Patents by Inventor Robert B. Gaines
Robert B. Gaines 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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Publication number: 20200282135Abstract: An apparatus and method for delivering fluid from a syringe to a subject using a pumping device of a flow control apparatus. The method includes locating the flow control apparatus on a horizontal support surface. Providing the syringe with a volume of fluid including a total amount of preferred nutrient and an amount of non-preferred nutrient liquid. Mounting the syringe relative to the flow control apparatus whereby the syringe is oriented in a generally vertical orientation such that an outlet of the syringe faces upward. Initiating operation of the pumping device to draw the fluid from the syringe for a duration of time to preferentially deliver at least a portion of the total amount of preferred nutrient in the fluid to the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Kenneth M. Breitweiser, Kurt Schneider, Robert B. Gaines, Thomas G. Lewis, Emma C. Buckles, Michael C. Dorsey, Christopher A. Knauper, Ashanti Bryant, Meghan Fox, Jessica Watts Miller
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Publication number: 20190125631Abstract: A catheter with an imaging assembly is used with a console for viewing and/or storing images obtained from the catheter. The catheter may be a feeding tube assembly. The imaging assembly on the feeding tube assembly allows a user to confirm placement of the feeding tube assembly in the patient's alimentary canal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: KPR U.S., LLCInventors: ROBERT ALLYN, ROBERT B. GAINES, THOMAS G. LEWIS, MICHAEL C. DORSEY, WILLIAM J. BYRD, MICHAEL D. HUDSPETH, GLEN BRANCONIER
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Patent number: 10272016Abstract: A catheter with an imaging assembly is disclosed. The catheter is used with a console for viewing and/or storing images obtained from the catheter. The catheter may be a feeding tube assembly. The imaging assembly on the feeding tube assembly allows a user to confirm placement of the feeding tube assembly in the patient's alimentary canal.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: KPR U.S., LLCInventors: Robert Allyn, Robert B. Gaines, Thomas G. Lewis, Michael C. Dorsey, William J. Byrd, Michael D. Hudspeth, Glen Branconier
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Patent number: 9585813Abstract: A catheter with an imaging assembly is disclosed. The catheter is used with a console for viewing and/or storing images obtained from the catheter. The catheter may be a feeding tube assembly. The imaging assembly on the feeding tube assembly allows a user to confirm placement of the feeding tube assembly in the patient's alimentary canal.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Michael C. Dorsey, Robert Allyn, William J. Byrd, Thomas G. Lewis, Robert B. Gaines, Michael D. Hudspeth, Glen Branconier
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Patent number: 9538908Abstract: A catheter with an imaging assembly is disclosed. The catheter is used with a console for viewing and/or storing images obtained from the catheter. The catheter may be a feeding tube assembly. The imaging assembly on the feeding tube assembly allows a user to confirm placement of the feeding tube assembly in the patient's alimentary canal.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2011Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Robert Allyn, Robert B. Gaines, Thomas G. Lewis, Michael C. Dorsey, William J. Byrd, Michael D. Hudspeth, Glen Branconier
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Publication number: 20160235629Abstract: A catheter with an imaging assembly is disclosed. The catheter is used with a console for viewing and/or storing images obtained from the catheter. The catheter may be a feeding tube assembly. The imaging assembly on the feeding tube assembly allows a user to confirm placement of the feeding tube assembly in the patient's alimentary canal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Robert Allyn, Robert B. Gaines, Thomas G. Lewis, Michael C. Dorsey, William J. Byrd, Michael D. Hudspeth, Glen Branconier
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Patent number: 9020419Abstract: Wireless relay modules for networked communications between a medical device and a remote monitoring device via wireless relay networks and/or internet-accessible wireless communications networks. The wireless relay module includes a receiver, a first transmitter coupled to the wireless relay network, a second transmitter coupled to the internet-accessible wireless communication network, a controller and a display. The controller is coupled to the first and second transmitters, and controls the wireless relay module to select one of the transmitters for transmitting medical device data over one of the two respective networks. The controller generates an alarm signal and stores storing wirelessly-received medical device data in a memory of the wireless relay module upon detecting a changed characteristic for a power source of the wireless relay module. The controller also generates an alarm upon detecting a change in a characteristic of a signal transmitted by the medical device.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Covidien, LPInventors: Robert B Gaines, John Holste, Kenneth M Breitweiser, Joel D Wiesner
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Publication number: 20150099458Abstract: Systems and methods for communication include a medical device having a first receiver capable of wirelessly receiving medical device data over a wireless relay network from at least one network device, a first transmitter capable of wirelessly transmitting data over an internet-accessible wireless communications network, a second transmitter capable of wirelessly transmitting medical device data to a second medical device or a wireless relay module over the wireless relay network; and a controller coupled to the first and second transmitters, said controller capable of controlling said medical device to select one of said first or second transmitter for transmitting medical device data received by said first receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Joel D. Weisner, Robert B. Gaines
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Publication number: 20150070187Abstract: Systems and methods for communication include one or more wireless relay devices having a first receiver capable of wirelessly receiving medical device data over a wireless relay network from at least one network device, a first transmitter capable of wirelessly transmitting data over an internet-accessible wireless communications network and a second transmitter capable of wirelessly transmitting medical device data to a second medical device or a wireless relay module over the wireless relay network. Patient identification information can be obtained and/or communicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Covidien LPInventors: Joel D. Wiesner, Kenneth M. Breitweiser, Robert B. Gaines
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Patent number: 8943168Abstract: A remote monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of medical devices at a patient care or home care facility. The system includes a device integration server in communication with wireless relay modules for receiving data packets from the medical devices including an identifier and data for each medical device. The system also includes a data management system and an outbound web server. The data management system is configured to log data for the medical devices. The web server is configured to provide webpages including the data of the medical devices for display on a remote monitoring computer, subject to authentication of an associated data request from the monitoring computer. The Web server is configurable to look up patient information from a secure source when user has appropriate permissions.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Joel D. Wiesner, Robert B. Gaines, Shawn Bankert
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Patent number: 8903308Abstract: A patient monitoring system for remote monitoring of medical devices. The system includes a medical device, a patient identification device and a wireless relay module. The relay module receives patient identification information from the patient identification device and medical device identification from the medical device via a wireless relay network, and transmits this information to the remote monitoring device via an internet-accessible wireless communications network. The remote monitoring device returns an acknowledgement status to the relay module, which the relay module transmits to the medical device. Upon receipt of an acknowledgment status indicating that the patient's use of the medical device is authorized, the medical device transmits medical device data to the relay module via the wireless relay network, and the relay module relays the medical device data to the remote monitoring device via the internet-accessible wireless communications network.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Joel D. Wiesner, Robert B. Gaines
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Patent number: 8897198Abstract: An architecture for networked communications between a series of medical devices and a remote monitoring device. An interface circuit coupled to each medical device communicates with one of a plurality of relay modules via a wireless relay network. The relay modules communicate with the remote monitoring device over an internet-accessible wireless communication network. Each relay module includes a receiver coupled to the wireless relay network, a first transmitter coupled to the wireless relay network, a second transmitter coupled to the internet-accessible wireless communications network; and a controller. The controller determines a status of the internet-accessible wireless communications network. When the status indicates that the internet-accessible wireless communications network is accessible to the wireless relay module, the second transmitter is selected for transmitting medical device data.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Robert B. Gaines, Joel D. Wiesner, John Holste
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Patent number: 8855550Abstract: A system for networked communications between a series of medical devices, wireless relay modules, and a remote device wireless relay network and an internet-accessible wireless communication network. At least one relay module includes a receiver, a first transmitter coupled to the wireless relay network, a second transmitter coupled to the internet-accessible wireless communication network, and a controller. The controller determines whether the internet-accessible wireless communications network is accessible. If accessible, then medical device data is transmitted to a remote device over that network using the second transmitter. If not accessible, then the first transmitter is used to transmit medical device data to another wireless relay module over the wireless relay network.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Robert B. Gaines, John Holste, Thomas Lewis
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Patent number: 8818260Abstract: A wireless relay module for networked communications between a series of medical devices and a remote monitoring device. An interface circuit coupled to each medical device communicates with the wireless relay module via a wireless relay network. The relay module communicates with the remote monitoring device over an internet-accessible wireless communication network, and includes a receiver coupled to the wireless relay network, a first transmitter coupled to the wireless relay network, a second transmitter coupled to the internet-accessible wireless communications network; and a controller. The controller determines a status of the internet-accessible wireless communications network. When the status indicates that the internet-accessible wireless communications network is accessible, the second transmitter is selected for transmitting medical device data.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Covidien, LPInventors: Robert B. Gaines, Joel D. Wiesner, Kenneth M. Breitweiser, John Holste
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Patent number: 8798527Abstract: A wireless relay module for networked communications between a series of medical devices and a remote monitoring device. The relay module communicates with the remote monitoring device over one or more internet-accessible wireless communication networks, and includes a receiver, transmitter for communicating over wireless relay networks, other transmitters for the one or more internet-accessible wireless communications networks; and a controller. The controller determines a status of the one or more internet-accessible wireless communications networks. When the status indicates that at least one of the interne-accessible wireless communications network is available, the appropriate transmitter is selected for the transmitting medical device data over the available internet-accessible wireless communications networks.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Robert B. Gaines, Joel D. Wiesner, John Holste, Kenneth M. Breitweiser
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Publication number: 20140152466Abstract: A remote monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of medical devices at a patient care or home care facility. The system includes a device integration server in communication with wireless relay modules for receiving data packets from the medical devices including an identifier and data for each medical device. The system also includes a data management system and an outbound web server. The data management system is configured to log data for the medical devices. The web server is configured to provide webpages including the data of the medical devices for display on a remote monitoring computer, subject to authentication of an associated data request from the monitoring computer. The Web server is configurable to look up patient information from a secure source when user has appropriate permissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Covidien LPInventors: Joel D. Wiesner, Robert B. Gaines, Shawn Bankert
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Patent number: 8694600Abstract: A remote monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of medical devices at a patient care or home care facility. The system includes a device integration server in communication with wireless relay modules for receiving data packets from the medical devices including an identifier and data for each medical device. The system also includes a data management system and an outbound web server. The data management system is configured to log data for the medical devices. The web server is configured to provide webpages including the data of the medical devices for display on a remote monitoring computer, subject to authentication of an associated data request from the monitoring computer. The Web server is configurable to look up patient information from a secure source when user has appropriate permissions.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Robert B. Gaines, Joel D. Wiesner, Shawn Bankert
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Publication number: 20140094652Abstract: A catheter with an imaging assembly is disclosed. The catheter is used with a console for viewing and/or storing images obtained from the catheter. The catheter may be a feeding tube assembly. The imaging assembly on the feeding tube assembly allows a user to confirm placement of the feeding tube assembly in the patient's alimentary canal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Covidien LPInventors: Thomas G. Lewis, Robert B. Gaines, Robert Allyn, Michael C. Dorsey, James H. Harr, William J. Byrd
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Patent number: 8639774Abstract: A remote monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of medical devices at a patient care or home care facility. The system includes a device integration server in communication with wireless relay modules for receiving data packets from the medical devices including an identifier and data for each medical device. The system also includes a data management system and an outbound web server. The data management system is configured to log data for the medical devices. The web server is configured to provide webpages including the data of the medical devices for display on a remote monitoring computer, subject to authentication of an associated data request from the monitoring computer. The Web server is configurable to look up patient information from a secure source when user has appropriate permissions.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Robert B. Gaines, Joel D. Wiesner, Shawn Bankert
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Publication number: 20140024893Abstract: A catheter with an imaging assembly is disclosed. The catheter is used with a console for viewing and/or storing images obtained from the catheter. The catheter may be a feeding tube assembly. The imaging assembly on the feeding tube assembly allows a user to confirm placement of the feeding tube assembly in the patient's alimentary canal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Covidien LPInventors: Michael C. Dorsey, Robert Allyn, William J. Byrd, Thomas G. Lewis, Robert B. Gaines, Michael D. Hudspeth, Glen Branconier