Patents by Inventor Lawrence D. Huppman

Lawrence D. Huppman 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).

  • Methods, systems, and apparatus providing temperature-controlled process fluid
    Patent number: 9423803
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and apparatus adapted to control a temperature of a process fluid in an instrument. In one aspect, the systems and apparatus are adapted to control fluid temperature provided to a feed tank. The feed tank may feed a metering system and metering line of an instrument such as a clinical analyzer. The fluid temperature control system includes a process fluid inflow, a process fluid outflow, a first fluid path fluidly coupled to the process fluid inflow and outflow, and at least one heat exchanger thermally coupled to the first fluid path, wherein the heat exchanger is adapted to extract heat for at least one heat-generating component of the instrument. Controlling a temperature of the process fluid at the feed tank improves metering accuracy. Methods of operating the system are provided, as are other aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Dunfee, Robert E. Myers, Lawrence D. Huppman, Nathan A. Small, John P. Mizzer, Richard H. Carter, Jr.
  • Methods, Systems, And Apparatus Providing Temperature-Controlled Process Fluid
    Publication number: 20130112761
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and apparatus adapted to control a temperature of a process fluid in an instrument. In one aspect, the systems and apparatus are adapted to control fluid temperature provided to a feed tank. The feed tank may feed a metering system and metering line of an instrument such as a clinical analyzer. The fluid temperature control system includes a process fluid inflow, a process fluid outflow, a first fluid path fluidly coupled to the process fluid inflow and outflow, and at least one heat exchanger thermally coupled to the first fluid path, wherein the heat exchanger is adapted to extract heat for at least one heat-generating component of the instrument. Controlling a temperature of the process fluid at the feed tank improves metering accuracy. Methods of operating the system are provided, as are other aspects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.
    Inventors: William D. Dunfee, Robert E. Myers, Lawrence D. Huppman, Nathan A. Small, John P. Mizzer, Richard H. Carter, JR.
  • Storage and supply system for clinical solutions used in an automatic analyzer
    Patent number: 8153061
    Abstract: A fluid handling system adapted to provide storage and supply of a number of liquid solutions to an automatic clinical analyzer having three different bottle-like containers, a collapsible plastic-metal-plastic pouch having a mouth-like opening, a fitment to be sealed within mouth-like opening a septum within the fitment, and open meal band or cap to seal the septum into the fitment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Mark Walters, Jeannine Marie Carrio, David Russell Thompson, Mark Richard Lloyd, Jeffrey Kenneth Parmer, Richard Grear Warwick, Thomas P. Shields, Lawrence D. Huppman
  • Storage and supply system for clinical solutions used in an automatic analyzer
    Patent number: 8062594
    Abstract: A fluid handling system adapted to provide storage and supply of a number of liquid solutions to an automatic clinical analyzer having three different bottle-like containers, a collapsible plastic-metal-plastic pouch having a mouth-like opening, a fitment to be sealed within mouth-like opening a septum within the fitment, and open meal band or cap to seal the septum into the fitment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Mark Walters, Jeannine Marie Carrio, David Russell Thompson, Mark Richard Lloyd, Jeffrey Kenneth Parmer, Richard Grear Warwick, Thomas P. Shields, Lawrence D. Huppman
  • Apparatus for processing a photosensitive element
    Patent number: 5059996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing a photosensitive element and, more particularly, for processing an aqueous developable photosensitive element which contains colorant. The apparatus comprises a a primary developing station for washing away most non-image portions from the element and a secondary developing station for washing away a remainder of the non-image portion. After the element is processed by the apparatus, the processed element forms a colored image on a support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: James S. Bailey, Timothy C. Croce, Lawrence D. Huppman, Michael P. Marion
  • Clinical solution bottle portion
    Patent number: D566290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Dade Behring Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Kenneth Parmer, Jay Mark Walters, Lawrence D. Huppman, David Russell Thompson, Jeannine Marie Carrio, Richard Grear Warwick
  • Clinical solution bottle portion
    Patent number: D577443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey K. Parmer, Jay M. Walters, Lawrence D. Huppman, David R. Thompson, Jeannine M. Carrio, Richard G. Warwick