Patents by Inventor Craig T. Flanagan
Craig T. Flanagan 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: 8696591Abstract: A mainstream gas monitoring method includes a using a mainstream airway adapter and a gas sensing assembly associated with the mainstream airway adapter to measure an analyte of a gas flow through the adapter. A gas sensing portion outputs a signal indicative of the analyte in a gas flow in the mainstream airway adapter. A processing portion receives the signal from the gas sensing portion and determines an amount of the analyte in the gas flow based on the signal from the gas sensing portion. The processing portion also compensates for volumetric differences between the gas flow during inspiration and the gas flow during expiration to maximize the accuracy in the measurements.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: RIC Investments, LLCInventors: Joseph A. Orr, Craig T. Flanagan
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Publication number: 20130175235Abstract: A system includes a container and an adapter. The container may include a wall defining a receptacle and a neck, the neck forming an opening and a passage in fluid communication between the receptacle and the opening; a closure assembly having a portion disposed within the neck, and including an insert defining a valve seat, an actuator, a valve member attached to the actuator and sealingly engageable with the valve seat, and a biasing member disposed between the insert and the actuator. The biasing member urges the valve member into sealing engagement with the valve seat in an actuator advanced state, and the valve member disengages from the valve seat in an actuator retracted state, the actuator depending through the opening in the advanced state. The adapter may be removably attached to the container, and configured to move the actuator from advanced to retracted state upon attachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicants: BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A., BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Waleed M. Elsayyid, Roger H. Ramoth, Jean-Pol Warbecq, Craig T. Flanagan, Simon Freed, Margaret L. Benezra, David D. Chesley, Mark C. Perry, David D. Hsu, Steven C. Jepson, Donald A. Smith
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Publication number: 20130041280Abstract: A mainstream gas monitoring system (30) and method that includes a using a mainstream airway adapter (32), and a gas sensing assembly (34) associated with the mainstream airway adapter to measure an analyte of a gas flow through the adapter. A gas sensing portion (36) outputs a signal indicative of the analyte in a gas flow in the mainstream airway adapter. A processing portion (38) receives the signal from the gas sensing portion and determines an amount of the analyte in the gas flow based on the signal from the gas sensing portion. The processing portion also compensates for volumetric differences between the gas flow during inspiration and the gas flow during expiration to maximize the accuracy in the measurements made using such a system and method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: RIC INVESTMENTS, LLCInventors: JOSEPH A. ORR, CRAIG T. FLANAGAN
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Patent number: 8312878Abstract: A mainstream gas monitoring system and method that includes a using a mainstream airway adapter, and a gas sensing assembly associated with the mainstream airway adapter to measure an analyte of a gas flow through the adapter. A gas sensing portion outputs a signal indicative of the analyte in a gas flow in the mainstream airway adapter. A processing portion receives the signal from the gas sensing portion and determines an amount of the analyte in the gas flow based on the signal from the gas sensing portion. The processing portion also compensates for volumetric differences between the gas flow during inspiration and the gas flow during expiration to maximize the accuracy in the measurements made using such a system and method.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: RIC Investments, LLCInventors: Joesph A. Orr, Craig T. Flanagan
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Patent number: 8267081Abstract: A therapy utilizing inhaled anesthetic agents (such as desflurane, sevoflurane, isoflurane, or xenon) for the sedation of patients outside of the immediate perioperative space such as in the medical intensive care unit (MICU) and the surgical intensive care unit (SICU). The therapy includes controlled delivery of volatile anesthetic agents to patients undergoing ventilatory support on an ICU ventilator over extended periods of time. A system which provides for the delivery of anesthetic agents includes an anesthetic agent vaporizer element, an anesthetic agent reflector, and a plug-in cassette which contains both a cartridge housing liquid phase volatile anesthetic agent and an anesthetic vapor scrubbing medium.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2009Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.Inventors: Craig T. Flanagan, William S. Hurst, Lien-Lung Sheu, Thomas A. Block, Haiming Wu
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Publication number: 20120165694Abstract: A system for collecting an exhaled breath sample and exhaled breath aerosol from a subject includes a condensation chamber having an outer wall defining an interior space. The outer wall has an inlet port and an outlet port therethrough in fluid communication with the interior space. The inlet port is placeable in fluid communication with an exhaled breath sample of the subject. A condensation element is positioned within the condensation chamber interior space and has a shape tapering downwardly toward a bottom tip thereof. A condensation of fluid on the condensation element is enhanced through various elements. A collection area is positioned within the condensation chamber's interior space beneath the condensation element bottom tip. The collection area is for collecting condensate accumulating on an outer surface of the condensation element and dropping from the tip thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: VIKAS V. MEKA, NEIL R. EULIANO, BRENT JOSEPH LUTZ, CRAIG T. FLANAGAN
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Patent number: 8002712Abstract: A system for collecting an exhaled breath sample and exhaled breath aerosol from a subject includes a condensation chamber having an outerwall defining an interior space. The outer wall has an inlet port and an outlet port therethrough in fluid communication with the interior space. The inlet port is placeable in fluid communication with an exhaled breath sample of the subject. A condensation element is positioned within the condensation chamber interior space and has a shape tapering downwardly toward a bottom tip thereof. A condensation of fluid on the condensation element is enhanced through various elements. A collection area is positioned within the condensation chamber's interior space beneath the condensation element bottom tip. The collection area is for collecting condensate accumulating on an outer surface of the condensation element and dropping from the tip thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Inventors: Vikas V. Meka, Neil R. Euliano, Craig T. Flanagan, Brent Joseph Lutz
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Publication number: 20100212668Abstract: A therapy utilizing inhaled anesthetic agents (such as desflurane, sevoflurane, isoflurane, or xenon) for the sedation of patients outside of the immediate perioperative space such as in the medical intensive care unit (MICU) and the surgical intensive care unit (SICU). The therapy includes controlled delivery of volatile anesthetic agents to patients undergoing ventilatory support on an ICU ventilator over extended periods of time. A system which provides for the delivery of anesthetic agents includes an anesthetic agent vaporizer element, an anesthetic agent reflector, and a plug-in cassette which contains both a cartridge housing liquid phase volatile anesthetic agent and an anesthetic vapor scrubbing medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicants: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEAL THCARE S.A.Inventors: CRAIG T. FLANAGAN, WILLIAM S. HURST, LIEN-LUNG SHEU, THOMAS A. BLOCK, HAIMING WU
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Publication number: 20080127977Abstract: A mainstream gas monitoring system and method that includes a using a mainstream airway adapter, and a gas sensing assembly associated with the mainstream airway adapter to measure an analyte of a gas flow through the adapter. A gas sensing portion outputs a signal indicative of the analyte in a gas flow in the mainstream airway adapter. A processing portion receives the signal from the gas sensing portion and determines an amount of the analyte in the gas flow based on the signal from the gas sensing portion. The processing portion also compensates for volumetric differences between the gas flow during inspiration and the gas flow during expiration to maximize the accuracy in the measurements made using such a system and method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventors: Joseph A. Orr, Craig T. Flanagan
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Publication number: 20070173731Abstract: A system for collecting an exhaled breath sample and exhaled breath aerosol from a subject includes a condensation chamber having an outerwall defining an interior space. The outer wall has an inlet port and an outlet port therethrough in fluid communication with the interior space. The inlet port is placeable in fluid communication with an exhaled breath sample of the subject. A condensation element is positioned within the condensation chamber interior space and has a shape tapering downwardly toward a bottom tip thereof. A condensation of fluid on the condensation element is enhanced through various elements. A collection area is positioned within the condensation chamber's interior space beneath the condensation element bottom tip. The collection area is for collecting condensate accumulating on an outer surface of the condensation element and dropping from the tip thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2007Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Vikas V. Meka, Neil R. Euliano, Brent Joseph Lutz, Craig T. Flanagan