Patents by Inventor Dennis Kopilec

Dennis Kopilec 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).

  • Enteral connectors and systems
    Patent number: 8628509
    Abstract: An enteral connector assembly and system (700) communicates fluid between a bag B? or a bottle B? and an enteral feeding set. The system (700) includes an end cap (705) that communicates enteral fluid across a barrier (715) having a specially configured barrier keyway (720) formed with a barrier port (725). The barrier (715) establishes an interstice (165) that when combined with the spike barrier (715) prevents introduction of and fluid communication with legal intravenous spikes (LS) and other incompatible connectors, while enabling connection to and fluid communication with compatible components such as an interconnect (740) having multiple tines (745) that include specially shaped tips (750) that extend across the interstice (165) to pierce a seal, septum, and/or sealing membrane and form a fluid pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: John J. Kropczynski, Jr., James Perry, Meghan Walter, Dennis Kopilec, Allan Cameron, Christine Ciccone, Thomas Parent, Brian Stonecipher, Philip C. Walker, James Wilson
  • Enteral Connectors and Systems
    Publication number: 20110118676
    Abstract: An enteral connector assembly and system (700) communicates fluid between a bag B? or a bottle B? and an enteral feeding set. The system (700) includes an end cap (705) that communicates enteral fluid across a barrier (715) having a specially configured barrier keyway (720) formed with a barrier port (725). The barrier (715) establishes an interstice (165) that when combined with the spike barrier (715) prevents introduction of and fluid communication with legal intravenous spikes (LS) and other incompatible connectors, while enabling connection to and fluid communication with compatible components such as an interconnect (740) having multiple tines (745) that include specially shaped tips (750) that extend across the interstice (165) to pierce a seal, septum, and/or sealing membrane and form a fluid pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: John J. Kropczynski, JR., James Perry, Meghan Walter, Dennis Kopilec, Allan Cameron, Christine Ciccone, Thomas Parent, Brian Stonecipher, Philip C. Walker, James Wilson