Patents by Inventor Robert A. Boyer
Robert A. Boyer 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: 9151450Abstract: A gas pressure regulator for use with a gas delivery system is provided. The gas delivery system defines an outer profile, and the gas pressure regulator comprises a plurality of elements arranged such that a substantial portion of the elements of the gas pressure regulator are disposed within the profile of the gas delivery system to reduce a number of impact locations on the gas pressure regulator should the gas delivery system be mishandled during use.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Victor Equipment CompanyInventor: Robert A. Boyer
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Patent number: 9109753Abstract: A gas pressure regulator adapted for being mounted to a gas cylinder is provided. The gas pressure regulator includes a body defining a front portion and opposed side portion and a plurality of gas pressure indicators mounted to the front portion of the body. A bonnet is mounted to an exterior portion of the body, and a pressure adjustment knob is mounted to one of the side portions of the body, proximate the bonnet, and horizontally relative to a longitudinal axis of the pressurized gas cylinder. An energy absorbing device is operatively engaged with the pressure adjustment knob and the bonnet, the energy absorbing device being capable of absorbing energy from impact loads imposed on the pressure adjustment knob.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Victor Equipment CompanyInventor: Robert A. Boyer
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Patent number: 9080727Abstract: A gas pressure regulator is provided that includes a body defining a front portion and opposed side portions. A first gas pressure indicator is mounted to a lower end of the front portion of the body, and a second gas pressure indicator mounted to an upper end of the front portion of the body, wherein the first gas pressure indicator and the second gas pressure indicator are stacked in a vertical configuration. Additionally, a pressure adjustment knob is mounted to one of the side portions of the body in one form of the present disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Victor Equipment CompanyInventor: Robert A. Boyer
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Publication number: 20150192935Abstract: A gas pressure regulator for use with gas delivery systems is provided. The gas pressure regulator includes, in one form, a body defining a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a central portion having a longitudinal axis extending therethrough. An inlet is disposed proximate the distal end portion of the body, the inlet defining an inlet axis extending therethrough, and the inlet axis being offset from the longitudinal axis. A cavity is disposed within the central portion of the body, and defines an upper portion and a lower portion, the cavity centrally aligned with the longitudinal axis. The gas pressure regulator further includes a channel extending between the inlet and the cavity, and a guide disposed within the lower portion of the cavity in abutment with a bottom surface of the cavity substantially perpendicular to the lateral axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventor: Robert A. Boyer
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Patent number: 9047747Abstract: An interface protocol for patient monitoring systems includes a Dual Serial Bus (DSB) interface. The DSB interface includes a first serial protocol that is USB, Firewire, or Ethernet protocol and a second serial protocol that is a low power serial (LPS) protocol. DSB interfaces provide for communication between DSB Hosts and DSB Devices and allow for the transfer of operating and battery charging power from DSB Host to DSB Device. In addition, the DSB host contains a switched Auxiliary Voltage Supply (AVS) which can provide up to 15 W of power to DSB devices for battery charging or other high power needs. The DSB interface eliminates the need for multiple cables for different parameter sensing devices as there is only one type of connector and, accordingly, reduces the risk of damage caused by inadvertently plugging a parameter sensing device into the wrong receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Spacelabs Healthcare LLCInventors: Joseph Charles Basta, Robert Boyer Koenig, Joseph D. LaPerna, William Oren Wekell
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Publication number: 20150134364Abstract: A portable health data tool permits a health care provider to assimilate and display a plurality of health care data from a patient and to associate the data with patient identifying information all stored in a memory contained in the tool. The tool includes a code reader for reading patient information into the tool from a bar code or other coded tag. The tool is associated with a plurality of different data assimilation devices stored with the tool's housing, including but not limited to, instruments for measuring, temperature, blood pressure, two-finger or lead wire ECG data, pulse oximetry data, sound data and picture data obtained from an optional digital camera integrated within the housing. The tool further includes data receiver and/or transmitter ports, which may be wireless or cable ports, for transferring data between the health data tool and a separate computer system that stores patient records.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: William Oren Wekell, Robert Boyer Koenig, Joseph Charles Basta
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Patent number: 9027591Abstract: A gas pressure regulator for use with gas delivery systems is provided. The gas pressure regulator includes, in one form, an inlet with an entry portion and a bottom portion. A pocket is disposed proximate the bottom portion of the inlet, and a cavity is disposed within a central portion of the gas pressure regulator. A guide is disposed within a lower portion of the cavity, and a flow of gas through the gas pressure regulator extends through the inlet, changes direction to flow through the cavity, and the flow of gas changes direction to impact the guide prior to flowing through the cavity. The pocket and the guide reduce the amount of particles capable of reaching internal components of the gas pressure regulator, resulting in low sensitivity and high fault tolerance to ignited particles coming through the gas pressure regulator in the event of accidental particle contamination.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2009Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Victor Equipment CompanyInventor: Robert A. Boyer
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Patent number: 8956292Abstract: The present invention is a novel method of generating and representing the status of various physiological parameters that are monitored for patients during hospitalization. The system of present invention allows healthcare providers to easily view, at a glance, the status or trend of a patient or a plurality of patients as well as any changes in the parameter values.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Spacelabs Healthcare LLCInventors: William Wekell, Robert Boyer Koenig, Patricia Walters, Bob Steurer, Vicki Childress, Diane S. Paine, Kim Apker, Kyril Feldman, Al Roxin
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Publication number: 20150027550Abstract: A gas pressure regulator adapted for being mounted to a gas cylinder is provided. The gas pressure regulator includes a body defining a front portion and opposed side portion and a plurality of gas pressure indicators mounted to the front portion of the body. A bonnet is mounted to an exterior portion of the body, and a pressure adjustment knob is mounted to one of the side portions of the body, proximate the bonnet, and horizontally relative to a longitudinal axis of the pressurized gas cylinder. An energy absorbing device is operatively engaged with the pressure adjustment knob and the bonnet, the energy absorbing device being capable of absorbing energy from impact loads imposed on the pressure adjustment knob.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Robert A. Boyer
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Patent number: 8931702Abstract: A portable health data tool permits a health care provider to assimilate and display a plurality of health care data from a patient and to associate the data with patient identifying information all stored in a memory contained in the tool. The tool includes a code reader for reading patient information into the tool from a bar code or other coded tag. The tool is associated with a plurality of different data assimilation devices stored with the tool's housing, including but not limited to, instruments for measuring, temperature, blood pressure, two-finger or lead wire ECG data, pulse oximetry data, sound data and picture data obtained from an optional digital camera integrated within the housing. The tool further includes data receiver and/or transmitter ports, which may be wireless or cable ports, for transferring data between the health data tool and a separate computer system that stores patient records.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2013Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Spacelabs Healthcare, LLCInventors: William Oren Wekell, Robert Boyer Koenig, Joseph Charles Basta
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Patent number: 8869822Abstract: A gas pressure regulator adapted for being mounted to a gas cylinder is provided. The gas pressure regulator includes a body defining a front portion and opposed side portion and a plurality of gas pressure indicators mounted to the front portion of the body. A bonnet is mounted to an exterior portion of the body, and a pressure adjustment knob is mounted to one of the side portions of the body, proximate the bonnet, and horizontally relative to a longitudinal axis of the pressurized gas cylinder. An energy absorbing device is operatively engaged with the pressure adjustment knob and the bonnet, the energy absorbing device being capable of absorbing energy from impact loads imposed on the pressure adjustment knob.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Victor Equipment CompanyInventor: Robert A. Boyer
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Publication number: 20140277647Abstract: A user-configurable modular audio control surface comprises master modules for controlling global surface properties and channel modules for controlling one or more individual audio channels. The modules are disposed in a two-dimensional spatial arrangement such that any module can occupy a location within the control surface not occupied by another module. The modules are connected to each other and to external platforms hosting media applications and plug-ins via a network. Control surface users can interact with external applications via remote graphical user interfaces displayed on modules within the surface, and can automate multiple external applications using an automation system built into the surface. Automation line graphs and metadata for both internal and external applications are displayed over the corresponding waveform displays that can include audio ahead of a current playback location.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Steven H. Milne, Martin Kloiber, Paul A. Vercellotti, David M. Tremblay, Edward Jones, Robert Boyer
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Publication number: 20140281979Abstract: A user-configurable modular audio control surface comprises master modules for controlling global surface properties and channel modules for controlling one or more individual audio channels. The modules are disposed in a two-dimensional spatial arrangement such that any module can occupy a location within the control surface not occupied by another module. The modules are connected to each other and to external platforms hosting media applications and plug-ins via a network. Control surface users can interact with external applications via remote graphical user interfaces displayed on modules within the surface, and can automate multiple external applications using an automation system built into the surface. Automation line graphs and metadata for both internal and external applications are displayed over the corresponding waveform displays that can include audio ahead of a current playback location.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Steven H. Milne, Martin Kloiber, Paul A. Vercellotti, David M. Tremblay, Edward Jones, Karl M. Mueller, Robert Boyer
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Publication number: 20140281984Abstract: A user-configurable modular audio control surface comprises master modules for controlling global surface properties and channel modules for controlling one or more individual audio channels. The modules are disposed in a two-dimensional spatial arrangement such that any module can occupy a location within the control surface not occupied by another module. The modules are connected to each other and to external platforms hosting media applications and plug-ins via a network. Control surface users can interact with external applications via remote graphical user interfaces displayed on modules within the surface, and can automate multiple external applications using an automation system built into the surface. Automation line graphs and metadata for both internal and external applications are displayed over the corresponding waveform displays that can include audio ahead of a current playback location.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Steven H. Milne, Martin Kloiber, Paul A. Vercellotti, David M. Tremblay, Edward Jones, Robert Boyer
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Publication number: 20140267298Abstract: A user-configurable modular audio control surface comprises master modules for controlling global surface properties and channel modules for controlling one or more individual audio channels. The modules are disposed in a two-dimensional spatial arrangement such that any module can occupy a location within the control surface not occupied by another module. The modules are connected to each other and to external platforms hosting media applications and plug-ins via a network. Control surface users can interact with external applications via remote graphical user interfaces displayed on modules within the surface, and can automate multiple external applications using an automation system built into the surface. Automation line graphs and metadata for both internal and external applications are displayed over the corresponding waveform displays that can include audio ahead of a current playback location.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Steven H. Milne, Martin Kloiber, Paul A. Vercellotti, David M. Tremblay, Edward Jones, Robert Boyer
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Patent number: 8690771Abstract: The present invention is a novel method of generating and representing the status of various physiological parameters that are monitored for patients during hospitalization. The system of present invention allows healthcare providers to easily view, at a glance, the status of a plurality of patients as well as any changes in the parameter values.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2006Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Spacelabs Healthcare, LLCInventors: William Wekell, Ken Bevins, Robert Boyer Koenig
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Publication number: 20140058714Abstract: A patient monitoring system includes monitoring service that receives parameter values from a number of data sources. A status model manager facilitates creation of a clinical status model that includes conditions defining relationships between parameters and thresholds. The status model manager evaluates the clinical status model based on the parameter values to determine a clinical status of a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLCInventor: Robert BOYER
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Publication number: 20140054374Abstract: A portable health data tool permits a health care provider to assimilate and display a plurality of health care data from a patient and to associate the data with patient identifying information all stored in a memory contained in the tool. The tool includes a code reader for reading patient information into the tool from a bar code or other coded tag. The tool is associated with a plurality of different data assimilation devices stored with the tool's housing, including but not limited to, instruments for measuring, temperature, blood pressure, two-finger or lead wire ECG data, pulse oximetry data, sound data and picture data obtained from an optional digital camera integrated within the housing. The tool further includes data receiver and/or transmitter ports, which may be wireless or cable ports, for transferring data between the health data tool and a separate computer system that stores patient records.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Spacelabs Healthcare LLCInventors: William Oren Wekell, Robert Boyer Koenig, Joseph Charles Basta
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Patent number: D706661Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Victor Equipment CompanyInventor: Robert A. Boyer
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Patent number: D713007Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Victor Equipment CompanyInventor: Robert A. Boyer