136 patents
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Utility
Leakage Current Management Systems, Devices, and Methods
23 Jun 22
A sensor/transducer for use in reducing leakage current from a patient fluidly connected to a medical device by tubing filled with a conductive fluid (e.g., blood or dialysate (a “fluid line”)) includes a magnetically conductive core with 1) a centrally located support for a coil of fluid line, and 2) coiled electrical conductors located at positions that are spaced from the centrally located support, on opposite sides of the centrally located support.
Mark F. SMITH
Filed: 18 Nov 21
Utility
Fluid preparation and treatment devices methods and systems
21 Jun 22
Methods, device, and systems for preparing peritoneal dialysis fluid and/or administering a peritoneal dialysis treatment are disclosed.
Mark T. Wyeth, Gregory Yantz
Filed: 28 Feb 19
Utility
Methods, Devices, and Systems for Coupling Fluid Lines
9 Jun 22
Fluid couplings prevent or discourage misconnection of fluid lines.
James M. BRUGGER, William J. SCHNELL
Filed: 7 Apr 20
Utility
Disposable Medical Flow-Regulating Device and System
9 Jun 22
A disposable medical flow-regulating assembly includes flow-directing units, with multiple fluid-flow lines entering each of the flow-directing units.
James M. BRUGGER, William J. SCHNELL
Filed: 8 Apr 20
Utility
Fluid circuit priming methods, devices, and systems
31 May 22
According to embodiments, priming systems, methods, and devices are disclosed which allow medical treatment devices which pump fluid to be primed with minimal operator intervention and a high level of convenience.
James M. Brugger, William J. Schnell
Filed: 24 Apr 19
Utility
Line Holder
26 May 22
A line mount includes a treatment machine having a housing and one or more magnets or ferromagnetic elements mounted thereon, a line holder having at least one complementary one of magnets and ferromagnetic elements such as to cause the line holder to be attachable magnetically to the housing.
Joseph A. HOELL, Jr., Eric ZOGLIO, M. Dominika KULINSKI, Kenneth E. BUCKLER
Filed: 9 Apr 20
Utility
Flow Restriction Devices, Methods, and Systems
12 May 22
A flow restrictor includes a flexible tube held in a housing and a linear actuator connected through an intermediate link to a distal link via a first revolute joint proximate the linear actuator and a second revolute joint connecting the intermediate and distal links.
Eric ZOGLIO
Filed: 20 Mar 20
Utility
Pressure Measurement Devices, Methods, and Systems
12 May 22
A pressure measurement system includes a pressure pod with two chambers separated by a diaphragm such that a deformation/movement of the diaphragm is indicative of a difference between the pressures of the two chambers.
Mark T. WYETH, James M. BRUGGER, Adam G. MCDERMOTT
Filed: 12 Mar 20
Utility
Medicament Preparation Devices, Methods, and Systems
28 Apr 22
A proportioning device includes a proportioning machine with a temperature-compensating conductivity sensor, a controller, and pump actuator.
Goetz FRIEDERICHS, Gregory YANTZ
Filed: 19 Oct 21
Utility
Needle guard
19 Apr 22
A needle set includes a needle guard and a winged needle.
James M. Brugger, Christopher D. Pierson, Steven C. Alford
Filed: 5 Aug 16
Utility
Configurable Fluid Channel Sealing Devices and Methods
10 Mar 22
Fluid channel sealing devices, frangible seals, fluid circuits, associated controllers and methods of using the same are provided for controlling fluid distribution using a reconfigurable blocking element having first and second portions to establish a first configuration free of any open channels such that fluid is prevented from flowing through the channel and a second configuration where the first and second portions are separated to establish an open channel and allow fluid to pass.
Gregory YANTZ, Mark T. WYETH, James Ian JOHNSON, William J. SCHNELL
Filed: 25 Sep 19
Utility
Medicament Preparation and Treatment Devices, Methods, and Systems
17 Feb 22
A medicament preparation system includes a water purification module and a medicament proportioning module that is interoperable with a replaceable fluid circuit.
Goetz FRIEDERICHS, William K. WEIGEL, Dennis M. TREU, Jeffrey H. BURBANK, James M. BRUGGER, Keith David J. WHEELER, Scott W. NEWELL
Filed: 26 Oct 21
Utility
Peritoneal dialysis systems, devices, and methods
18 Jan 22
A peritoneal dialysis device includes a disposable tubing set that includes a fill line with a patient access connector at one end and a dialysis fluid receiving end opposite the patient access connector end.
Jeffrey H. Burbank, James M. Brugger, Dennis M. Treu, Mark T. Wyeth
Filed: 31 Mar 17
Utility
Pinch clamp devices, methods, and systems
4 Jan 22
A tube clamp closes a flexible tube by applying a pinching force to walls of the flexible tube.
Scott W. Newell, Dennis M. Treu, Kenneth E. Buckler
Filed: 9 Nov 18
Utility
Fluid preparation and treatment devices methods and systems
28 Dec 21
Methods, device, and systems for preparing peritoneal dialysis fluid and/or administering a peritoneal dialysis treatment are disclosed.
Mark T. Wyeth, Gregory Yantz, Robert Paul McCarty
Filed: 28 Feb 19
Utility
Dialysis Systems, Devices, and Methods
16 Dec 21
A treatment device system includes a treatment machine for performing a therapy on a patient, the treatment machine including at least one fluid conveyor and a controller, the controller having a first memory, to cause the at least one fluid conveyor to produce a therapeutic fluid by mixing purified water and at least one concentrate.
Jeffrey H. BURBANK, James M. BRUGGER, Dennis M. TREU, Mark T. WYETH
Filed: 26 Aug 21
Utility
Dialysis Systems, Devices, and Methods
9 Dec 21
A treatment device system includes a treatment machine for generating custom peritoneal dialysis solution and including at least one fluid conveyor, the treatment machine having a controller, the controller having a first memory, configured to produce a therapeutic fluid by causing the at least one fluid conveyor to mix purified water and at least one concentrate.
Jeffrey H. BURBANK, James M. BRUGGER, Dennis M. TREU, Mark T. WYETH
Filed: 16 Aug 21
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Dialysis Systems, Devices, and Methods
9 Dec 21
A treatment device system includes a treatment machine for performing a therapy on a patient, the treatment machine including at least one fluid conveyor and a controller, the controller having a first memory, to cause the at least one fluid conveyor to produce a therapeutic fluid by mixing purified water and at least one concentrate.
Jeffrey H. BURBANK, James M. BRUGGER, Dennis M. TREU, Mark T. WYETH
Filed: 16 Aug 21
Utility
Body Temperature Measurement Devices, Methods, and Systems
18 Nov 21
A patient's body temperature measurement may be made by varying the heat transfer dynamics of a fluid exiting the patient's body and fitting parameters of heat transfer configuration to measurements under the varied conditions.
Scott W. NEWELL, Dennis M. TREU, Jerome JAMES
Filed: 30 Jul 21
Utility
Medicament preparation and treatment devices, methods, and systems
9 Nov 21
A medicament preparation system, according to an embodiment, includes a water purification module and a medicament proportioning module.
Goetz Friederichs, William K. Weigel, Dennis M. Treu, Jeffrey H. Burbank, James M. Brugger, Keith David J. Wheeler, Scott W. Newell
Filed: 19 Sep 19