Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Hutchins

Geoffrey Hutchins 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).

  • TACTILE SENSING AND GUIDANCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230067892
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for tactile sensing of a target tissue region of a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nicole C. MOSKOWITZ, Jessica TRAVER, Xavier GARCIA-ROJAS, Yashar GANJEH, Matthew CRUZ, Jonathan Rae PLUMB, Jack Alexander LOWE, Alexander Keith Gomer Pratten JONES, Geoffrey HUTCHINS, Ann GRAFF, Mahesh VAIDYANATHAN
  • Infusion pump monitoring encoder/decoder
    Patent number: 6078273
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for monitoring an infusion pump (10). The method and apparatus provides an encoder (101) which is used with a motor (65) of the infusion pump (10) and a monitoring method which effectively provides rotational directional information. The present invention utilizes a state transition of a first switch (111) indexed against a constant signal from a second switch (113) corresponding to the center of a flag (117) or sector (119).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Hutchins, Tim Allen