Patents by Inventor Kevin Joseph Rackers
Kevin Joseph Rackers 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: 8138454Abstract: A liquid warming device for heating sterile fluids in a removable basin is described with emphasis on the properties of the basin interaction with the liquid warming device and with a drape that works with the basin to maintain a sterile field above the drape and the top of the basin. Also disclosed are various desirable aspects for a control system for a liquid warming device.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: C Change Surgical LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers
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Publication number: 20110282281Abstract: A series of implementations of open access sleeves for holding one or more closed containers of sterile fluid for use in medical procedures are disclosed. The open access sleeves may be adapted to provide heat to maintain the containers of sterile fluid above the ambient air temperature of the room. The provision of heat may be controlled by a control system. The control system may use a temperature measurement device to obtain a temperature representative of the container of sterile fluid and of the sterile fluid in the container. The access sleeve may be included in a device for maintaining an open volume of sterile fluid within a range of a target temperature to maintain the closed containers of sterile fluid at a temperature near target temperature for open volume of sterile fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: C CHANGE SURGICAL LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers, Mark Martel, Todd Cassidy
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Publication number: 20110114629Abstract: A series of implementations of open access sleeves for holding one or more closed containers of sterile fluid for use in medical procedures are disclosed. The open access sleeves may be adapted to provide heat to maintain the containers of sterile fluid above the ambient air temperature of the room. The provision of heat may be controlled by a control system. The control system may use a temperature measurement device to obtain a temperature representative of the container of sterile fluid and of the sterile fluid in the container. The access sleeve may be included in a device for maintaining an open volume of sterile fluid within a range of a target temperature to maintain the closed containers of sterile fluid at a temperature near target temperature for open volume of sterile fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: C CHANGE SURGICAL LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers, Mark Martel, Todd Cassidy
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Patent number: 7903957Abstract: A liquid warming device for heating sterile fluids in a removable basin is described with emphasis on the properties of the basin interaction with the liquid warming device and with a drape that works with the basin to maintain a sterile field above the drape and the top of the basin. The interactions between a temperature sensor and a temperature well integrated in the removable basin are disclosed. Also disclosed are various desirable aspects for a control system for a liquid warming device.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2008Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: C Change Surgical LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers
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Patent number: 7874167Abstract: Methods and apparatus for producing saline slush for surgical applications. Producing surgical saline slush in a slush bottle that is a rigid or semi-rigid, high integrity, sturdy container that resists punctures and leaks to better maintain a sterile barrier and does not rely on having an external object placed in the fluid to mix the slush. Slush is agitated by rotating the slush bottle within a slush bottle carriage around an axis of rotation. Agitation of the slush may be increased by including an agitation feature such as at least one fin in one or more sidewalls of the slush bottle. The rotating slush bottle is chilled. One variation is to keep the sterile saline in a flexible container and tumble the flexible container in a rotating slush bottle. Other variations are suggested.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2009Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: C Change Surgical LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers
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Patent number: 7854387Abstract: A series of implementations of open access sleeves for holding one or more closed containers of sterile fluid for use in medical procedures are disclosed. The open access sleeves may be adapted to provide heat to maintain the containers of sterile fluid above the ambient air temperature of the room. The provision of heat may be controlled by a control system. The control system may use a temperature measurement device to obtain a temperature representative of the container of sterile fluid and of the sterile fluid in the container. The access sleeve may be included in a device for maintaining an open volume of sterile fluid within a range of a target temperature to maintain the closed containers of sterile fluid at a temperature near target temperature for open volume of sterile fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: C Change Surgical LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers, Mark Martel, Todd Cassidy
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Publication number: 20090301107Abstract: Methods and apparatus for producing saline slush for surgical applications. Producing surgical saline slush in a slush bottle that is a rigid or semi-rigid, high integrity, sturdy container that resists punctures and leaks to better maintain a sterile barrier and does not rely on having an external object placed in the fluid to mix the slush. Slush is agitated by rotating the slush bottle within a slush bottle carriage around an axis of rotation. Agitation of the slush may be increased by including an agitation feature such as at least one fin in one or more sidewalls of the slush bottle. The rotating slush bottle is chilled. One variation is to keep the sterile saline in a flexible container and tumble the flexible container in a rotating slush bottle. Other variations are suggested.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Inventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers
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Patent number: 7560667Abstract: This disclosure provides examples of innovations for a heating pad to be used with heating removable basins or drapes containing sterile fluid. When used with a sterile basin, it is desirable for the pad to deform to conform to the irregular surface on the bottom of the basin. It is also desirable for the pad to have a low thermal mass so that the pad is more responsive to the control system.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2005Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: C Change Surgical LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers
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Publication number: 20090014547Abstract: A liquid warming device for heating sterile fluids in a removable basin is described with emphasis on the properties of the basin interaction with the liquid warming device and with a drape that works with the basin to maintain a sterile field above the drape and the top of the basin. Also disclosed are various desirable aspects for a control system for a liquid warming device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: C Change Surgical LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers
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Patent number: 7459657Abstract: A liquid warming device for heating sterile fluids in a removable basin is described with emphasis on the properties of the basin interaction with the liquid warming device and with a drape that works with the basin to maintain a sterile field above the drape and the top of the basin. The interactions between a temperature sensor and a temperature well integrated in the removable basin are disclosed. Also disclosed are various desirable aspects for a control system for a liquid warming device are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2005Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: C Change Surgical LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers
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Publication number: 20080272199Abstract: A liquid warming device for heating sterile fluids in a removable basin is described with emphasis on the properties of the basin interaction with the liquid warming device and with a drape that works with the basin to maintain a sterile field above the drape and the top of the basin. The interactions between a temperature sensor and a temperature well integrated in the removable basin are disclosed. Also disclosed are various desirable aspects for a control system for a liquid warming device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2008Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: C Change Surgical LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers
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Patent number: 7441714Abstract: A liquid warming device for heating sterile fluids in a removable basin is described with emphasis on the properties of the basin interaction with the liquid warming device and with a drape that works with the basin to maintain a sterile field above the drape and the top of the basin. The interactions between a temperature sensor and a temperature well integrated in the removable basin are disclosed. Also disclosed are various desirable aspects for a control system for a liquid warming device are provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2006Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: C Change Surgical LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers
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Publication number: 20080152937Abstract: A liquid warming device for heating sterile fluids in a removable container is described with emphasis on the properties of the container interaction with the liquid warming device and with a drape that works with the container to maintain a sterile field above the drape and the top of the container. The interactions between a temperature sensor and a temperature well integrated in the removable container are disclosed. Also disclosed are various desirable aspects for a control system for a liquid warming device are provided. The liquid warming device can selectively employ a adapter in order to receive a container limited to a smaller diameter than the largest container diameter that can be accommodated by the liquid warming device. The small diameter container may receive a volume of sterile fluid so that the liquid warming device can maintain the sterile fluid in the small diameter container within a prescribed range of temperatures above ambient air temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: C Change Surgical LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers, Mark Martel, Todd Cassidy
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Publication number: 20070084936Abstract: A liquid warming device for heating sterile fluids in a removable basin is described with emphasis on the properties of the basin interaction with the liquid warming device and with a drape that works with the basin to maintain a sterile field above the drape and the top of the basin. The interactions between a temperature sensor and a temperature well integrated in the removable basin are disclosed. Also disclosed are various desirable aspects for a control system for a liquid warming device are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2006Publication date: April 19, 2007Applicant: C Change Surgical LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers
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Patent number: 7128275Abstract: A liquid warming device for heating sterile fluids in a removable basin is described with emphasis on the properties of the basin interaction with the liquid warming device and with a drape that works with the basin to maintain a sterile field above the drape and the top of the basin. The interactions between a temperature sensor and a temperature well integrated in the removable basin are disclosed. Also disclosed are various desirable aspects for a control system for a liquid warming device are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2005Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: C Change Surgical LLCInventors: Patrick Kammer, Kevin Joseph Rackers