Patents by Inventor Steven Plager
Steven Plager 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: 11904133Abstract: An LVP that provides peristaltic pumping to removably couplable administration set tubing assemblies supplying medical infusate. The LVP includes a housing, a drive-train assembly, and a controller. The housing includes an assembly receptacle configured to receive an administration set tubing assembly. The drive-train assembly provides mechanical peristaltic movement within the assembly receptacle. The drive-train assembly includes a stepper motor located within the housing and a camshaft assembly, driven by the stepper motor and at least partially extending into the assembly receptacle. The camshaft assembly includes a unitary camshaft and a plurality of tube engaging members that cooperatively move according to rotation of the unitary camshaft. Further, the controller is located within the housing that controls operation of the stepper motor and the camshaft assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.Inventors: Grant A. Adams, James B. Drost, Christopher A. Lacy, Jonathan Sanborn, Daniel L. Adamson, Sameer Pai, Steven Plager, Kevin Krautbauer, Erik Jagger, Benn Horrisberger, Larry R. Zalesky
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Publication number: 20240009387Abstract: An infusion pump, including a housing, a user interface, a motor and a set of drive components, and a controller. The housing enables selective stacked attachment with other infusion pumps. The housing includes a top portion with a handle integrated into an outer surface that partially defines a generally U-shaped retaining feature. The housing also includes a bottom portion with a generally U-shaped projection that is contoured to selectively mate with the retaining feature of another infusion pump. The user interface provides a front side to the housing that receives commands regarding infusion pump operation. The motor and set of drive components are at least partially located within the housing and mechanically direct infusion of infusate. The controller is located within the housing and that controls operation of the motor and the set of drive components.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Christopher Allen Lacy, Grant A. Adams, Steven Plager, Kevin Krautbauer, Jonathan Sanborn, Manfred Maiers, Walter Dobrovolny, Eric Wilkowske
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Patent number: 11801342Abstract: An infusion pump, including a housing, a user interface, a motor and a set of drive components, and a controller. The housing enables selective stacked attachment with other infusion pumps. The housing includes a top portion with a handle integrated into an outer surface that partially defines a generally U-shaped retaining feature. The housing also includes a bottom portion with a generally U-shaped projection that is contoured to selectively mate with the retaining feature of another infusion pump. The user interface provides a front side to the housing that receives commands regarding infusion pump operation. The motor and set of drive components are at least partially located within the housing and mechanically direct infusion of infusate. The controller is located within the housing and that controls operation of the motor and the set of drive components.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Allen Lacy, Grant A. Adams, Steven Plager, Kevin Krautbauer, Jonathan Sanborn, Manfred Maiers, Walter Dobrovolny, Eric Wilkowske
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Patent number: 11497579Abstract: A pole clamp assembly is configured to facilitate removable coupling of one or more medical devices to a support structure. The pole clamp assembly includes a pole clamp that is configured to selectively grip the supporting structure. The pole clamp includes a fastener hub and a locking mechanism. A docking member is configured to operably couple a medical device of the one or more medical devices to the pole clamp. The docking member includes structure defining a fastener hub aperture and one or more recesses into which a portion of the locking mechanism can selectively reside. The locking mechanism is shiftable between a non-engaged position in which the docking member is rotatable relative to the pole clamp, and an engaged position in which rotation of the docking member relative to the pole clamp is inhibited.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Allen Lacy, Kevin Krautbauer, Steven Plager
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Publication number: 20210369954Abstract: An LVP that provides peristaltic pumping to removably couplable administration set tubing assemblies supplying medical infusate. The LVP includes a housing, a drive-train assembly, and a controller. The housing includes an assembly receptacle configured to receive an administration set tubing assembly. The drive-train assembly provides mechanical peristaltic movement within the assembly receptacle. The drive-train assembly includes a stepper motor located within the housing and a camshaft assembly, driven by the stepper motor and at least partially extending into the assembly receptacle. The camshaft assembly includes a unitary camshaft and a plurality of tube engaging members that cooperatively move according to rotation of the unitary camshaft. Further, the controller is located within the housing that controls operation of the stepper motor and the camshaft assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Grant A. Adams, James B. Drost, Christopher A. Lacy, Jonathan Sanborn, Daniel L. Adamson, Sameer Pai, Steven Plager, Kevin Krautbauer, Erik Jagger, Benn Horrisberger, Larry R. Zalesky
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Publication number: 20210236719Abstract: A syringe pump configured to at least partially surround a syringe loaded into the pump. The syringe pump including a syringe pump housing defining a syringe receptacle shaped and sized to accept loading of the syringe, a plunger driver assembly configured to manipulate a plunger of a syringe loaded into the syringe pump, and a syringe housing including a syringe barrel shield pivotably coupled to the syringe pump housing configured to at least partially enclose a syringe loaded into the syringe pump within the syringe receptacle, and a syringe plunger tray and lid assembly operably coupled to the syringe pump housing and configured to at least partially enclose a portion of the plunger driver assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Benjamin Peterson, Walter Dobrovolny, Jonathan Sanborn, Henry Madden, Steven Plager, Christopher Lacy, Kevin Krautbauer, Dennis Babcock, Dean Sibik, Benn Horrisberger, Grant Adams, Seth Schulte
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Publication number: 20200129691Abstract: An infusion pump, including a housing, a user interface, a motor and a set of drive components, and a controller. The housing enables selective stacked attachment with other infusion pumps. The housing includes a top portion with a handle integrated into an outer surface that partially defines a generally U-shaped retaining feature. The housing also includes a bottom portion with a generally U-shaped projection that is contoured to selectively mate with the retaining feature of another infusion pump. The user interface provides a front side to the housing that receives commands regarding infusion pump operation. The motor and set of drive components are at least partially located within the housing and mechanically direct infusion of infusate. The controller is located within the housing and that controls operation of the motor and the set of drive components.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Christopher Allen Lacy, Grant A. Adams, Steven Plager, Kevin Krautbauer, Jonathan Sanborn, Manfred Maiers, Walter Dobrovolny, Eric Wilkowske
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Publication number: 20200000546Abstract: A pole clamp assembly is configured to facilitate removable coupling of one or more medical devices to a support structure. The pole clamp assembly includes a pole clamp that is configured to selectively grip the supporting structure. The pole clamp includes a fastener hub and a locking mechanism. A docking member is configured to operably couple a medical device of the one or more medical devices to the pole clamp. The docking member includes structure defining a fastener hub aperture and one or more recesses into which a portion of the locking mechanism can selectively reside. The locking mechanism is shiftable between a non-engaged position in which the docking member is rotatable relative to the pole clamp, and an engaged position in which rotation of the docking member relative to the pole clamp is inhibited.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Christopher Allen LACY, Kevin KRAUTBAUER, Steven PLAGER
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Publication number: 20060081725Abstract: An airless spray gun is provided with a trigger guard which may be detached from the gun body at its upper end and then used as a wrench to unscrew the handle from the gun body or housing. The filter is located in the handle and is designed so that fluid flows from the inside out. This construction provides for debris to be trapped inside the filter rather than inside the gun handle thereby providing easier removal of the filter from the handle. A simplified needle assembly is provided which requires no adjustment and which is easy to service and assemble.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2003Publication date: April 20, 2006Inventors: Steven Plager, Eric Finstad, Steven Kuczenski, Craig Wojciechowski, Harold Johnson
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Patent number: D806018Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.Inventors: Steven Plager, Kevin Krautbauer, John Kimber, Jeff Trunnell, Christopher Lacy
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Patent number: D816864Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Lacy, Kevin Krautbauer, Steven Plager
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Patent number: D823456Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Lacy, Nancy Bayer, Grant Adams, John Kimber, Steven Plager, Jennifer Tsai
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Patent number: D840021Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Lacy, Walter Dobrovolny, Kevin Krautbauer, Jonathan Sanborn, Steven Plager