Patents by Inventor Donald L. Johnston

Donald L. Johnston 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).

  • Patent number: 4210173
    Abstract: A pumping system with inlet and outlet check valves for delivering measured doses of liquid from a reservoir container, which might include sterile normal saline solution, to a series of smaller vials or hypodermic syringes. This pumping system has an improved valve system that includes a heavily biased check valve and a lightly biased check valve. An embodiment of the system has a valve body with an inlet passage surrounded by a valve seat, and an outlet valve member is biased against this valve seat by a pressure that is substantially greater than a pressure biasing an inlet check valve against its valve seat. A heavy bias at only one valve both (1) prevents valve leakage from the system due to a liquid pressure head from the reservoir container and (2) reduces operator fatigue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1980
    Assignee: American Hospital Supply Corporation
    Inventors: Pradip V. Choksi, Donald L. Johnston