Patents by Inventor Charles D. Shermer
Charles D. Shermer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11883615Abstract: A catheter insertion device is provided for positioning and inserting a catheter, particularly a midline catheter into a patient. The insertion device includes an actuator assembly movable with respect to a housing for deploying the catheter over a needle. A step-wise movement of the actuator advances a catheter assembly, including the catheter, in stages over the introducer needle. An indexing finger of the catheter assembly engages the actuator body during distal advancement of the actuator, and deflects as the actuator is moved proximally. The device further includes a lockout device such as a button, collar, slider, or tab, which allows movement of the catheter relative to the needle but prevents advancement of the catheter to the first stage of the step-wise movement.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Shawn Ray Isaacson, Weston F. Harding, Charles D. Shermer, Daniel M. Stipe
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Publication number: 20230310727Abstract: A monitoring device may include a housing, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a fluid pathway extending through the proximal end and distal end. The distal end may include a connector configured to couple to a catheter assembly. The monitoring device may include one or more sensors disposed within the fluid pathway. The sensors may facilitate identification of an occlusion within the catheter assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: S. Ray Isaacson, Vincent J. Sullivan, Brendan Tompkins, Charles D. Shermer
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Patent number: 11701460Abstract: A monitoring device may include a housing, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a fluid pathway extending through the proximal end and distal end. The distal end may include a connector configured to couple to a catheter assembly. The monitoring device may include one or more sensors disposed within the fluid pathway. The sensors may facilitate identification of an occlusion within the catheter assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: S. Ray Isaacson, Vincent J. Sullivan, Brendan Tompkins, Charles D. Shermer
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Publication number: 20230158275Abstract: A catheter insertion device is provided for positioning and inserting a catheter, particularly a midline catheter into a patient. The insertion device includes an actuator assembly movable with respect to a housing for deploying the catheter over a needle. A step-wise movement of the actuator advances a catheter assembly, including the catheter, in stages over the introducer needle. An indexing finger of the catheter assembly engages the actuator body during distal advancement of the actuator, and deflects as the actuator is moved proximally. The device further includes a lockout device such as a button, collar, slider, or tab, which allows movement of the catheter relative to the needle but prevents advancement of the catheter to the first stage of the step-wise movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Shawn Ray Isaacson, Weston F. Harding, Charles D. Shermer, Daniel M. Stipe
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Publication number: 20230025333Abstract: Disclosed herein are medical devices, systems, and methods for collecting urine output from a patient, generally including a urine receiving device and a collection container coupled with the urine receiving device. Collection devices described herein can automatically determine collected urine volume, and also automatically determine protein content, salt content and pH of the collected urine. Collection devices can automatically display different colors according to collected volumes of urine. Some devices can determine the volume of urine within a patient's bladder. Systems can include a bladder volume device and logic to facilitate communication with external entities. Some systems may also include a urine collection device. Urine receiving devices can include external catheters.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Puja Patel, Hannah Rose Kriscovich, Charles D. Shermer, Shernone Moussignac
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Patent number: 11559665Abstract: A catheter insertion device is provided for positioning and inserting a catheter, particularly a midline catheter into a patient. The insertion device includes an actuator assembly movable with respect to a housing for deploying the catheter over a needle. A step-wise movement of the actuator advances a catheter assembly, including the catheter, in stages over the introducer needle. An indexing finger of the catheter assembly engages the actuator body during distal advancement of the actuator, and deflects as the actuator is moved proximally. The device further includes a lockout device such as a button, collar, slider, or tab, which allows movement of the catheter relative to the needle but prevents advancement of the catheter to the first stage of the step-wise movement.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Shawn Ray Isaacson, Weston Finch Harding, Charles D. Shermer, Daniel M. Stipe
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Publication number: 20230001105Abstract: A method for site assessments of a catheter insertion site and/or dressing includes: scanning the catheter insertion site and/or dressing with an image capture device and/or sensor; selecting a patient baseline site location and skin tone; recording a baseline condition using a computing device; determining a site assessment rate using a computing device; prompting a clinician to make a site assessment of the catheter insertion site and/or dressing using a computing device; and recording site assessment information in an electronic medical record using a computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Ashley Rachel Rothenberg, Erik Kurt Witt, Anant Subramaniam, S. Ray Isaacson, Vincent J. Sullivan, Kenneth G. Powell, Charles D. Shermer, Brendan Tompkins
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Publication number: 20220401259Abstract: Disclosed is a medical pad for exchanging thermal energy between a targeted temperature management (TTM) fluid and a patient. The pad includes a fluid channel extending between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and a bottom channel wall that is disposed between the fluid and the patient during use of the pad. The wall is formed of a material having a thermal conductivity, and the wall includes elements embedded within the wall. The elements are formed of a material having a greater thermal conductivity than the wall material so that a composite thermal conductivity of the wall that is greater than the thermal conductivity of the wall material alone. The thermal energy exchange between the fluid and the patient is defined in accordance with the composite thermal conductivity. The pad can include channel shapes and features that enhance the heat transfer convection coefficient of the fluid within the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Christopher A. Basciano, Melody M. H. Kuroda, Charles D. Shermer
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Publication number: 20220346935Abstract: The present invention relates to a TIPS stent graft, comprising a tubular component having a lumen extending therethrough, the tubular component comprising a balloon expandable central section and a first and a second self-expanding section, the first and the second self-expanding section sandwiching the central section, the lumen extending through the first, central, and second sections, the stent graft being capable of selectively constricting the central section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Charles D. Shermer, Alexander Lastovich, Sebastian Zickwolf, Pia U. Braeuer
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Publication number: 20220304847Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system, apparatus and method directed to an expandable and conformable targeted temperature management (TTM) pad. The system, apparatus and method pertain to a medical pad for exchanging thermal energy between a TTM fluid and a patient. The pad includes an insulating layer, a fluid containing layer for containing the TTM fluid, and a patient contact surface. The fluid containing layer is configured for circulating the TTM fluid. The patient contact surface defines a first patient contact area to facilitate thermal energy exchange with the patient. One or more slits are arranged in at least the insulating layer of the pad to facilitate stretching the pad and conforming to a contour of a patient's anatomy. The stretching can expand the patient contact surface to a larger second patient contact area. The pad can further include a flexible fabric cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Melody M. H. Kuroda, Charles D. Shermer, Christopher A. Basciano
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Patent number: 11400206Abstract: A syringe packaging system that includes a tube and a cap for enclosing a pre-filled syringe is disclosed. The tube includes a proximal end, a closed distal end, and a sidewall extending between the proximal and closed distal ends. The sidewall includes an injection molding gate. In one embodiment, a film is securable to a portion of the tube and a portion of the cap to connect the tube and the cap with the pre-filled syringe enclosed within the cap and the tube.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: Brigitte Duinat, Charles D. Shermer, Luc Dorelon, Tracy Hottovy, James Kenneth Proctor, Robert Speek, Jonathan Wacks
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Publication number: 20220192564Abstract: Disclosed herein is a urine collection bag, system, and methods directed to automated measurement of a quantity of urine. The urine collection system can include the urine collection bag, a catheter, and flexible drainage tubing. The urine collection bag can include a collection area, force sensors, and circuitry configured to determine the volume of urine in the collection area based on pressure or weight measured by the force sensors, and the specific gravity of the urine. The catheter may include a small female external catheter (FEC) with an opening on a top side, a wicking catheter with a wicking area on a top side, a finger-mountable catheter, or a male external catheter (MEC). The tubing may be secured to a patient's leg with a stabilization device or a fabric strap. The catheter can remain on a patient while the patient stands or walks.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Hannah Rose Kriscovich, Charles D. Shermer, Puja Patel, Shernone Moussignac
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Publication number: 20210170093Abstract: A syringe packaging system that includes a tube and a cap for enclosing a pre-filled syringe is disclosed. The tube includes a tube cut flange and the cap includes a cut skirt. With a syringe barrel contained within the tube, a syringe barrel cut flange is aligned with the tube cut flange. With the pre-filled syringe enclosed within the tube and the cap, the cut skirt of the cap surrounds the syringe barrel cut flange. In one embodiment, a film is securable to a portion of the tube and a portion of the cap to connect the tube and the cap with the pre-filled syringe enclosed within the cap and the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: Brigitte DUINAT, Charles D. SHERMER, Luc DORELON, Tracy HOTTOVY, James Kenneth PROCTOR, Robert SPEEK, Jonathan WACKS
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Publication number: 20210052858Abstract: A catheter insertion device is provided for positioning and inserting a catheter, particularly a midline catheter into a patient. The insertion device includes an actuator assembly movable with respect to a housing for deploying the catheter over a needle. A step-wise movement of the actuator advances a catheter assembly, including the catheter, in stages over the introducer needle. An indexing finger of the catheter assembly engages the actuator body during distal advancement of the actuator, and deflects as the actuator is moved proximally. The device further includes a lockout device such as a button, collar, slider, or tab, which allows movement of the catheter relative to the needle but prevents advancement of the catheter to the first stage of the step-wise movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Shawn Ray Isaacson, Weston Finch Harding, Charles D. Shermer, Daniel M. Stipe
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Patent number: 10835681Abstract: A time-of-use activated syringe assembly includes a syringe barrel defining a chamber, a plunger rod having a forward attachment end located within the chamber of the barrel, and a stopper located within the chamber of the barrel and including a rearward end adapted to receive the plunger rod. The stopper includes a first perimetrical skirt extending around an outer circumference thereof and extending toward a front end of the stopper. An activation mechanism is associated with at least one of the stopper and the plunger rod, and the plunger rod is configured for transition between a pre-loaded position in which the activation mechanism is unactivated and a loaded position in which the activation mechanism is activated. Upon activation, the activation mechanism applies a radial force to the first perimetrical skirt causing the skirt to seal against an inner wall of the syringe barrel.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Charles D. Shermer, Qihua Xu, Christopher DeMaria
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Patent number: 10814059Abstract: A syringe packaging system that includes a tube and a cap for enclosing a pre-filled syringe, wherein the tube includes a cut flange and the cap includes a cut skirt. When the pre-filled syringe is enclosed within the tube and cap, the tube and cap are maintained together by a plurality of crush ribs on the cap or by a film secured to a portion of the tube and a portion of the cap. An injection molding gate is located on the sidewall of the tube to prevent diversion or tampering with the pre-filled syringe.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: Brigitte Duinat, Charles D. Shermer, Luc Dorelon, Tracy Hottovy, James Kenneth Proctor, Robert Speek, Jonathan Wacks
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Publication number: 20200316292Abstract: A monitoring device may include a housing, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a fluid pathway extending through the proximal end and distal end. The distal end may include a connector configured to couple to a catheter assembly. The monitoring device may include one or more sensors disposed within the fluid pathway. The sensors may facilitate identification of an occlusion within the catheter assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: S. Ray Isaacson, Vincent J. Sullivan, Brendan Tompkins, Charles D. Shermer
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Patent number: 10792431Abstract: A syringe packaging system that includes a tube and a cap for enclosing a pre-filled syringe is disclosed. The tube includes a tube cut flange and the cap includes a cut skirt. With a syringe barrel contained within the tube, a syringe barrel cut flange is aligned with the tube cut flange. With the pre-filled syringe enclosed within the tube and the cap, the cut skirt of the cap surrounds the syringe barrel cut flange. In one embodiment, a film is securable to a portion of the tube and a portion of the cap to connect the tube and the cap with the pre-filled syringe enclosed within the cap and the tube.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deustchland GmbHInventors: Brigitte Duinat, Charles D. Shermer, Luc Dorelon
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Publication number: 20180344938Abstract: A syringe packaging system including a shell for enclosing a pre-filled syringe is disclosed. The shell includes a first portion having a proximal end and a distal end having a disk-shaped bottom portion; and a second portion having a proximal end and a distal end. With the first portion engaged with the second portion to form the shell, the proximal end of the first portion and the proximal end of the second portion together define a syringe flange having a top wall that defines a shell proximal aperture, a bottom wall, and a sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: Brigitte DUINAT, Tracy Ray HOTTOVY, Charles BIANCON, Charles D. SHERMER, Luc DORELON
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Publication number: 20180344936Abstract: A syringe packaging system that includes a tube and a cap for enclosing a pre-filled syringe is disclosed. The tube includes a tube cut flange and the cap includes a cut skirt. With a syringe barrel contained within the tube, a syringe barrel cut flange is aligned with the tube cut flange. With the pre-filled syringe enclosed within the tube and the cap, the cut skirt of the cap surrounds the syringe barrel cut flange. In one embodiment, a film is securable to a portion of the tube and a portion of the cap to connect the tube and the cap with the pre-filled syringe enclosed within the cap and the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: Brigitte DUINAT, Charles D. SHERMER, Luc DORELON