Patents Assigned to Pronk Technologies Inc.
  • Patent number: 11781946
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for testing medical devices comprising: a test device configured for testing a medical device; and a user computing device in communication with the test device, where the user computing device comprises a processor having addressable memory, where the processor is configured to: receive an ID of the medical device to be tested; select a profile associated with the received ID of the medical device; select a preset associated with the selected profile; initiate testing of the medical device by the test device; receive one or more parameter values from based on test information results from the test device; determine a test result based on pass criteria from a comparison of the received one or more parameter values to the one or more simulation parameter values of the preset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: PRONK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Karl A. Ruiter, Gregory Randolph Alkire, Julio Roberto Castro, Robert Edward Whitten
  • Patent number: 10255788
    Abstract: An electrical safety analyzer, including: a transparent outer casing; at least one light emitting diode (LED) disposed within the transparent outer casing; a processor and addressable memory, where the processor is configured to: run one or more tests for electrical safety; determine a pass or fail condition for each test; and illuminate the at least one LED based on the determined condition, where an illumination of the at least one LED illuminates the transparent outer casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: PRONK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Randolph Alkire, Mike Rosenman, Karl A. Ruiter
  • Patent number: 9950108
    Abstract: Systems and devices for maintaining a consistent input fluid height as fluid is consumed during infusion pump testing including a first hook disposed on an end of a first balancer arm; a second hook disposed on an end of a second balancer arm; and an aperture disposed in a connecting member; where the aperture is configured to be a pivot point for the device; and where the device is rotatable between a deployed position and a stored position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: PRONK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Randolph Alkire, Karl A. Ruiter
  • Patent number: 9695817
    Abstract: Methods of and devices for testing medical pumps via tracking induced bubble trajectories within a fluid flow conduit comprising a valve and methods of synchronized corrections of flow data estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: PRONK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Karl A. Ruiter, Mirik Hovsepian
  • Patent number: 9194390
    Abstract: Methods of and devices for testing medical pumps via tracking induced bubble trajectories within a fluid flow conduit comprising a valve and methods of synchronized corrections of flow data estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: PRONK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Karl A. Ruiter, Mirik Hovsepian
  • Patent number: 8880361
    Abstract: Methods and devices for testing medical pumps via tracking the travel of at least one of: the leading edge and the trailing edge of induced single or multiple bubble trajectories within a light-transmissive fluid flow conduit by a photo-detector output of a first photo-detector disposed on a controlled, translatable carriage and methods of synchronized corrections of fluid flow data estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Pronk Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Karl A. Ruiter, Mirik Hovsepian
  • Patent number: 8738306
    Abstract: Methods of and devices for testing medical pumps via tracking induced single or multiple bubble trajectories within a fluid flow conduit (60) and methods of synchronized (600) corrections (604) of flow data estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Pronk Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Karl A. Ruiter, Mirik Hovsepian
  • Patent number: 8650415
    Abstract: System, methods, and apparatuses produce simulated human physiological waveforms such as electrocardiograph (ECG) and blood pressure signals where the microcontroller and/or digital-to-analog converters may be switched to a lower power-consuming state by programmable instructions and switched on in response to a programmable sleep timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: PRONK Technologies, Inc
    Inventor: Karl Ruiter
  • Patent number: 8626455
    Abstract: Methods and devices for testing medical pumps via tracking induced single or multiple bubble trajectories within a fluid flow conduit by detecting a periodic synchronization event, via inserted bubble tracking of a signal processor unit, and methods of synchronized corrections of fluid flow data estimates based on the periodic synchronization event, where the periodic synchronization event detecting comprises detecting one or more pushes of a pump and one or more pauses of a pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Pronk Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl A. Ruiter, Mirik Hovsepian
  • Patent number: 8626457
    Abstract: Methods of and devices for testing medical pumps via tracking induced single or multiple bubble trajectories within a fluid flow conduit by detecting a periodic synchronization event, via bubble tracking of a signal processor unit comprising a central processing unit and addressable memory and methods of synchronized corrections of fluid flow data estimates based on the detected periodic synchronization events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Pronk Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl A. Ruiter, Mirik Hovsepian
  • Patent number: 8589090
    Abstract: Devices for testing medical pumps via tracking induced single or multiple bubble trajectories within a light-transmissive fluid flow conduit including an outflow path and an inflow path relative to a manifold configured for bubble insertion by a carriage translatably disposed along the conduit, where the carriage including a first light emitting unit and a first photo receptor, and a signal processing unit configured to output motor command signals based on input signals from the first photo-receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Pronk Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Karl A. Ruiter, Mirik Hovsepian
  • Patent number: 8328563
    Abstract: System, methods, and apparatuses produce simulated human physiological waveforms such as electrocardiograph (ECG) and blood pressure signals where the microcontroller and/or digital-to-analog converters may be switched to a lower power-consuming state by programmable instructions and switched on in response to a programmable sleep timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Pronk Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Karl Ruiter
  • Publication number: 20110224920
    Abstract: Methods of and devices for testing medical pumps via tracking induced single or multiple bubble trajectories within a fluid flow conduit (60) and methods of synchronized (600) corrections (604) of flow data estimates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Pronk Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl A. Ruiter, Mirik Hovsepian
  • Patent number: 7998082
    Abstract: The present invention includes machine-enabled methods of, and devices and systems for, simulating thermo-dilution cardiac output measurements based on ambient room temperature measurements via the injectate temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Pronk Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Karl A. Ruiter
  • Patent number: 7917774
    Abstract: System, methods, and apparatuses produce simulated human physiological waveforms such as electrocardiograph (ECG) and blood pressure signals where the microcontroller and/or digital-to-analog converters may be switched to a lower power-consuming state by programmable instructions and switched on in response to a programmable sleep timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Pronk Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Karl Ruiter
  • Patent number: 7346378
    Abstract: A living tissue light transmission simulator system (208, 308) includes receptors of light (215, 216, 315, 316) in portions of the infrared and red spectral bands and the receptors (215, 216, 315, 316), together with amplification (217, 218, 317, 318), infrared detection (239, 371), spectral separation circuitry (219, 319), and post-separation amplification (220, 221, 338, 339, 340, 320, 321), that may be used to drive at least one light source (222, 223, 322, 361). The living tissue light transmission simulator system (208, 308) includes at least one shutter (225, 235, 324, 363, 450) to mechanically modulate generated light from the at least one driven light source (222, 223, 322, 361) where the modulated light may be directed to a pulse oximeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Pronk Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Karl A. Ruiter
  • Patent number: 7226420
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for testing a non-invasive blood pressure measurement device wherein a blood pressure monitor, a blood pressure cuff, and a blood pressure simulator are pneumatically connected and the blood pressure cuff is inserted into the aperture of an expansion-limiting or cuff volume constraining element. A cuff volume constraining device is made of flexible material having one or more apertures for constraining cuff volume during cuff expansion during blood pressure measurement device testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Pronk Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Denize Marie Machit, Gregory Randolph Alkire
  • Publication number: 20060122518
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for testing a non-invasive blood pressure measurement device wherein a blood pressure monitor, a blood pressure cuff, and a blood pressure simulator are pneumatically connected and the blood pressure cuff is inserted into the aperture of an expansion-limiting or cuff volume constraining element. A cuff volume constraining device is made of flexible material having one or more apertures for constraining cuff volume during cuff expansion during blood pressure measurement device testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: PRONK TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: DENIZE MACHIT, GREGORY ALKIRE