶段的CO 2和在独立的第二阶段中的油; （b）在第二阶段夹带分离材料; （c）在第一相中完全或部分地增溶第二相以产生分离系统，其中待分离的材料是不溶的; 然后（d）从系统中分离材料。 优选分离步骤之后是（e）回收至少一部分油的步骤。 该系统可用于各种应用，包括清洗（特别是金属清洗），聚合，萃取，涂覆和颗粒形成和处理。

公开(公告)号：US06344243B1

公开(公告)日：2002-02-05

申请号：US09921376

申请日：2001-08-02

Applicant: James B. McClain ,  Timothy J. Romack ,  James P. DeYoung

Inventor： James B. McClain ,  Timothy J. Romack ,  James P. DeYoung

IPC: B05D100

CPC classification number: B05D1/18 ,  B05D2401/90 ,  C23C26/00 ,  C23C30/00 ,  D06M15/277 ,  D06M15/643 ,  D06M23/10 ,  D06M23/105 ,  D06M2101/06 ,  D06M2101/08 ,  D06M2101/12 ,  D06M2101/32 ,  D06M2101/34 ,  D06M2200/12

Abstract: A method of treating a substrate comprises contacting a surface of said substrate, with a pressurized fluid comprising carbon dioxide and a surface treatment component, the surface treatment component being entrained in the pressurized fluid and contacting the surface so that the surface treatment component lowers the surface tension of the surface of the substrate and treats the substrate. The contacting step is preferably carried out by immersion, the fluid is preferably a liquid or supercritical fluid, the substrate is preferably a metal or fabric substrate, and the surface treatment component is preferably a fluoroacrylate polymer.

Abstract translation: 处理基材的方法包括使所述基材的表面与包含二氧化碳和表面处理组分的加压流体接触，所述表面处理组分被夹带在加压流体中并与表面接触，使得表面处理组分降低表面 衬底表面的张力并处理衬底。 接触步骤优选通过浸渍进行，流体优选为液体或超临界流体，基底优选为金属或织物基底，并且表面处理组分优选为氟代丙烯酸酯聚合物。

公开(公告)号：US06314601B1

公开(公告)日：2001-11-13

申请号：US09405619

申请日：1999-09-24

Applicant: James B. McClain ,  David E. Brainard ,  Michael E. Cole ,  Steve L. Worm

Inventor： James B. McClain ,  David E. Brainard ,  Michael E. Cole ,  Steve L. Worm

IPC: D06B3902

CPC classification number: D06F43/007 ,  B08B7/0021

Abstract: A carbon dioxide dry cleaning apparatus and system for the control thereof is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a wash vessel, a working vessel containing a carbon dioxide cleaning medium and operatively associated with the wash vessel, a pump operatively associated with the wash vessel, a condenser connected to the working vessel, a still operatively associated with the working vessel (which still may be a separate still or incorporated into other system components as explained below), a compressor operatively associated with the wash vessel, and a pressure release valve operatively associated with said working vessel. At least one filter is included in the system, but the filter and still may be consolidated together in a single vessel. The apparatus includes a suitable controller which, operating in association with appropriate valves in the apparatus, provides a system that is used to place the apparatus in a cleaning cycle for washing articles therein, a waking cycle separate from the cleaning cycle during which distillation, recharging and other maintenance and preparatory function can be performed, or a resting cycle or resting state for long term periods of idleness.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种二氧化碳干洗设备及其控制系统。 该装置包括洗涤容器，含有二氧化碳清洁介质并与洗涤容器可操作地相关联的工作容器，与洗涤容器操作地相关联的泵，连接到工作容器的冷凝器，与工作容器操作相关联的（ 其仍然可以是单独的或并入如下所述的其它系统部件中），与洗涤容器操作地相关联的压缩机和与所述工作容器操作地相关联的压力释放阀。 系统中至少包括一个过滤器，但是过滤器仍然可以在单个容器中固结在一起。 该设备包括合适的控制器，其与设备中的适当阀相关联地提供用于将设备放置在用于在其中洗涤物品的清洁循环中的系统，与清洁循环分离的清洗循环，在该循环期间进行蒸馏，再充电 可以进行其他维护和准备功能，或者休息周期或休息状态长时间的闲置。

公开(公告)号：US09737642B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-22

申请号：US12522379

申请日：2008-01-08

Applicant: James B. McClain ,  C. Douglas Taylor ,  Robert Rabiner

Inventor： James B. McClain ,  C. Douglas Taylor ,  Robert Rabiner

IPC: A61F2/91 ,  A61L31/10 ,  A61L31/14

CPC classification number: A61L31/10 ,  A61F2/91 ,  A61L31/148

Abstract: A method for preparing a laminate coronary stent comprising: providing a stent framework; and depositing a plurality of layers on said stent framework to form said laminate coronary stent; wherein at least one of said layers comprises a bioabsorbable polymer.