Patents Assigned to Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8936573
    Abstract: An infusion pump for delivering medicament to a user. The pump comprises a pump mechanism and a bolus program module. The bolus program module is programmed to control the pump mechanism to deliver a bolus. An alarm program module is in data communication with the alarm, the timer, and the bolus program module. The alarm module is programmed to generate an alarm signal when the bolus program module does not control the pump mechanism to deliver a bolus within a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael L. Blomquist
  • Patent number: 8903467
    Abstract: A single use, self-contained, self-powered disposable oximeter, in the form of a patch or a bandage strip, has mounted thereto a light emitter and a light sensor to measure the SpO2 of the patient. Mounted to an electronics layer of the patch is an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that has electronics integrated thereto that controls the operation of the light emitter and light sensor, and the algorithm for calculating from the data collected by the sensor at least the SpO2 of the patient. The patch oximeter may also be equipped with a transceiver, and the appropriate electronics, for wirelessly transceiving information to/from a remote device or another wireless patch oximeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sweitzer, Guy Smith
  • Patent number: 8882701
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems, methods and devices for delivering a drug or other therapy to a patient with an ambulatory infusion pump configured to provide a series of tolerance-building steps leading up to a plateau delivery rate. The plateau delivery rate is maintained until the prescribed amount of drug or therapy fluid is delivered to the patient. Embodiments of the invention include providing the patient or other user with a mechanism to decrease, or step down, the therapy delivery rate if a tolerance was not achieved at a lower rate, and providing notifications prior to a step up in a dosage delivery rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: David DeBelser, Clinton Robert Hetchler, David Pardee Sours, Michael Wade Kersch
  • Patent number: 8876793
    Abstract: A method and medical pump to perform a flushing procedure are provided. The medical pump is configured to execute the flushing procedure subsequent to an infusion procedure, the flushing procedure and infusion procedure lacking a specified relationship between each other until after performance of the infusion procedure. The method comprises performing an infusion procedure of a medicament with the medical pump and automatically querying in human detectable form whether to execute a flushing procedure in response to conclusion of the infusion procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricky L. Ledford, Sachin Kumar Choudhary, Lori Lynette Patoros
  • Patent number: 8876798
    Abstract: A clam shell shaped adapter for retaining a catheter to establish a fluid path between the catheter and a fluid device or line has first and second shells integrally connected by a living hinge. The first shell has a luer end and a catheter end. A flexible tubing at an inner surface of the first shell connects the luer end to the catheter end. The catheter is inserted through the catheter end to extend along the flexible tubing. A retainer structure is provided at an inner surface of the second shell so that when the first and second shells close upon each other, the retainer structure presses against the flexible tubing to fixedly retain the catheter in a fluidly sealing manner. Respective latch mechanisms provided at the shells lockingly couple the first and second shells to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoff Clark, Christian Schlerf
  • Patent number: 8876765
    Abstract: A pump module for use in a medical fluid dispensing system is provided that includes a pump body and first and second pump chambers formed in the pump body. The module further includes a pair of chamber inlets and chamber outlets formed in the pump body, each associated with one of the pump chambers. Each of the pump chambers further includes a first portion having a generally spherical segment shape and a second portion integral with the first portion and having a generally conical shape, with the first and second portions in fluid communication with the chamber inlet and the chamber outlet. The second, conically shaped portion converges to the chamber outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley Paul Mack, Charles R. Patzer, Stephen L. Vick
  • Patent number: 8870238
    Abstract: A female connector for medical infusion systems has a main body that has two curved wings that extend from the outer circumferential surface of the body. The respective front ends of the wings are joined integrally to a substantially circumferential partition that also extends circumferentially from the outer circumferential surface of the fitting. The connector of the fitting has a non-conventional configuration with at least two protuberances offset at an angle. The non-conventional configuration of the connector allows the fitting to only mate with a counterpart connector that has a complementary non-conventional configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Renee Robert, Chad Amborn, Geoff Clark
  • Patent number: 8858526
    Abstract: Methods of programming and use of a medical infusion pump are disclosed. One method includes displaying a first menu containing a plurality of therapy menu items. The therapy menu items each correspond to a therapy. The method also includes displaying a second menu containing at least one qualifier menu item corresponding to a qualifier. The method further includes displaying a third menu containing at least one drug menu item corresponding to a drug. The second menu is displayed upon selection of a therapy menu item, and the third menu is displayed upon selection of a qualifier menu item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael L. Blomquist
  • Publication number: 20140265319
    Abstract: A connector has a first member with a distal portion non-removably coupled to a proximal portion of a second member. Respective through passages at the first and second members are in alignment to establish a through channel longitudinally along the connector. A seal in the connector prevents fluid leakage from the connector. A conventional fitting may be provided at one of the ends and a non-conventional fitting may be provided at the other end of the connector so that the connector may connect a device with a conventional fitting to a device with a non-conventional fitting. Once connected to the connector, the device with the conventional fitting is not removable from the connector. The first and second members are rotatable relative to each other about the longitudinal axis of the connector to enable rotational alignment of devices connected to the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.
    Inventors: Geoff Clark, J. Michael Kennelly
  • Publication number: 20140276473
    Abstract: An implantable portal includes a septum that has embedded therein a plurality of formations that together form an indicia adapted to identify at least one characteristic of the portal. The formations are configured from impressions formed on different layers of the septum spatially separated along the vertical axis of the septum. The impressions are filled with a radiopaque material. The superposed formations do not overlap when viewed from atop the septum. When viewed under radiographic imaging from the top of the septum, a 3-D identification indicia is presented to the viewer. The 3-D indicia may be used as a 3-D marker to focus the location of the septum where a needle to access the fluid reservoir of the portal may be inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.
    Inventors: William Lloyd Beling, Kristin Finberg, Ronald Gene Travis
  • Publication number: 20140257442
    Abstract: A convective blanket may be converted from an underbody blanket to a combination over body and underbody blanket by having an openable seal positioned substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the blanket away from the head area of the blanket. The seal may be preformed with a line of weakness so that it may readily be separated to form an opening for the head of the patient. The upper portion and the main portion of the blanket may be folded relatively towards each other to cover opposite sides of the patient. Elongate openings are provided in the main portion of the blanket to allow the arms of the patient to extend through the blanket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Ellingboe, Kristin Finberg, Alan Stec, Bryan Stoddard, Chris Zander
  • Patent number: 8823528
    Abstract: A pump for delivering insulin to a user comprises a pump mechanism, an alarm and a timer and an alarm program in data communication with the alarm and the timer. The alarm program module is programmed to operate a plurality of types of alerts and to associate a predetermined interval of time and a predetermined event with a selected type of alert. An alarm signal can be generated by the alarm program module based on the predetermined event and interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael L. Blomquist
  • Patent number: 8795309
    Abstract: A device for inserting a needle used to introduce a cannula can include a housing including a closed end, an open end, and an arm including a tab extending from the open end, and a sleeve configured to be placed against the patient's skin, the sleeve defining a slot extending along a length of the sleeve, and a barb positioned adjacent to an end of the slot. The slot is sized to receive at least a portion of the arm and the tab of the housing so that the arm and the tab of the housing slides within the slot as the housing is moved relative to the sleeve, and the barb is positioned to engage the tab of the housing to limit movement of the housing relative to the sleeve. The device can also include a threaded portion of the housing extending towards the closed end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Allen Lacy
  • Publication number: 20140214141
    Abstract: A full body convective blanket has a head portion, a body portion and a foot portion. The head and foot portions each taper in a decreasing manner from a corresponding opposite side of the body portion to the head and foot ends, respectively, so that the blanket has a rectangular shaped body portion and head and foot portions that are shaped in the form of isosceles trapezoids. Two elongate openings are provided longitudinally along the body portion sandwiching a non-inflatable area. An opening is provided at the head portion of the blanket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.
    Inventor: Alan E. Stec
  • Publication number: 20140207218
    Abstract: To reduce the noise level of an air convective warmer, the air filter of the warmer is fitted with an air intercept mechanism to disrupt the flow of air that traverses inside the interior cavity of the air filter. By thus disrupting the air flow, the noise that otherwise would have been generated due to a non-interrupted air stream flow is lowered. The air intercept mechanism may be in the form of at least one partition positioned inside the interior cavity of the air filter. Alternatively, double-ended open tubes may be used, so long as the interior cavity of the filter is sealed, with only the tubes providing the passages for air to output from the air filter. Yet a third embodiment of the air reduction filter has an air impermeable material covering at least one portion of the surface area of the filtering material to prevent the inflow air from directly entering into the interior cavity of the air filter through the covered surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.
    Inventors: JOSEPH PIERRE, RACHEL STARR, DAVID G. ROOME
  • Patent number: 8778119
    Abstract: A convective underbody blanket has a head portion and a body portion. Provided at the head portion is a non-inflatable head area surrounded by a channel that has arranged thereat at least one row of air apertures that are oriented toward the non-inflatable head area when the channel is inflated. At the body portion there is provided a non-inflatable body area. Along each longitudinal side of the body area there is at least one longitudinal channel. Each of the longitudinal channels is in fluid communication with the channel that surrounds the non-inflatable head area. The longitudinal channels that sandwich the non-inflatable body area extend substantially along the length of the non-inflatable body area and are in fluid communication with each other by way of a cross channel formed at the foot end of the blanket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Rachel Starr, Joseph Pierre, Daniel Reardon, Alan Stec
  • Patent number: 8768717
    Abstract: An apparatus for maintaining a library of program data for medical pumps, the apparatus comprising: memory loaded with a database, the database including a plurality of program data records and a plurality of data key records, each program data record containing a set of program data items, at least some of the program data items included in the database for controlling operation of a medical pump, each data key record containing a data key and each data key identifying one of the data program records; a database management system programmed to link a data key to a set of program data; and a scanner in data communication with the database management system, the database management system being further programmed to receive a code scanned by the scanner, save the code in a data key record, and link the code to a set of program data, the code being a data key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael L. Blomquist
  • Patent number: 8721628
    Abstract: An adapter that bridges the connecting ends of a medication providing device and a fluid connector includes a housing shroud that is fitted at one end with a core and at its other end with an inner shroud. Once fitted to the housing shroud, the core and the inner shroud each are not removable from the housing shroud. A catch hub is provided within the housing shroud for non-removably maintaining the core to the housing shroud. The core is rotatable relative to the housing shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventor: Lynn A. Ziman
  • Patent number: 8720220
    Abstract: To reduce the noise level of air convective warmer, the air filter of the warmer is fitted with an air intercept mechanism to disrupt the flow of air that traverses inside the interior cavity of the air filter. By thus disrupting the air flow, the noise that otherwise would have been generated due to a non-interrupted air stream flow is lowered. The air intercept mechanism may be in the form of at least one partition positioned inside the interior cavity of the air filter. Alternatively, double-ended open tubes may be used, so long as the interior cavity of the filter is sealed, with only the tubes providing the passages for air to output from the air filter. Yet a third embodiment of the air reduction filter has an air impermeable material covering at least one portion of the surface area of the filtering material to prevent the inflow air from directly entering into the interior cavity of the air filter through the covered surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Pierre, Rachel Starr, David G. Roome
  • Patent number: 8716979
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for electrically isolating an ambulatory medical device for infusing treatment materials into a patient when the medical device is connected to a peripheral device via an active communication cable. In one embodiment, the ambulatory medical device includes first circuitry controlling infusion of a medicament to the patient by a fluid conduit connectable to the patient and second circuitry controlling communications when an active communication cable is connected to the medical device. The first and second circuitry are electrically isolated using a pair of first and second isolation transceivers, where the first pair of isolation transceivers communicate a control signal and the second pair of isolation transceivers are giant magneto-resistive (GMR) transceivers that communicate at least one data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Welsch, Michael Treppa, Russell Kuenzi, Ronald Dohmen