Patents by Inventor Ronald Dale Baxa

Ronald Dale Baxa 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).

  • Syringe dose identification system
    Publication number: 20020088131
    Abstract: The present invention may be used to dispense a dose of medication to a patient from a syringe having a barrel adapted for receiving the medication and a plunger adapted for drawing the medication into the barrel and dispensing the medication from the syringe. The medication dose is based on a measurement or value associated with a patient that corresponds to a coded range. The present invention includes a sleeve mounted on the barrel of the syringe. The sleeve contains indicia corresponding to a plurality of the coded ranges. In one embodiment, the indicia include a plurality of colored marks corresponding to a plurality of the coded ranges indicative of different doses of the medication. In another embodiment, the indicia is a color of a tinted, substantially transparent sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Ronald Dale Baxa, Brian E. Baldwin
  • Syringe dose identification system
    Patent number: 6338200
    Abstract: The present invention may be used to dispense a dose of medication to a patient from a syringe having a barrel adapted for receiving the medication and a plunger adapted for drawing the medication into the barrel and dispensing the medication from the syringe. The medication dose is based on a measurement or value associated with a patient that corresponds to a coded range. The present invention includes a sleeve mounted on the barrel of the syringe. The sleeve contains indicia corresponding to a plurality of the coded ranges. In one embodiment, the indicia include a plurality of colored marks corresponding to a plurality of the coded ranges indicative of different doses of the medication. In another embodiment, the indicia is a color of a tinted, substantially transparent sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Baxa Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Dale Baxa, Brian E. Baldwin